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[Adam's egg dye slide]

Photograph of a slide advertising Adam's Egg Coloring. Central to the image is a cartoon Easter bunny, wearing a top hat and bow tie. He is holding a box of Adams dye and pointing at it. The box says, "Adams extract, color pak, food colors." In a speech bubble above the bunny, it is written, "For a child's delight... Adam's colors - Easter egg bright!!" Various Easter eggs surround the bunny, with one having the word, "Thumper" written across it.
Date: April 1, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Bruce Piano Company slide]

Photograph of a slide for Bruce Piano Company. Writing in the center of the slide says, "See Wurlitzer instruments at Steinway in Fort Worth, Bruce Piano Co. 1514 Pennsylvania." Around the B in Bruce is a small drawing of a piano.
Date: April 29, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Camp Carter slide]

Photograph of a slide for Camp Carter, a camp for boys. Writing on the top says, "Camp Carter, resident camp for boys 9 to 15." The acronym YMCA is written in large white font behind Camp Carter. A circular logo in the middle has a picture of a man on a horse within it, and writing around it that says, "Amon Carters YMCA Camp." Writing on either side of the logo says, "June 13 - June 25, June 27 - July 9, July 11 - July 23, July 25 - August 6." Writing on the bottom of the slide says, "For information call PE 8 - 9241, So near ... yet so far!!"
Date: April 20, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Children filming a show with dogs]

Photograph of two children on a television set with two dogs. The children are standing in front of a short fence that is in front of a background of cut outs that are painted to look like trees. There are animal puppets in between the branches of the trees. The boy on the left is wearing a tweed blazer with no tie and is holding the leash of a golden retriever. The girl on the right is wearing a white, sleeveless dress with black flats and bobby socks and is holding the leash of a beagle. Both of the children are looking straight at the camera and the boy is smiling. In the foreground to the left of these children is a film camera that has text that reads "WBAP-TV Channel 5 NBC". There is a man sitting behind the camera who is wearing headphones and looking at the children over the viewfinder. There is a microphone that is hanging over the children and above this two stage lights are visible.
Date: April 29, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Children on set with dogs]

Photograph of two children on a television set with two dogs. The children are standing in front of a short fence that is in front of a background of cut outs that are painted to look like trees. There are animal puppets in between the branches of the trees. The boy on the left is wearing a tweed blazer with no tie and is holding the leash of a golden retriever. The girl on the right is wearing a white, sleeveless dress with black flats and bobby socks and is holding the leash of a beagle. Both of the children are looking straight at the camera and smiling. In the foreground to the left of these children is a film camera that has text that reads "WBAP-TV Channel 5 NBC". There is a man sitting behind the camera who is wearing headphones and looking in the viewfinder. There is a microphone that is hanging over the children and above this two stage lights are visible.
Date: April 29, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Closed Gate]

Photograph of the Southeast gate closed.
Date: April 1, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Closed South East gate]

Photograph of a long gate that is closed off blocking a road. On the gate are two parallel boards with stripes on them. The gates have a brick column on each side. Chain link fences continue the fence out of each side of the image. There are telephone poles going down the street into the neighborhood.
Date: April 1, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Elect Tom Kent slide]

Photograph of a slide advertising to elect Tom Kent as a state representative.
Date: April 28, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[First Annual Fort Worth Auto Show]

Photograph of a poster for the First Annual Fort Worth Auto Show.
Date: April 22, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Group of girls in swimsuits on the set of Teen-Age Downbeat]

Photograph of a group of nine women in swimsuits on the set of Teen-Age Downbeat. All of the women are wearing one-piece swimsuits in various colors and patterns with coordinating high heel shoes. They all have their hands behind their backs and are smiling at the camera, except for the woman on the far right who has her head down and her hands at her sides. They are standing in front of the sign for Teen-Age Downbeat which looks like a measure of music with the words "Teen-Age Downbeat" on the bars and a treble cleft on the left of the sign. To the right of this sign is a screen with a grid pattern and some of the squares of the grid are not filled with anything while five of the squares are filled in and say the names of musicians such as "The Drifters", "Lloyd Price", and "Elvis Presley".
Date: April 29, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Guest with hat]

Photograph of a woman sitting in a plastic chair and smiling at the camera. She is wearing a dark dress and a large white hat. She is holding another lace hat. Next to her is another empty chair.
Date: April 11, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Johnny Desmond on Downbeat]

Photograph of singer Johnny Desmond on set for WBAP-TV's Teen-Age Downbeat show. He sits on a stool and smiles at the camera. He wears a striped suit jacket, turtleneck, and pants. The wall behind him has a large painted, fake record that says "Teenage Downbeat."
Date: April 28, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Johnny Desmond on Teen-Age Downbeat]

