FORT WORTH [Texas] – A treasure trove of priceless photographs were recently found dumped under a bridge in
South Fort Worth.
Among the found photographs were images of President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade just moments before his assassination, a young President George H. W. Bush and Gwendolyn Brooks, the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize.
The photographs were found underneath Interstate 20 and Oak Grove in South Fort Worth by the Code Compliance iIllegal dumping team. The location is a well-known dumping ground monitored by the department.
Whoever tossed the pictures away apparently had no idea they were throwing away history.
Read the full article in the December 22, 2009 edition of WFAA.com.
What an incredible find! A historical treasure trove, simply dumped… I’m glad it was found and preserved before those invaluable items were ruined for all time.