Resource Type

[Photograph 2012.201.B0240.0231]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "E. A. Corbett of Fort Worth and Mrs. Earl Gilliam of Tyler, Texas, console Corbett's setter dog Sky Deacon after Monday's test in the national quail championship at Lake Murray."
Date: March 11, 1955
Creator: Cobb, Richard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0227.0299]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "An ex-convict's bizarre story of a plot to kill a wealth Texas oilman for $10,000 during a fake robbery was reviled by police today."
Date: April 8, 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Airplane in Front of Hangar]

Photograph of a de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk airplane in front of a hangar at Meacham Field Airport in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: June 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Kay Buick and Russ Bannock]

Photograph of Kay Buick and Russ Bannock standing outside at a picnic at Meacham Field Airport in Fort Worth, Texas. More people are visible in the background.
Date: June 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Seaplane]

Photograph of the front starboard side of a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver seaplane with wheels mounted on floats, on a runways at Meacham Field Airport in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: June 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Sam Houston Zephyr" arriving in Fort Worth]

Fort Worth and Denver Railway's "Sam Houston Zephyr" train No. 4, northbound, arriving in the Texas and Pacific's depot in Fort Worth on the afternoon of January 30, 1955.
Date: January 30, 1955
Creator: Plummer, Roger S.
System: The Portal to Texas History

["The Texas Eagle" in Arlington, Texas]

Texas and Pacific's " The Texas Eagle", train No. 2, eastbound, a modern streamliner powered by diesel electric locomotives with a consist of fifteen cars, rolls over the high-iron near Arlington, Texas, enroute from Fort Worth to Dallas and St. Louis.
Date: 1955~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Telecast by Lennox]

Photograph of camera operators on a balcony with equipment filming at a golf tournament. There is a sign that reads "Telecast by Lennox." There are people and a Coca Cola sign visible in the background.
Date: May 8, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph 2012.201.B1408.0128]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Loading the projector are W.A. Higgins, Washington, D.C., the organization's national president, standing, and Bruce M. Wickwire, ort Worth, southwest regional director."
Date: December 6, 1955
Creator: Peterson, Dick
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Teen-Age Downbeat]

Photograph of the set of Teen-Age Downbeat, including the host Tom Mullarky.
Date: 1955
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph 2012.201.B1066.0419]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.
Date: February 28, 1955
Creator: Cobb, Richard
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1245.0263]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Dukes Askew Simmons Jr. Fort Worth Car Theft Ring Suspect"
Date: January 7, 1955
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Group of musicians on set]

Photograph of a group of musicians standing on a platform, wielding a variety of instruments. Two men stand off to the right of the group, with one of the men wielding a guitar. A small television set is located near the two men.
Date: January 3, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Picture of roll box]

Photograph of a roll box. The box reads "Gold Chain, Hot Roll Mix". On the box is a picture of cooked bread rolls on a plate.
Date: January 6, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Television hosts and crew]

Photograph of two men hosting a television show. Both men are dressed in cowboy clothing and one holds a guitar. In the foreground, camera operators and television crew work behind the scenes.
Date: January 3, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Group on Hotpoint set]

Photograph of a group of people on a television set. There are four men in formal suits sitting at table. Next to them in a kitchen set, a man and a woman converse. In the foreground of the picture, camera operators sit and work.
Date: January 6, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Musicians and set crew]

Photograph of a television set with both performers and the crew. Two men stand in front of film cameras, one wielding a guitar, and both dressed in cowboy clothing. In the foreground, camera operators are working.
Date: January 3, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Lajean Valentine Hitch feeding cake to James Alan Wharton]

Photograph of the bride, Lajean (Jean) Valentine Hitch, feeding cake to her groom, James Alan Wharton at their wedding in Fort Worth. The couple are smiling at one another after their recent nuptials, standing in front of their wedding cake.
Date: June 4, 1955
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Bride and groom Lajean Valentine Hitch and James Alan Wharton cutting into their cake, 2]

Photograph of newlyweds, Lajean (Jean) Valentine Hitch and James Alan Wharton cutting their wedding cake together. The couple are smiling at one another after their recent nuptials.
Date: June 4, 1955
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Wedding of Lajean Valentine Hitch and James Alan Wharton, 2]

Photograph of Lajean (Jean) Valentine Hitch and James Alan Wharton being wed by Rev. B. L. Davis. The couple have their wedding party on their flanks, as they exchange rings with one another.
Date: June 4, 1955
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Bed filled with wedding gifts]

Photograph of the wedding gifts Lajean and James Alan Wharton received during their nuptials laid out on a bed in a family home. Some wedding gifts include pots and pants, a wall clock, an alarm, and other assorted home gifts.
Date: June 4, 1955
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Bride, groom and their parents, 2]

Photograph of (L to R) Marjorie Lee Hitch and Samuel Humphrey Hitch, Lajean (Jean) Valentine Hitch (mother and father of Jean), James Alan Wharton, Mary Sue Wharton, and Wilbur Worth Wharton Sr. (mother and father of James).
Date: June 4, 1955
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Marjorie Lee Hitch putting the veil on her daughter's head]

Photograph of the bride, Lajean (Jean) Valentine Hitch, having her veil placed by her mother, Marjorie Lee Hitch at Jean's wedding to James Alan Wharton.
Date: June 4, 1955
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Alexandra Wharton, Marjorie Lee Hitch and Susanne Rankin plating pieces of cake]

Photograph of bridesmaid Alexandra “Sandra” Wharton related to groom James Alan Wharton, mother of the bride Marjorie Lee Hitch and Susanne Rankin plating pieces of wedding cake after James and Jean's nuptials.
Date: June 4, 1955
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
System: The UNT Digital Library