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[News Script: Daniel]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about new federal buildings being approved. The news comes during an address by Senator Price Daniel to a grass-roots rally.
Date: July 24, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Goldie Hodge Taking Notes]

Description: Photograph of Goldie Hodge sitting in a chair and writing in a notebook. She is seated at a desk with a telephone on it. A calendar is on the wall behind her and various notes are pinned to the wall on her left.
Date: September 1954
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[News Script: Telephone]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a walkout at the Dallas office of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company prompted by the firing of a switchman with polio.
Date: April 27, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Telephone workers]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas telephone workers voting to go back to work after protesting the termination of a worker with polio.
Date: April 30, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Southwestern Bell Building

Description: Exterior view of a brick Southwestern Bell building as seen from across the street. The building sits on a corner lot and cars are parked along the street next to the building.
Date: August 23, 1951
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Swiwtchboard Operators

Description: Photograph of the switchboards at Convair. Operators are (L-R): Ida Aiton, Evelyn Roberts, and Mary McDaniel. They are wearing headsets and plugging in cables to connect telephone calls.
Date: June 22, 1953
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[News Script: D Day at Ferris]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Ferris, Texas getting dial service for their phones for the first time.
Date: July 30, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Utility company phone number]

Description: Photograph of slide giving the phone number for a power company. The slide is grey with text that reads "NECA House Power ED 2-3553" in white lettering. The slide is pinned to a black board that is hanging on the wall.
Date: August 13, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Fort Worth and Dallas phone numbers]

Description: Photograph of phone numbers for Farm and Home locations in Fort Worth and Dallas. The paper is white and with small text near the lower right hand corner. The text reads "Ft. Worth ED 5-1395 Dallas RI 2-6817" in black, rounded letters.
Date: January 19, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Farm and Home phone numbers]

Description: Photograph of the phone numbers for the Dallas and Fort Worth Farm and Home locations. The paper of the advertisement is black while the phone numbers themselves are in white text. This text reads "Ft. Worth ED 5-1395 Dallas RI 2-6817". The paper is on a white canvas surface and you can see the shadows of fingers on this surface.
Date: January 19, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Phone number for the Star Telegram]

Description: Photograph of a slide advertising the phone number for the Fort Worth Star Telegram. The background of the slide is black and the text, which reads "ED 2-4131 Fort Worth Star Telegram", is white. The slide is taped to a canvas board with a piece of tape on each corner.
Date: July 6, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Slide of a rotary phone]

Description: Photograph of a slide with an illustration of a rotary telephone. The illustration depicts a hand picking up the handset of the telephone from the receiver. To the right of this illustration is text that reads "as near as your phone" in all lower case, black letters. The background of the slide is grey with white splotches and the slide is pinned on each corner to a dark, canvas board.
Date: July 6, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of WBAP TV advertisement]

Description: Photograph of window display for upcoming programs on Total TV. A large sign in the center says "Coming Soon! on Channel 5." Below the sign are a variety of pictures displaying programs, such as "Five Fingers." On the ground more pictures are propped up displaying programs, "Fibber & Molly," "Deputy," and "Wagon Train." On the left and right are flags with "Total TV NBC/WBAP" written on them. On the left wall there is a poster for Bell Telephone Hour.
Date: September 29, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Farm and Home phone numbers]

Description: Photograph of phone numbers for the Farm and Home locations in Fort Worth and Dallas. The paper is white with black text that reads "ED 5-1395 Ft. Worth RI 8-8771 Dallas." This is tacked to a dark canvas board that is hanging on the wall with a door to the right and an outlet to the left.
Date: January 19, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Phone numbers for Farm and Home in Dallas and Fort Worth]

Description: Photograph of phone numbers for Farm and Home locations. The picture is just a black background with white text that reads "Dallas RI 8-8771 Ft. Worth ED 5-1395". The numbers are in the 2L-5N format, or 2 letters and 5 numbers, which became the standard for telephone numbers in the 1950s.
Date: January 19, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Don Howard on the telephone]

Description: Photograph of salesman Don Howard sitting in a chair and talking on the telephone. He wears a suit with a tie. The table next to him contains a telephone, radio, documents and other items.
Date: November 6, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of an advertisement]

Description: Photograph of an advertisement thumb-tacked to black canvas, with a telephone on it, across the phone the word "convenience," is written in large white font. Below that in smaller black font is written "Ft. Worth ED5-1395 Dallas R1-6817."
Date: January 19, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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