Photograph of Johnny Desmond on the set of Teen-Age Downbeat with two girls. Desmond is wearing a striped blazer over a black turtleneck. He is sitting on a stool and has one leg resting on the ground while the other is resting on a bar on the stool. The girl on the left has short hair and is wearing a white sleeveless dress with a black floral pattern and a black belt. The girl on the right has her hair pulled back from her face and is wearing a light-colored dress with a high neck and short sleeves. The girls are both looking at Desmond and each has an arm around his arms. The wall behind them has different colored squares with rounded corners painted on it. In the center of this are two large vinyl records that are overlapping. The bottom record has text that reads "RCA Victor" and the top record has text that reads "Teen".
Date: April 28, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Johnny Desmond with two girls on Teen-Age Downbeat]

Photograph of Johnny Desmond on the set of Teen-Age Downbeat with two girls. Desmond is wearing a striped blazer over a black turtleneck. He is sitting on a stool and has one leg resting on the ground while the other is resting on a bar on the stool. The girl on the left has short hair and is wearing a white sleeveless dress with a black floral pattern and a black belt. The girl on the right has her hair pulled back from her face and is wearing a light-colored dress with a high neck and short sleeves. The girls are both smiling at the camera and each has an arm around Desmond's arms. The wall behind them has different colored squares with rounded corners painted on it. In the center of this are two large vinyl records that are overlapping. The bottom record has text that reads "RCA Victor" and the top record has text that reads "Teen".
Date: April 28, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Kentucky Kings cigarettes]

Photograph of a package of Kentucky Kings cigarettes. The packaging has a two-tone design with two small illustrated leaves.
Date: April 26, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Kentucky Kings cigarettes]

Photograph of a package of Kentucky Kings cigarettes.
Date: April 26, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Leonards slide]

Photograph of slides advertising for Leonards. The two slides are identical and placed above one another. In cursive along the top are the words, "Buy and save at..." Below these words is a black box with white writing that says, "Leonards, more merchandise for less money." To the right is a drawing of a weather vane shaped like a rooster. More writing around the box says, "Open till 9, Monday - Friday and Saturday."
Date: April 16, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Man holding products]

Photograph of a man holding Wesson Oil and Snowdrift shortening products in each hand. He smiles directly at the camera. The man wears a suit, tie, and glasses. Behind him, a stack of boxes labeled "Wesson Oil" can be seen.
Date: April 20, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Man Holding Two Products]

Photograph of a man holding Wesson Oil and Snowdrift shortening products in each hand. He smiles directly at the camera. The man wears a suit, tie, and glasses. Behind him, a stack of boxes labeled "Wesson Oil" can be seen.
Date: April 20, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Man rolling magazines]

Photograph of a man who is rolling up stacks of magazines at a table that is in front of a window. The table has boxes of archives of Life, Newsweek, and Reader's Digest on it. There are seven stacked boxes that are labeled "Life" and they contain magazines from 1958 to 1960. There are more boxes slid underneath the table. In the background of the image is a shelf that has very haphazard stacks of cardboard, files, and other paper goods on it. There are eight shelves and they are all completely full. There is more stuff stacked on top of this shelf.
Date: April 13, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Man standing in front of cheese section in a store]

Photograph of a man standing in front of the refrigerated section at a grocery store. He is wearing a light colored blazer with a name tag that says "Wyatt" for the store name. On the shelves behind him are different kinds of cheeses, cookies, and pizza dough. Some of the prices for the items are advertised on the front of the shelves. The brands on the shelf include Borden, Betty Crocker, Pilsbury, Philadelphia, Kraft, and Velveeta. At the top of the image is a banner that has fruits and vegetables and salads on it.
Date: April 22, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Man working on magazine archives]

Photograph of a man who is rolling up stacks of magazines at a table that is in front of an open window. He is wearing a long sleeve button up shirt with a bow tie and a pocket protector. He is facing the camera but is looking down at the magazine he is working on. The table has boxes of archives of Life, Newsweek, and Reader's Digest on it. There are seven stacked boxes that are labeled "Life" and they contain magazines from 1958 to 1960. There are more boxes slid underneath the table. In the background of the image is a shelf that has very haphazard stacks of cardboard, files, and other paper goods on it. There are eight shelves and they are all completely full. There is more stuff stacked on top of this shelf.
Date: April 13, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Mobil slide]

Photograph of a slide advertising Mobil gasoline. Writing in large black font on the left says, "EXTRA, Mobilgas, economy run cars, averaged 21.23 miles per gallon." The Mobil logo is in the top right corner; it is a rounded rectangular shape with the word "Mobil" in the middle with a small pegasus directly below it.
Date: April 10, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Movie scene slides]

Photograph of two pictures from two scenes from the movie Odds Against Tomorrow. The picture on the left is of a woman sitting in a chair holding a bowl in her lap. The right picture is of a man laying on a bed, as a woman has her hands on his shoulders.
Date: April 19, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library