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[Home Economics]

Description: Photograph of students working on Christmas projects in a home economics class. Two students stand in front of a blackboard, demonstrating their creations.
Date: December 4, 1961
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Tarver Family Christmas Card, 1961]

Description: Christmas postcard from the Tarver family including a photo of the children in the center. There are black-and-white illustrations on either side including two lit candles in a candelabrum on the left and a stained glass window depicting baby Jesus and Mary on the right; the words "Peace on Earth" are at the top of the postcard. In the photograph, the children are seated in a line on the hearth next to a fireplace. They are, from left to right: Byron Lee, Carol Lynn, and John Arthur. A hand… more
Date: December 1961
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of the Tarver Family
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[Cochran Family Films, No. 2 - Holidays and Vacations, 1961]

Description: This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Cochran family including holidays, parades, road trips, and family vacations. The film begins with the family on Christmas morning (0:00-03:49) and a Christmas parade featuring floats related to nursery rhymes and fairy tales, drill teams, a beauty queen, and KRLD-TV Channel 4 television personality and star of "Party Time" Officer Friendly and his puppet Jimmy the Duck (03:49-06:54). The family then poses in front of a house (06… more
Date: 1961
Duration: 30 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Cochran, Jay
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 34.937264 -101.647615
Partner: UNT Media Library

[Monnigs gift wrapping]

Description: Photograph of three gifts wrapped for Christmas. Each one has a paper decoration taped to it in a Christmas figure, such as Santa Claus.
Date: 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Montgomery Ward]

Description: Photograph of a slide that says, "Montgomery Ward. Open 'til 9 PM every night 'til Christmas." A picture of Santa Claus is smiling on the left.
Date: 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Living room advertisment]

Description: Photograph of a living room for a Monnigs advertisement. There is a couch along the wall with two chairs next to it and a coffee table in the middle. There is also a grandfather clock, a painting, and cabinets.
Date: 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Gifts Galore]

Description: Photograph of boxes of various products stacked up on tables all around a large room. Floor polishers and vac-cleaners sit on the central table. A sign behind them says, "Gifts galore."
Date: 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Wards slide]

Description: Photograph of a slide that says, "Montgomery Ward. Open 'til 9 PM every night 'til Christmas." A picture of Santa Claus is smiling on the left.
Date: 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Department Store Interior]

Description: Photograph of several aisles of store displays in a department store located at 5621 Inter-regional Highway. In the foreground, a display of stacked chairs and tables can be seen, along with a scooter or bicycle. Each aisle in the background is packed with store goods, and each has a Santa shaped sign posted on it.
Date: November 10, 1961
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[News Script: Christmas lights]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about decorating for Christmas, in particular the lights rimming the skyline of Fort Worth; Trans America Life Insurance began the practice 3 years ago, and this year 38 of Fort Worth's downtown buildings have 18,000 lights, set 4 feet apart, festooned along the skylines - even the gas company, although their lights use gas, says the Downtown Fort Worth Association.
Date: December 18, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Santa]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Christmas shopping for kids, and the problems of deciding what gifts to get; the department store Santa Clause hears what the children want, but occasionally has problems too.
Date: December 19, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Parade]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Christmas parade held in downtown Fort Worth, sponsored by the Downtown Fort Worth Association and the Shrine Circus; floats, elephants, the Moslah Shrine Temple Band, other music groups and performs, and Al the lion are all part of the show along the 2-mile route - with Santa Claus being the star of the show.
Date: November 24, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Xmas Tree]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Jaycees Christmas tree for Burnett park, although this year the tree is from East Texas rather than Colorado as the past six years. The attempt to get a tree from Colorado included a snowfall of 2 1/2 feet preventing bring the tree out, a jackknifed and wrecked truck, a major injury, and thousands of dollars cost. The new tree was much easier to bring to Fort Worth.
Date: November 19, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Santa]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the launching of the Christmas season and Jan Thomas, a young girl will be there to instruct the people to switch on the Christmas lights.
Date: November 24, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Trees]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a broadcast news story.
Date: January 6, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Woven reindeer Christmas card]

Description: Holiday card woven by Rudi Fuchs featuring Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer on a dark background. Handwritten text on the inside of the card says, "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Still looking for you! Best, Rudi."
Date: [1961..1985]
Creator: Fuchs, Rudolph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Artwork
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Department workers in office]

Description: Photograph of four department workers in the office. One is working on a typewriter, two are writing things down at the desks, and the fourth is looking at some files from the shelves on the wall. There are Christmas decorations on one of the desks.
Date: December 1961
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Santa Clause at a basketball game]

Description: Photograph of woman and child greeted by a man dressed as Santa Claus. Santa Claus rings a bell and wears a satchel around his shoulder. Santa also has a long white beard. A man stands next to Santa. People mill around in the background. A basketball goal stands behind the group. A banner hangs on the wall behind them that reads "TO THE HOME OF THE NTSU EAGLES."
Date: December 20, 1961
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Santa Clause talking to a child on a basketball court]

Description: Photograph of woman and child greeted by a man dressed as Santa Claus in a basketball gymnasium. Santa Claus reaches out to touch the child. A basketball goal stands behind the group. People stand alongside the edges of the basketball court. A banner hangs on the wall behind them that reads "WELCOME TO THE HOME OF THE NTSU EAGLES." A scoreboard hangs on the far wall.
Date: December 20, 1961
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Sarah Anna Simmons Crane - November 6, 1961]

Description: A letter written to Sarah Anna Simmons Crane from T. N. Carswell, dated November 6, 1961. Carswell expresses his appreciation for the letter from Sarah Anna. He advises that he has enclosed a check, to let it be a Christmas Present, and that her use and enjoyment of it will be her Christmas present to him. Carswell advises of a suggestion made by Dr. Reiff, that Simmons provide a marker for her grave and the corner stone taken from Anna Hall be placed in the new Student Union building.
Date: November 6, 1961
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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