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[News Script: Fire]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire and series of explosions at a laundry plant in Dallas. No one is injured in the blaze, but the building is damaged.
Date: March 11, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A cook at Ernie's Big Burger Cafe]

Description: Photograph of a cook working in the kitchen at Ernie's Big Burger Cafe. He is wearing a white short-sleeve button-up shirt with a white apron and a soda jerk hat. He is working over the stove in the kitchen, which is behind the counter of the restaurant. To the left of the stove is a cabinet that has trays on top of it for toppings. The counter is on the right side of the image and there is a tea dispenser and a rack of chip bags, among other things, on the countertop. A man is sitting at the c… more
Date: 1954
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Yellow Cab advertisement]

Description: Photograph of an advertisement for Yellow Cab taxi service. The advertisement features the text "Traffic Nerves? Yellow Cab ED 2-3131" in the center of the page. To the left of this text is an illustration of a man, only his head and hands are visible, and he is wearing a striped hat with a nervous look on his face. His eyes are swirls and he is sweating to show that he is nervous. .
Date: March 3, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Location of Richardson Coiffures]

Description: Photograph of a slide advertising the beauty shop Richardson Coiffures. The background of the slide is an image of the building where the shop is located which is two stories. The building is brick with a Spanish tile roof and there are three brick pillars in the center of the image. Between these pillars are intricate metal railings on the second story and there are windows for the shops set between the pillars on both floors. In between the pillars on the first floor, there is a black rectang… more
Date: July 6, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Bert and Steve cab advertisement]

Description: Photograph of an advertisement for Bert & Steve cab service. There is text on the advertisement that reads "Enjoy the Rush Ride a Bert & Steve ED 5-3333". To the right of this text is an illustration of a man who is shown in profile and is wearing a fedora and a pin striped shirt.
Date: March 3, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Advertisement for taxi service]

Description: Photograph of an advertisement for Bert & Steve, a taxi service. The text on the advertisement reads "The Safest Distance Between Two Points! Bert & Steve Ed 5-3333". Next to this text is an illustration of a boy wearing a collared shirt who is winking.
Date: March 3, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Advertisement for electrical services]

Description: Photograph of a slide advertising electrical services. The slide is pinned to a black board that is hanging on a wall. The background of the slide is grey and there is text on it that reads "Full House Power Insall Reddy Light Garden Lighting Convenience Outlet" in white lettering.
Date: August 13, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Advertisement for Yellow Cab taxi service]

Description: Photograph of an advertisement for Yellow Cab taxi service. The advertisement features text that reads "Have Taxi Will Travel Yellow Cab ED 2-3131". Next to this text is an illustration of a man's face. He has his eyes closed and is wearing a taxi driver hat and smiling.
Date: March 3, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Advertisement for free inspections]

Description: Photograph of a slide that is pinned to a black board. The background of the slide is grey and there is text on the slide that reads "Free Inspection" in white letters. This text is off center and the word "Free" is in all capital letters.
Date: August 13, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Advertisement for Richardson Coiffures]

Description: Photograph of a slide advertising the beauty shop Richardson Coiffures. The background of the slide is an image of the building where the shop is located which is two stories. The building is brick with a Spanish tile roof and there are three brick pillars in the center of the image. Between these pillars are intricate metal railings on the second story and there are windows for the shops set between the pillars on both floors. In between the pillars on the first floor, there is a white rectang… more
Date: July 6, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Food tables at a banquet]

Description: Photograph of the food tables at a Star Telegram banquet. The table in the middle of the room has the words "Star Telegram" on it spelled out in fruit with a border of fruit surrounding it. There are three rows of tables that are perpendicular to this table, and these rows have serving dishes and plates on them. There are servers in white suits standing in between these rows and there is a group of men in suits in a line in the background of the top left of the image. More men are standing arou… more
Date: July 10, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Parolee transfer form from Ruby Blackburn addressed to T. N. Carswell - August 19, 1957]

Description: A report from Ruby Blackburn, Administrative Assistant of the Voluntary County Parole Board System in Austin, Texas, dated August 19, 1957, and addressed to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Chairman, Taylor County Parole Board, Abilene, Texas. The form gives notice of the granting of the petition for the transfer of subject from Taylor County to El Paso County, and naming the subject's prospective employer as Davis, Foster and Thorps, Architects, and the parole officer as P. W. Williams.
Date: August 19, 1957
Creator: Blackburn, Ruby
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Beauty salon

Description: Photograph of the interior of a salon with sinks lining the wall on the left side of the image and a row of chairs with dryers along the wall to the right..
Date: 1952
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

"Pete's" Service Station

Description: Photograph of "Pete," one of many gas station workers and owners, putting gas in the tank of a partially-visible vehicle. Pete is wearing a uniform including light-colored slacks and shirt, as well as a hat with a brim; the hat and shirt have patches that say "Mobilgas Mobiloil" with an image of a pegasus. The gas station building is visible in the background. The station offered full service, i.e., filling the tank, cleaning the windshield, changing oil, and tire service.
Date: 1957
Creator: Young, Moon
Partner: Cleveland Historic Society

[Interior of San Mar Restaurant]

Description: Photograph of the interior of a restaurant. The restaurant has booths for tables and a bar with stools. A woman works at the bar. Two of the booths are occupied and a man sits at the bar. The diner includes a jukebox and the floor has checkered tiles.
Date: June 28, 1950
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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