[Newspaper Clipping: Belles of 1918]

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Newspaper clipping about the Abilene Christian College students who will be featured in the song "A City Set on a Hill" to be presented at the university's Anniversary Celebration. Includes a photograph of six young ladies all wearing the same polka dot graduation garments, holding their purses up at chest height with both hands.

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Creator: Unknown. 1956.

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This clipping is part of the collection entitled: Sewell Photo Collection and was provided by the Abilene Christian University Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 109 times. More information about this clipping can be viewed below.

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Newspaper clipping about the Abilene Christian College students who will be featured in the song "A City Set on a Hill" to be presented at the university's Anniversary Celebration. Includes a photograph of six young ladies all wearing the same polka dot graduation garments, holding their purses up at chest height with both hands.

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1 clipping : ill.

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The caption reads, "Belles of 1918 - Ready for shopping spree in the early days of Abilene Christian College are these characters portrayed by ACC students. From left to right, are Marca Lee Bryant of Salem, Ore., Betty Kelley of Richland, Wash., Barbara Hart of Abilene, Nancy Patterson of Hereford, Lucy Freeman of McAlester, Okla., and Bonnie Smith of Abilene. The girls will be featured in ‘Let's Go for a Stroll Downtown,’ a musical number in ‘A City Set on a Hill,’ to be presented during ACC's Anniversary Celebration which begins this week."

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Sewell Photo Collection

Believed to be from the private collection of the fifth president of Childers Classical Institute (now ACU), these photos show the history of Abilene, the growth of the university, and the Churches of Christ in the area.

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  • 1956

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[Newspaper Clipping: Belles of 1918], clipping, 1956; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth596993/: accessed May 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.

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