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[The Welcome Sign]

Description: The WELCOME Sign (shown here) was fostered in 1922 by George Holmgren, the Texas Rotary Club's Governor, following a convention of the Rotary Club in Mineral Wells. The twelve-foot letters were built in Mr. Holmgren's San Antonio iron works by Mr. James Calvert, who was 17 years old when he and his father were commissioned to forge the letters. Mr. Calvert had played trumpet in the "F" troop cavalry as well as playing in the Frank Bird Orchestra in the Baker Hotel. Mr. Holmgren then gave theā€¦ more
Date: 1972
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[Photograph of Hardin-Simmons University Billboard]

Description: Photograph of a Hardin-Simmons University outdoor signboard on the side of the road, showing two students in graduation attire about to exit through a brick archway with a bell on top. The sign is advertising summer terms offered by the university.
Date: 1972
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Women Selling Books]

Description: Photograph of five unidentified women attending a book signing party for Walter Rundell. Two of the women are seated behind a table on the left side of the image; there is a stack of books on the table and they are collecting cash in a box on the table. Three unidentified women are standing on the other side of the table and the woman in front appears to be paying or receiving change.
Date: August 17, 1972
Partner: Lee College

[Meeting in an office]

Description: Photograph of three people sitting at a desk. A man is in the foreground, and two women are sitting on the other side of the table. They are having a meeting for the Commercial department.
Date: March 30, 1972
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Bobbie Wygant pointing to a poster]

Description: Photograph of Bobbie Wygant smiling, standing in front of a wall, and pointing at a poster. The poster is advertising "Better Water for Americans Week." In the foreground is a WBAP studio camera.
Date: August 25, 1972
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[New WBAP background]

Description: Photograph of the new background for WBAP. It is a pattern of the Channel 5 logo. The logo is the number 5 with a star as the semi-circle.
Date: 1972
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Channel 5 logos]

Description: Photograph of the background for WBAP. It is a pattern of the Channel 5 logo. The logo is the number 5 with a star as the semi-circle.
Date: 1972
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Demolished Building in Downtown Beaumont]

Description: Photograph of the rubble of a demolished building on Pearl Street in downtown Beaumont. The rubble is largely contained in the footprint of the demolished building. There are several piles of lumber and brick strewn across the ground. The exterior wall of a building next door has been revealed by the demolition. It has several boarded up windows and an advertisement for "The New Owl Cigar" painted on it.
Date: October 1972
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Partner: Lamar University
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