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[Hal Thompson and his secretary sharing a drink 2 of 4]

Description: Photograph of Hal Thompson and a secretary standing at a desk in an office. The secretary is leaning on the desk while Thompson is standing, and they are both looking at an African American butler who is holding a bottle of champagne. There is an ice bucket and champagne glasses on the desk, along with bins to hold papers and cups with pencils in them. On the wall behind the desk is a pirate flag, a flag with an animal head silhouette, and a map of the United States with locations of televisio… more
Date: April 9, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Hal Thompson and his secretary sharing a drink 1 of 4]

Description: Photograph of Hal Thompson and a secretary sharing a drink in an office. They are each holding a corner of a flag with an animal silhouette on it in one hand while they are holding champagne glasses in their other hand. The secretary's glass is being filled by an African American butler. There is an ice bucket and two more champagne glasses on the desk, along with bins to hold papers and cups with pencils in them. On the wall behind the desk is a pirate flag and a map of the United States with … more
Date: April 9, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Calvin Pigg and an unidentified man sitting at a desk]

Description: Photograph of Calvin Pigg and an unidentified man sitting at a desk in front of a map of the Southwest. The man is wearing a cowboy hat with a suit and tie while Pigg is wearing a plaid button up shirt and a bolo tie with no hat. They are holding a pamphlet that says "... Lawns" on the back. On the desk in front of them is a large microphone with the WBAP logo, wire baskets to hold paper, a calendar, and a few ash trays. There is another map on the floor to the left of the desk.
Date: January 16, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Man leaning against desk on set]

Description: Photograph of a camera operator filming an unidentified man. He is seen leaning against a desk and holding up a drawing of a person. Behind him, there is a world map on the back wall. A box, furniture, blackboard, and a photo of a statue of an animal can be seen in the room.
Date: April 9, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Hal Thompson and his secretary sharing a drink 4 of 4]

Description: Photograph of Hal Thompson and a secretary sharing a drink in an office and smiling. They are each holding a corner of a flag with an animal silhouette on it in one hand while they are holding champagne glasses in their other hand. The secretary's glass is being filled by an African American butler. There is an ice bucket and two more champagne glasses on the desk, along with bins to hold papers and cups with pencils in them. On the wall behind the desk is a pirate flag and a map of the United … more
Date: April 9, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Calvin Pigg and a man reading a pamphlet on WBAP]

Description: Photograph of Calvin Pigg and an unidentified man sitting at a desk and reading a pamphlet that reads "Better Lawns". Pigg is looking at the camera and is wearing club master glasses with a plaid button up shirt and a bolo tie. The other man is looking to the right of the frame and is wearing a cowboy hat and a suit and tie. The desk is in front of a map of the Southwest, and there is another map on the floor to the left of the desk. On the desk are wire baskets for paper, ash trays, a large mi… more
Date: January 16, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Man holds up portrait of Vincent Van Gogh]

Description: Photograph of a man standing and holding up a portrait of Vincent Van Gogh. Behind him, there is a blackboard and a photo of a statue of an animal. A desk, a box, a world map, a board on an easel, and furniture can be seen in the image.
Date: April 9, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Man with weather equipment, 2]

Description: Photograph of a man standing next to a weather machine. He is wearing a suit and is standing on the right side of the machine. There is a large piece of paper being printed by the machine with two maps of the United States on it that show weather fronts.
Date: September 10, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[TELOP of property plat]

Description: Photograph of a TELOP of a detailed property map. On the bottom there is a label that says, "Physical plat subject property." There is some small hand writing below it. The legend in the bottom left corner has four small boxes of various headings, labeled, "Hill land, valley land, cultivated, and wooded." In the top left corner is a compass with north labeled by an "N." On the bottom of the map is a large railroad going from the northwest to the southeast that is labeled, "Cotton Belt R.R. to N… more
Date: March 31, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Bowling center map]

Description: Photograph of a TELOP depicting a map locating the Industrial Bowling Center. On the map there are six roads, from left to right, "Live Oak," "Dragon," "Continental Blvd.," "Industrial Blvd.," "Commerce," and "Lamar." On Dragon there is a bowling ball and bowling pin. There is a black arrow pointing to the pin and ball from a text box that reads, "Industrial Bowling Center."
Date: June 8, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Man at podium in office]

Description: Photograph of a man speaking at a podium on a desk. He is holding both of his hands up. Behind him, there is a world map on the back wall and a board with text on a piece of paper. To the left, there is a blackboard. To the right, there is a painting of boats, a chair, and a low table.
Date: April 9, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Calvin Pigg pointing at map]

Description: Photograph of Calvin Pigg pointing to a location in Texas on a map and the other man is looking at the location. Pigg wears a plaid shirt, bolo tie, glasses, and pants. The other man wears a suit and tie.
Date: January 16, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[General Highway Map of Denton County Texas]

Description: General Highway Map of Denton County Texas performed by the Texas State Highway Department in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Public Roads. Data obtained from the Planning Survey Division.
Date: 1959
Creator: Texas. Highway Department. Planning Survey Division.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Man reading a report from weather equipment]

Description: Photograph of a man next to a weather machine. He is wearing a suit and standing next to the machine as it is printing a large piece of paper. On this paper are two maps of the United States that have weather fronts marked on them.
Date: September 10, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Public auction TELOP]

Description: Photograph of a TELOP for a public auction, depicting a map. Two large locations on the map, Dallas and Fort Worth, are represented by bigger black blocks. They have dotted lines that connect them to a smaller black block titled "Rhome" in the middle. The dotted line from Dallas to Rhome is labeled as "114" and has two smaller black blocks on it titled "Roanoke" and "Grapevine." This line connects from Rhome to Dallas on the right. The line from Fort Worth to Rhome is labeled as both "US 81" an… more
Date: March 31, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Bulletin of N.T.S.C, Denton, Texas: Student Handbook 1959/60, Campus Map]

Description: The image provided here is the campus map of North Texas State College, for the 1959-1960 school year. This map is inked in green, black, and white, with the map itself in green and white. The title and subtitle, respectively "Bulletin of North Texas State College, Denton, Texas" and "Student Handbook 1959-1960," are printed in black. On the lower right corner of the page is the map legend, printed in green.
Date: 1959~
Creator: North Texas State College
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Illustrations: Figures 1-10]

Description: Maps and charts illustrating aspects of a photogeologic reconnaissance study of the spatial relationship of uranium deposits to structure and stratigraphy in Duval County, Texas.
Date: February 1959
Creator: Barnes, John C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Adult classes]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about courses at the Dallas College Division of Southern Methodist University.
Date: February 14, 1959
Duration: 3 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Commissioners court]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Tarrant County Commissioners Court addressing twenty petitions calling for an election to determine whether the county will allow the sale of alcohol.
Date: May 14, 1959
Duration: 1 minute 10 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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