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"Pete's" Service Station

Description: Photograph of "Pete," one of many gas station workers and owners, putting gas in the tank of a partially-visible vehicle. Pete is wearing a uniform including light-colored slacks and shirt, as well as a hat with a brim; the hat and shirt have patches that say "Mobilgas Mobiloil" with an image of a pegasus. The gas station building is visible in the background. The station offered full service, i.e., filling the tank, cleaning the windshield, changing oil, and tire service.
Date: 1957
Creator: Young, Moon
Partner: Cleveland Historic Society
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[News Clip: Robbery]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the third armed robbery in five months at a convenience store in Fort Worth.
Date: December 21, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 02 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Robbery]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the third armed robbery in five months at a convenience store in Fort Worth.
Date: December 21, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Rowe robbery trial]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the trial of George H. Rowe, Jr., a man accused of robbing the night manager of a gas station in Grand Prairie. Rowe is sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Date: December 10, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Hijacker]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about 18-year-old Raymond Saulls being identified as the man who robbed the "Bob-O-Line' service station in Fort Worth in a lineup of suspects.
Date: November 23, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Hijacker]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about 18-year-old Raymond Saulls being identified as the man who robbed the "Bob-O-Line' service station in Fort Worth in a lineup of suspects.
Date: November 23, 1957
Duration: 56 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Rowe robbery trial]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the trial of George H. Rowe, Jr., a man accused of robbing the night manager of a gas station in Grand Prairie. Rowe is sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Date: December 10, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 07 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Horn trial]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Robert Lavern Horn confessing to the robbery of three Dallas Safeway Stores.
Date: November 18, 1957
Duration: 41 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Horn trial]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Robert Lavern Horn confessing to the robbery of three Dallas Safeway Stores.
Date: November 18, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Gas war]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a price war between service stations in Fort Worth driving down the cost of gas in the city as various stations attempt to undercut one another.
Date: June 14, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Truck collision]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a collision between a commercial truck and a pickup in the Oak Cliff region of Dallas. Both trucks and a service station near the crash were damaged, but neither driver is severely injured.
Date: June 13, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Truck collision]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a collision between a commercial truck and a pickup in the Oak Cliff region of Dallas. Both trucks and a service station near the crash were damaged, but neither driver is severely injured.
Date: June 13, 1957
Duration: 39 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Gas war]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a price war between service stations in Fort Worth driving down the cost of gas in the city as various stations attempt to undercut one another.
Date: June 14, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 26 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Angry woman wrecks three joints]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Fort Worth woman arrested for committing seemingly random acts of vandalism against three local businesses. The woman explains to police detectives that she was angry at someone.
Date: June 18, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 47 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Dallas burglar caught in act]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Fort Worth ex convict arrested in Dallas for robbing a service station a month after his release from prison.
Date: June 13, 1957
Duration: 51 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: 40 stations change brands]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about 40 Fort Worth service stations transitioning from one gasoline provider to another.
Date: July 26, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Gasoline fire]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a gasoline truck driver handling a fire in a way that managed to control the flame and keep it from spreading.
Date: July 26, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Dallas burglar caught in act]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Fort Worth ex convict arrested in Dallas for robbing a service station a month after his release from prison.
Date: June 13, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Angry woman wrecks three joints]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Fort Worth woman arrested for committing seemingly random acts of vandalism against three local businesses. The woman explains to police detectives that she was angry at someone.
Date: June 18, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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