Resource Type

["Presentation," party for Jewish Debutantes]

Photograph of the "Presentation" party for Jewish Debutantes of 1949 at the Beth-El Congregation's social hall at 207 W. Broadway in Fort Worth. The women are arranged in a curve away from the photographer and are holding bouquets of flowers and wearing formal ball gowns. The women from left to right: Charlotte Sue Louis (Alterman), Ruth Hendelman (Berkowitz), Marilyn Caughy (Raff), Harriet Friedson, Sara Kantrovich (Carr), Katherine Spiegel, Bessie Rutlader (Gaines), Rhoda Cohen (Schultz), Mary Sankary (Herman), Ellen Sankary (Smith), Idelle Engelberg (Luskey), Margie Weisblatt (Goone), Adele Nathan (Friedman).
Date: 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

B-36 No. 85 fuselage

Photograph of the fuselage of the B-36 plane No. 85 under construction in the warehouse in November 1949. The bomb bay door is open under the plane. It's RB-36D 44-92088. Modified to carry the "Boston camera" and re-designated ERB-36D, it was eventually scrapped at Kelly AFB in 1955.
Date: November 1, 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

RB-36 No. 85 fuselage

Photograph of the fuselage of the RB-36 plane No. 85 under construction in the warehouse in November 1949. The bomb bay door is open under the plane.
Date: November 1, 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aerial View of Flood in Fort Worth in 1949

Aerial photograph of flood waters in Fort Worth on May 17, 1949. The Montgomery Wards building is seen on the upper right. Many roads and buildings are under water.
Date: May 17, 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

XC-99 Delivery

XC-99 delivery between (L-R): Col. M.M. Hammack, Sgt. H.M. Covert, L. Rue, Col. Bryan B. Harper stand beside an airplane on the tarmac.
Date: May 26, 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

XC-99

Left 3/4 front view of an XC-99 taxing off the runway.
Date: April 29, 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Congregation Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class, 1949]

Photograph of the 1949 confirmation class of at Congregation Ahavath Sholom. There are four girls in white dresses, holding bouquets and standing in a line. One boy stands at the center in the front row in a dark suit and tie. The teachers, Helen Levenson and Charlotte Siegel, and Rabbi Charles Blumenthal and Rabbi Isadore Garsek are standing behind them. The group is posed on the bimah (altar) at the synagogue. The students are Sandra Zaetler, Pearl Katz, David Rubin, Barbara Walensky, and Lillian Sankary.
Date: May 29, 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train Engine #666]

Photograph of a train engine on railroad tracks, viewed from the side. "666" is visible on the side. Additional tracks lay in front. Handwritten text below the image says, "Fort Worth, Texas 1949."
Date: 1949
Creator: Robinson, Ed
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WBAP TV FWST Art Board]

Photograph of a WBAP TV FWST Art Board.
Date: October 24, 1949
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Fruehauf Trailer program]

Photograph of a group of musicians and actors from the Fruehauf Trailer Program in front of two WBAP-TV television cameras.
Date: January 14, 1949
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[W.B.A.P. Show Window for the Hoffman Hayloft show]

Photograph of the W.B.A.P. Show Window for the Hoffman Hayloft show.
Date: September 1, 1949
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[TV clock]

Photograph of a board on an easel with a Bulova watch face drawn on it, along with the WBAP-TV and Star Telegram logo over a cowbell.
Date: 1949
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[The Flying X Ranch Boys]

Photograph of a group of musicians in western attire standing on a television set that resembles a porch with "The Flying X Ranch Boys" written on a sign behind them.
Date: February 26, 1949
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[WBAP TV Program Schedule]

Photograph of a WBAP TV Program Schedule.
Date: October 19, 1949
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Bob Hope with unnamed man]

Photograph of Bob Hope speaking into a microphone that an unknown man is holding.
Date: January 4, 1949
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Copy of TU Plant]

Photograph of a copy of the TU plant building.
Date: July 26, 1949
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Crowd Shot at Radio & Appliance Center]

Photograph of a crowd at a Radio & Appliance Center Inc.
Date: September 30, 1949
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Fashion Nona Greene Show - With Diamonds Yet]

Photograph of the crowd and sound stage of the Fashion Nona Greene Show.
Date: November 4, 1949
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Outside View of a Building for a Client]

Photograph of a outside view of a building construction site.
Date: March 18, 1949
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Motorola Dinner Date with Dottie]

Photograph of a woman posing for the camera operator broadcasting Motorola Dinner Date with Dottie for WBAP-TV.
Date: May 1949
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Front of WBAP Building & Power Plant]

Photograph of the front of WBAP building and power plant.
Date: October 26, 1949
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Group of performers in western attire]

Photograph of a group of performers in western attire from the Ranch Boys & Rock Show Ranch broadcasting a show for WBAP-TV.
Date: January 27, 1949
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Horses at the TV Square Dance]

Photograph of group of performers in western attire on a television set that resembles a western town with men riding horseback while broadcasting a show for WBAP-TV.
Date: February 26, 1949
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Group TV Square Dance]

Photograph of a group of performers in western attire on a television set that resembles a western town broadcasting a show for WBAP-TV.
Date: February 26, 1949
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library