[Luau for WBAP-TV 2 of 2]

Photograph of a luau that is being filmed for WBAP-TV. The luau looks to be taking place on a deck of the Sheraton Hotel, and it includes a hula dancer and a band that has instruments such as a ukelele and a pahu, or drum. In the background are two structures with straw roofs that have walls covered in tribal print and the band is standing in front of the one on the right. The hula dancer and a man in a Hawaiian shirt are dancing in the middle of the grass. In the foreground of the right side of the image, a WBAP-TV film camera and a camera operator are visible.
Date: April 15, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Calvin Pigg with microphone]

Photograph of Calvin Pigg seated behind a desk in an office. He is wearing glasses, a hat, a plaid shirt, and a dark tie. He is holding a piece of paper and staring to the camera. There is a microphone to his left, two windows behind him, and various office supplies and paperwork on the desk.
Date: April 29, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Man showing Sheraton Hotel in Dallas]

Photograph of a man showing another man around Sheraton Hotel in Dallas, Texas. They are standing in a cafeteria with large windows all around the room.
Date: April 15, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Three room television set]

Photograph of a television set that is designed to look like three separate rooms. The left side of the set is set up as a living room with a sofa, armchair, a coffee table, and decorations. The middle of the set is a bedroom, with a bed, two dressers, and a fake window behind the bed. The right side of the set is a simple kitchen with an oven, a refrigerator, and a dining table. Above this set, different types of studio lights are visible and above the walls of the set, the sign for Teen-Age Downbeat is visible.
Date: April 21, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[New employee in mailing room]

Photograph of a new employee working with an equipment in a mailing room. There is a table with a large shelving unit with various boxes to the right of the room. On the back wall from left to right, a large cabinet with posters, and a bulletin board with various posts can all be seen.
Date: April 2, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Bedroom set]

Photograph of a bedroom set including furniture and an artificial window.
Date: April 21, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Marie Stevenson next to a television screen]

Photograph of Marie Stevenson standing next to a television. The screen shows people playing a card game. She is wearing a light colored print dress. Her hair is swept back and she is facing slightly to the left of the camera. Tall plant curtains are on the wall behind her.
Date: April 1, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Performers at Sheraton Hotel]

Photograph of performers outside at the Sheraton Hotel in Dallas, Texas. They appear to be on the roof of the hotel. The musicians and dancers stand in front of a luau-themed set. A camera crew is visible to the left of the image.
Date: April 15, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Corner of studio]

Photograph of a corner of a studio. Equipment can be seen placed in the corner.
Date: April 5, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Group of men together in a room]

Photograph of a group of men wearing suits in a room. Two men are sitting down while three other man are standing.They appear to be engaging in a conversation.
Date: April 15, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Marie Stevenson sitting in a chair]

Photograph of Marie Stevenson sitting in a chair. She is slightly turned and looking to the right. In the background, there is a man with his back to the camera.
Date: April 1, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Man on tractor in grass field]

Photograph of a man sitting on a tractor in a grass field. Buildings, trees, utility poles, and radio towers can be seen in the background.
Date: April 15, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Luau for WBAP-TV 1 of 2]

Photograph of a luau that is being filmed for WBAP-TV. The luau looks to be taking place on a deck of the Sheraton Hotel, and it includes a hula dancer and a band that has instruments such as a ukelele and a pahu, or drum. The dancer and the band are standing in front of structures with straw roofs that have walls covered in tribal print. There is a man in a white shirt in the middle of a dance in front of the structure on the left. In the foreground of the right side of the image, a WBAP-TV film camera and two people are visible.
Date: April 15, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Calvin Pigg with a buried thermometer]

Photograph of Calvin Pigg burying a thermometer in the dirt. He is wearing cowboy boots and a hat as well as a plaid shirt with a tie. He looks at the camera with a blank expression on his face.
Date: April 29, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Marie Stevenson featuring a television]

Photograph of Marie Stevenson standing next to a television. The screen shows people playing a card game. She is wearing a light colored print dress. Her hair is swept back and she is facing slightly to the left of the camera. Tall plant curtains cover the wall behind her.
Date: April 1, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Family standing next to a rocket]

Photograph of a family standing next to a rocket. The rocket is white with a dark, horizontal triangle on it. The nose cone has a dark, horizontal triangle on it as well and has a long, pointy tip. The fins of the rocket are black and white and the rocket is attached to four wheels. The family consists of a mother, a daughter, and two sons, the youngest of which is wearing an astronaut helmet. The man standing with them is wearing a lab coat and is pointing at the door of the rocket.
Date: April 23, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Man looking at a mosaic tile installation]

Photograph of an unidentified man looking at a mosaic tile installation at the newly opened Sheraton Hotel in Dallas. He is wearing a closed trench coat and is touching the mosaic with his left hand. The tiles of the mosaic are mostly arranged in circles except for the tiles around features such as the cattle and the windmill which are arranged in rectangles. Other than the cattle and the windmill, there are also flowers throughout the mosaic. On the wall above the man's head is a mosaic tile rose.
Date: April 15, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Marie Stevenson standing next to a television]

Photograph of Marie Stevenson holding an item in her hands and standing next to a television. She is wearing glasses, a light colored print dress, and black heels. Her hair is swept back and she is facing slightly to the left of the camera.
Date: April 1, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Kitchen set]

Photograph of a kitchen television set. To the left of the set there is a kitchen table with four chairs around it. The table has metal legs and a formica top with metal trim. To the right of the table is the refrigerator, which has a freezer on the bottom and a vent underneath that. The handle of the fridge is a three pointed star shape with two short tails on top and a long bottom tail. Next to the fridge is an oven with a four burner stove top and two doors to the oven. Under these two doors are two drawers. There are five knobs on the front of the oven and the top of the back of the oven has a grid pattern with a sputnik style star on the left and the brand on the right.
Date: April 21, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Living room set]

Photograph of a living room television set. The furniture of the set is mostly in the mid-century modern style, which can especially be seen in the two-tier side tables and the atomic style lamps which have a zig-zag shaped base and a two tier shade. The sofa and armchair are upholstered in the same patterned fabric which has rows of discs that are tilted in alternating directions. There is a coffee table in front of the sofa with a plant on it and a landscape painting behind the sofa. Behind the leftmost side table is a tri-fold screen that has a diamond pattern with circles inside of them.
Date: April 21, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Marie Stevenson talking on telephone]

Photograph of Marie Stevenson sitting in a chair. She is holding a telephone receiver to her ear. There is a man with his back to the camera sitting in a chair to the far right of the image.
Date: April 1, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Marie Stevenson next to a television]

Photograph of Marie Stevenson standing next to a television. She is wearing a light colored print dress, and black heels. Her hair is swept back and she is facing slightly to the left of the camera.
Date: April 1, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Man developing film]

Photograph of a man in an apron working with a film developing machine. He is putting a film reel onto the machine which has other reel laying on it. There are other film reels scattered throughout the room and there is a work desk behind the man that has a lamp and a box on it, among other items. There is another developing machine visible in the lower right hand corner of the image and it looks as though another man is leaning on the machine.
Date: April 5, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Three men standing in room]

Photograph of three men in a room filled with desks. They are all dressed in formal attire. Behind them, the view of buildings can be seen through the windows.
Date: April 15, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library