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The Esquire Girl by Al Moore "Checkermate "

Description: Page from Esquire magazine featuring illustrations of women and descriptive text. An Al Moore Esquire Girl spread on the theme of relationships between men and women as a game of checkers followed by a Kodachrome reproduction of a lone fisherman.
Date: March 1949
Creator: Moore, Al & Atreson, Ray

[Irene Williams]

Description: Portrait of Irene Biffle Williams sitting on a wicker bench. She is smiling and looking off to the side with her arms and legs crossed. She is wearing a dark-colored skirt with a white mid-sleeve shirt. There is a dresser behind her with a book and a framed photo resting on top. A lamp with a tilted shade rests on a table behind her, to the left. This photo was taken at Byrd III's home in San Antonio on McKinley Avenue, where Irene was visiting.
Date: 1949
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III

[Photograph of Byrd Williams III]

Description: Photograph of Byrd Williams III, husband of Doris Williams who photographed him sitting on a park bend at the Breckenridge Park in San Antonio. On the back of the photograph in Doris Williams handwriting it reads, "I took the pictures - DSW. B. M. Williams III, Breckenridge Park, San Antonio, Texas. 1949." Doris also crossed out the wrong photographic information on the back.
Date: 1949
Creator: Williams, Doris Stiles

[Photograph of Moore Paper Co.]

Description: Photograph of a large brick building situated on the left side of a street, possibly in Houston, Texas. Signs for a cafe, "Moore Paper Co." and "Houston Central Warehouse Co" hang from the building. A couple walks along the sidewalk, their backs to the camera. An automobile is partially visible as it drives down the street.
Date: [1949..1955]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III

[Irene Williams]

Description: Portrait of Irene Biffle Williams sitting on a wicker bench. She is smiling and looking off to the side with her arms and legs crossed. She is wearing a dark-colored skirt with a white mid-sleeve shirt. There is a dresser behind her with a book and a framed photo resting on top. A lamp with a tilted shade rests on a table behind her, to the left. This photo was taken at Byrd III's home in San Antonio on McKinley Avenue, where Irene was visiting.
Date: 1949
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III

[Photograph of a street in New Orleans]

Description: Photograph of a long, multi-story brick building on a New Orleans street. Vendors selling artwork are set up under the building's awning. Across the street, three automobiles are parked outside the wrought-iron fence of a public park. A small blue automobile drives down the street perpendicular to the building.
Date: 1949
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III

[Photograph of a building in New Orleans]

Description: Photograph of a multi-story brick building in New Orleans, taken from a park. Cars are parked on both sides of the street in front of the building. A man sits on the ground by the gate of a black wrought-iron fence that borders the park. Large trees grow in the park on either side of the gate.
Date: 1949
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III

[Photograph of an alley in New Orleans]

Description: Photograph of the view down an alley in New Orleans. Tall multi-story buildings stand on either side of the paved alley. An automobile is parked along the building on the left. A tall tree and a brick building is visible at the end of the alley.
Date: 1949
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
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[News Clip: The Texas News

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering news highlights from 1949-1950. This year in review presents excerpts from news stories covered in Texas and across the United States, including airplane crashes, human interest stories, politicians, "Texas Personalities," sports, and the Korean War.
Date: 1949
Duration: 13 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[Durelle Alexander on a set]

Description: Photograph of Durelle Alexander smiling and pointing at a sign on a set. The sign reads "Philco Flying-X Ranch Boys." The set includes a backdrop painted to appear as a log cabin.
Date: April 14, 1949
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[Mel Cox on set]

Description: Photograph of Mel Cox from the Flying X Ranch Boys posing on set. He stands with one leg propped up on a table. He points to the side and holds a fiddle under one arm. He is dressed in western attire with cowboy boots and a cowboy hat.
Date: April 14, 1949
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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