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[News Clip: Quartet prepares for convention]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Strictly Barbershop Show, featuring barbershop quartet singers.
Date: May 11, 1954
Duration: 53 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: News Briefs]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about comedic duo Martin and Lewis and singer Patti Page stopping in Love Field in Dallas.
Date: May 21, 1954
Duration: 57 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Winners named in handcraft show]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a craft fair for Dallas students, with competitions for the best handmade furniture, models, and other hobbies.
Date: May 23, 1954
Duration: 2 minutes 01 second
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Benny arrives for Dallas show]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Jack Benny arriving to open the State Fair Musical season.
Date: June 9, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 51 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Television star in Dallas show]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about rehearsals beginning in Dallas for the last of the 1954 State Fair Summer Musicals: "Wonderful Town."
Date: August 17, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 08 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Program: Coryell County Centennial, May 1954]

Description: Souvenir program for the Coryell County Centennial celebration, held by the Gatesville Chamber of Commerce, from May 6-9, 1954, in Gatesville, Texas. Includes the history of Coryell County with photographs and illustrations, details of events held during the centennial, and advertisements from local businesses.
Date: 1954-05~
Creator: The Gatesville Messenger
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[State Fair of Texas Admission Ticket]

Description: A ticket to the State Fair of Texas, for one high school teacher, valid on Friday, October 22, 1954. The ticket is signed by the president and executive vice president of the fair. The ticket has a tear down the middle, and the ticket is held together by tape.
Date: 1954
Partner: Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell

[News Script: Antique show]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an annual antique show at the Fort Worth Women's Club.
Date: October 27, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Football]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the 49th annual University of Oklahoma-University of Texas football game in the Cotton Bowl at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas. Oklahoma wins the game 14-7.
Date: October 10, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Gift hat travels by jet plane]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about three veteran U.S. Navy pilots traveling to represent Dallas at the National Aircraft Show in Dayton, Ohio.
Date: August 31, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Cotton queen]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the crowning of the 1954 Cotton Queen beauty contest winner at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas.
Date: October 12, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Gems exhibit]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrival of a collection of extremely valuable and rare diamonds in Dallas, to be displayed at the State Fair.
Date: October 6, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Grand champ brings top price]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Grand Champion Steer of the State Fair of Texas's annual Junior Livestock Auction Sale being sold for a record price at three dollars a pound.
Date: October 22, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Football and Fair feature weekend]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the opening of the State Fair of Texas and the University of Texas vs. University of Oklahoma football game in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
Date: October 8, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: State Fair rural youth day]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about record-breaking attendance of the State Fair of Texas on their Rural Youth Day, where rural children were offered a free picnic lunch.
Date: October 17, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Tex Ritter star of party for kids]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Tex Ritter headlining a variety show at the State Fair Auditorium for children of Chance-Vought Aircraft employees as well as children from Dallas orphanages.
Date: December 12, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Arlene Francis opens home show]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the annual Star-Telegram Home Show in Fort Worth, with an appearance by television personality Arlene Francis. The show features exhibits of new kitchen appliances, along with other home fixtures and furniture.
Date: May 9, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mary Frances Anglin, The First Dairy Day Queen]

Description: Black and white photograph of a young woman, Mary Frances Jenkel, née Anglin, being crowned the first Dairy Day Queen, on stage at the 1954 Dairy Day in Cleveland, Texas. She is wearing a velvet coronation robe. The town mayor at the time, N.A. Walker, bestows the honor. A young boy, Jeff McClain, is standing near them is holding the crown's pillow. A sizable group of people on stage watch from behind them as the event takes place. Coronation is on the old American Legion baseball field.
Date: 1954
Partner: Cleveland Historic Society

[News Script: Girl in rose festival]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about contestants arriving at Love Field in Dallas for the coronation ceremonies of the Queen of Roses beauty pageant in Tyler.
Date: September 29, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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