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[Tornado Approaching Wichita Falls]

Photograph of a tornado funnel forming over downtown Wichita Falls. This is one of three tornadoes that impacted the area on April 3, 1958. The Wichita County Courthouse can be seen on the left side of the photo.
Date: April 3, 1958
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Severe Weather Over Wichita Falls]

Photograph of an impending storm over downtown Wichita Falls with a funnel cloud visible in the center of the photo. The Wichita County Courthouse can be seen in the middle background of the photo.
Date: April 3, 1958
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wichita Falls Tornado Wind Damage]

Photograph of tornado damage in the Wichita Falls area. A metal structure has collapsed onto a wooden fence.
Date: November 17, 1958
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tornado Forming Over Wichita Falls]

Photograph of a tornado funnel forming over downtown Wichita Falls. The Wichita County Courthouse can be seen on the left side of the photo.
Date: April 3, 1958
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tornadic Wind Damage in Wichita Falls Area

Photograph of tornado damage to a liquor store in Wichita Falls. The interior walls and inventory are still in place.
Date: November 17, 1958
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Storm Clouds Over Wichita Falls, Tx.]

Photograph of a tornado funnel forming over downtown Wichita Falls. This is one of three tornadoes that impacted the area on April 3, 1958. The Wichita County Courthouse can be seen on the left side of the photo.
Date: April 3, 1958
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Funnel Cloud Over Wichita Falls, TX]

Photograph of a tornado funnel forming over downtown Wichita Falls. The Wichita County Courthouse can be seen on the left side of the photo.
Date: April 3, 1958
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Fire folo from Wichita Falls] captions transcript

[News Clip: Fire folo from Wichita Falls]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about searchers probing the ruins of a burnt hotel to look for a possible victim.
Date: March 8, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Tornado] captions transcript

[News Clip: Tornado]

Video footage the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a tornado that caused destruction in Wichita Falls, Texas, in the community of Deandale.
Date: April 3, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Wichita Falls East Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1958
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:250000
Date: 1958
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls West Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1958
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls West Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1958
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wichita Falls East Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1958
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Fire folo from Wichita Falls] (open access)

[News Script: Fire folo from Wichita Falls]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about searchers probing the ruins of a burnt hotel to look for a possible victim.
Date: March 8, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

Will Rogers Jr. Visits Wichta Falls

Photograph of Will Rogers Jr. (fourth from left) posing for a picture at the Wichita Falls airport with a group of people including Wichita Falls newspaper publisher Rhea Howard (third from left), who is standing next to Will Rogers Jr. and is wearing a fedora.
Date: October 27, 1958
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Picture Series of Storm Over City

Photograph of an impending storm over downtown Wichita Falls with a funnel cloud visible on the right side of the photo. The Wichita County Courthouse can be seen in the middle background of the photo.
Date: April 3, 1958
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Roof & Wall Collapse After Tornado]

Photograph of the destruction caused by a tornado in the Wichita Falls area. The Pontiac building has a caved-in roof and the left wall is in pieces.
Date: November 17, 1958
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tornado Damage to Retail Stores]

Photograph of tornado damage to a huge building occupied by retail stores in the Wichita Falls area.
Date: November 17, 1958
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Damaged Liquor Store]

Photograph of the destruction caused by a tornado to a liquor store in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Date: November 17, 1958
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Will Rogers Jr. Descends Plane]

Photograph of Will Rogers Jr. descending from an aircraft at the Wichita Falls airport.
Date: October 27, 1958
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Will Rogers Jr. And Gentleman]

Photograph of Will Rogers Jr. (left) and another gentleman, smiling.
Date: October 27, 1958
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Will Rogers Jr. Speaks With Reporter]

Photograph of Will Rogers Jr. speaking to a reporter at the Wichita Falls airport.
Date: October 27, 1958
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Damaged Mobile Homes]

Photograph of tornado damage in the Wichita Falls area to two mobile homes. The mobile home on the left is pushed up against a car. The second trailer home is overturned and lying partially on the first mobile home.
Date: November 17, 1958
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History