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Marbles

Description: 134 round ceramic marbles: 16 purplish red; 10 deep violet; 13 deep blue; 14 deep green; 5 very dark, reddish-purple; 13 strong yellow-brown; 17 orange-yellow; 8 mottled; 38 unpainted.
Date: unknown
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Marbles in a box of sand]

Description: Photograph of a box of sand with marbles sitting in it. The marbles are in a pile in the middle of the sand and there are various colors of them. The box has a jagged edge and is sitting on a fabric square and the area around it is completely dark.
Date: March 12, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Stamps and marbles]

Description: Photograph of a page of a stamp collection and marbles. There are fifteen stamps on the page with the faces of people on them, most of whom are former Presidents of the United States. There are twenty marbles sitting on top of the page, most of them are a dark color but two are lighter. The page is laying on a piece of fabric and two furniture legs are visible at the bottom of the frame.
Date: March 12, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Paper of postal issues]

Description: Photograph of a paper of United States regular postal issues 1954-1955. On the paper there are three rows of postage stamps with the faces of historical figures on them. On the middle of the paper a group of marbles sit, partially obscuring the third row of stamps. There are two holes punched on the left side of the paper.
Date: January 19, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Marbles]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about marbles competitor Melvin Sherman.
Date: May 14, 1971, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: News briefs one]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering five news stories. The first story is about a young New Mexico boy who ran away from home and hitchhiked to Fort Worth being returned to his parents. The second story is about a citywide marble tournament for Dallas youths. The third story is about the murder trial of Hansel Freeman Emory, a local man accused of stabbing another man to death with a pair of pliers during an altercation at White Rock Lake. The fourth story is about No… more
Date: April 27, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Boys Playing Marbles]

Description: Color postcard depicting two boys sitting on the ground playing marbles. They both wear caps on their heads. Correspondence on the back reads, "With love and best wishes Ada B. Reed" It is addressed to Miss Rosa Dill, Oklahoma, 206 E. 5th St.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes
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