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[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Masig - May 15, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Masig - May 15, 1943]

Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Masig (?)' of New South Wales, Australia, regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'Eric John Byde'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast from internee to 'Charles Gregor', asking him to forward the message to his parents in New South Wales, Australia.
Date: May 15, 1943
Creator: McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Lillie Balfour - May 7, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Cecelia McKie to Lillie Balfour - May 7, 1943]

Copy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to 'Mrs. Lillie Balfour (?)' of Brooklyn, New York, regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee 'William Balfour'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to 'Lilly' (wife of William Balfour) from internee on Radio Tokyo.
Date: May 7, 1943
Creator: McKie, Cecelia, 1903-1982
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letters from George F. Eliot to Tex Bradford - May 2, 1940] (open access)

[Letters from George F. Eliot to Tex Bradford - May 2, 1940]

Correspondence between George F. Eliot and Tex Bradford discussing military sentiments and qualifications. In the first letter, George F. Elliot writes about a meeting between himself and C. Hartley Grattan. In the second letter George F. Eliot advises Mr. Bradford on applying for a military position in Ontario, Canada.
Date: May 2, 1940
Creator: Eliot, George Fielding
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Interior of Brooklyn café near Prospect Park Southwest]

Photograph of a woman sitting on a stool and holding a disposable black and white cup at a café in Brooklyn outlooking Prospect Park Southwest. The woman is wearing a black jacket, blue jeans, black shirt, burgundy or red cardigan, and a blue disposable face mask, and is sitting in between two round wooden tables. There is a rectangular mirror behind the woman and an open window on the left side of the image. A hanging plant and wooden clock with silver Roman numeral numbers is above the woman on the back wall. The table next to the woman has a bouquet of pink roses.
Date: May 2021
Creator: Brown, Stephanie
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Stephanie Brown and wife on the Tilt-A-Whirl ride at Coney Island's Deno Wonder Wheel Amusement Park]

Photograph of creator Stephanie Brown and her wife wearing face masks and taking a selfie. Either Stephanie or her wife is the one wearing a pink sweatshirt, black t-shirt, brown tortoise shell sunglasses, and a yellow face mask with small pink flowers. The other sitting on the right is wearing a greyish black zip-up jacket, a black hat with a black logo of the letter "C" and a bear, and a white disposable face mask.
Date: May 9, 2021
Creator: Brown, Stephanie
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Coney Island Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park Tilt-A-Whirl ride and visitors]

Photograph of the Tilt-A-Whirl sign at Coney Island in New York. The sign is red with san-serif text in bright yellow, as well as two blue stars surrounding in a yellow circle at the end of "Tilt-A-" and before "Whirl." Five visitors of the attraction wait in line in the foreground of the image and are wearing face masks.
Date: May 9, 2021
Creator: Brown, Stephanie
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Coney Island Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park ferris wheel and visitors]

Photograph of a large ferris wheel at Coney Island in New York with a red metal sign at the base and center of the ferris wheel in capital letters stating, "Wonder Wheel." The entrance to the ferris wheel is a ramp that goes underground and under the ferris wheel. Other carnival rides are shown to the left and right side of the ferris wheel. Visitors including adults and children are in the foreground, middleground, and background of the image and all of them are wearing face masks.
Date: May 9, 2021
Creator: Brown, Stephanie
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fires] (open access)

[News Script: Fires]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a string of fires in Brooklyn that many blamed on youth protests.
Date: May 5, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fracas] (open access)

[News Script: Fracas]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the violence and looting in Brooklyn after a resident was killed by a police officer.
Date: May 17, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Truck explosion] (open access)

[News Script: Truck explosion]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: May 30, 1970, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Newspaper Clipping: Mark Morris Back at BAM] (open access)

[Newspaper Clipping: Mark Morris Back at BAM]

Photocopy of a newspaper article critiquing Mark Morris Dance group's performance in Brooklyn, New York City.
Date: May 10, 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Client Card: City of New York] (open access)

[Client Card: City of New York]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for the City of New York (Walter Baretta), including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Sword" and "Portrait Bust of John F. Kennedy" (27.5" x 26" x 16").
Date: 1961-05/1965-05
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History