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Jay Swayze breaking ground on underground house site at 1963 World's Fair with Walter Nolan and Jimmy Dean — October 1963 photo of Plainview building contractor Jay Swayze with shovel preparing to break ground on an underground house for the 1964 World's Fair, joined by builder Walter Nolan and entertainer Jimmy Dean.

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