[A car on the set of Teen-Age Downbeat]

Photograph of Tom Mullarkey and two unidentified men, one of whom is dressed like a chauffeur, standing in front of a car on the set of Teen-Age Downbeat. The car is a four-door sedan with whitewall tires and the front driver side door says "Hillcrest Motor Co." while the back driver side door has a sticker that says "Her Majesty Queen for a Day". There is a large group of children standing behind the car, and against the wall is a large sign that looks like a music measure and says "Teen-Age Downbeat". Next to this sign is a grid-like screen that has the names of famous musicians in some of the squares of the grid.
Date: January 21, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photo of tape machine]

Photograph of a large tape machine used for television.
Date: December 21, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Tape machine in film studio]

Photograph of a large tape machine used for television in a film studio.
Date: December 21, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Tape Machine]

Photograph of a large tape machine used for television.
Date: December 21, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photo of Jim Morgan]

Photograph of Jim Morgan seated behind a table with a microphone. He is slightly turned and looking to the right. He is dressed in a dark suit and tie.
Date: September 21, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Driver holding a car door open on Teen-Age Downbeat]

Photograph of Tom Mullarkey, an unidentified man, and a young boy and girl standing in a group around a table on the set of Teen-Age Downbeat. The two children's backs are to the camera and Mullarkey is only visible in profile with his hand on his hip. To the right of the group is a four-door sedan, and the driver side back door is being held open by a man dressed like a chauffeur. On the car, the front driver side door says "Hillcrest Motor Co." while the back driver side door says "Her Majesty Queen for a Day". In the background of the image is a large group of children who are mostly concentrated on the left side of the image. Against the wall is a large music measure that says "Teen-Age Downbeat" and there are two screens visible that have a grid-like pattern with the names of famous musicians in the square of the grid.
Date: January 21, 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

[Tom Mullarkey presenting an award on Teen-Age Downbeat]

Photograph of Tom Mullarkey with a group of children and an unidentified man on the set of Teen-Age Downbeat. Mullarkey, the man, and two of the children, a boy, and a girl, are standing around a table and the young girl is holding a wrapped box with a folded piece of fabric on top of it. Sitting on the table are two cups, napkins, and a book with a bow on it. In the background is a large group of children, some of whom are looking at the car that is on the right side of the image. The backdrop of the set is made up of pennants for high schools in North Texas that are on poles coming out of a stage in front of two cut out records hanging on the wall. To the left of the stage, a refrigerator is visible. To the right of this is a screen that is in a grid pattern and some of the squares of the grid are see-through while others have the names of famous musicians in them. To the left of the frame, a film camera that says "Star-Telegram" is visible, though blurry.
Date: January 21, 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

[Marines on Teen-Age Downbeat]

Photograph of four United States Marines and host Tom Mullarkey on the WBAP-TV Teen-Age Downbeat show. They are standing in front of a background decorated with school pennants. Mullarkey is holding a Marine Toys for Tots poster on one hand while holding a toy with the other. A video camera is visible to the right.
Date: December 21, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Tom Mullarkey advertising Toys for Tots with a Marine on Teen-Age Downbeat]

Photograph of Tom Mullarkey with an unidentified marine on the set of Teen-Age Downbeat. Mullarkey is looking away from the camera and is holding a sign with Santa on it that says "Toys for Tots United States Marine Corps Reserve" in one hand and a box for a toy fighter jet in the other. The marine is staring straight at the camera and is in full dress uniform with a small replica of the Marine Corps War Memorial in his hands. They are standing in front of a stage that has various boxes on it, including a box that says "Give" and "Toys for Tots" on it. Coming up from the stage are poles that have pennants for different North Texas high schools on them. On the wall behind these poles are two large records, one says "Teen-Age Downbeat" and the other says "Capitol". In the foreground of the right side of the image is a film camera that says "Star-Telegram Color Television WBAP-TV" and behind this camera is a screen with a grid pattern that says the names of famous musicians in the squares of the grid.
Date: December 21, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Tom Mullarkey displaying Toys for Tots]

Photograph of host Tom Mullarkey and one United States marine on the WBAP-TV Teen-Age Downbeat show. They are standing in front of a background decorated with school pennants. Mullarkey is holding a Marine Toys For Tots poster on one hand while holding a toy with the other. A video camera is visible to the right.
Date: December 21, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Man doing a presentation about molecules]

Photograph of an unidentified man in a suit and bow tie on the set of a television show. He is standing behind a u-shaped table that is covered with a tablecloth that is white on top of the table and dark on the front of the table. On top of the table are models of different types of molecules and he is holding one. In the foreground of the right side of the image is a film camera that says "WBAP-TV Channel 5 NBC" and above the walls of the set, the sign for Teen-Age Downbeat is visible.
Date: February 21, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[W. H. Aukman, Margaret McDonald, and Robert Gould at a party]

Photograph of W. H. Aukman, Margaret McDonald, and Robert Gould at a party. Aukman is standing on the left of the group and is wearing a dark colored suit with his right hand in his pocket. McDonald is standing in the middle of the group and is wearing a knee length skirt with a matching sweater and a dark, satin shirt. Gould is standing at the right of the group and is wearing a light colored suit with a patterned tie. The group is standing in front of two television sets which are in front of a curtain with a leaf-like pattern. To the left of the image, a group of people who are facing away from the camera are visible and there is a dark curtain behind them. On the right side of the image, two man are standing together and talking, one is facing the camera and wearing a suit while the other man has his hand in his pocket and is facing to the left.
Date: December 21, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Man demonstrating an experiment]

Photograph of a man standing behind a table and doing an experiment using various equipment. He holds an item over a Bunsen burner. He wears a tuxedo with a bowtie.
Date: February 21, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Roy Bacus holding a drawing with Doc Rhuman]

Photograph of Roy Bacus and Doc Rhuman holding up a drawing of Rhuman. They are standing in front of a table. Both are dressed in suits and ties. A curtain can be seen in the background.
Date: December 21, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Winner of Teenage Queen for a day]

Photograph of host Tom Mullarkey with Queen for a day on the WBAP-TV's Teen-Age Downbeat show. Mullarkey is presenting her gifts and a group of children can be seen in the background.
Date: January 21, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Man getting in car on Teen-Age Downbeat]

Photograph of a man with his back to the camera. He is getting into a car on the WBAP-TV's Teen-Age Downbeat show. There are two-man standing near him and a group of youth can be seen in the background.
Date: January 21, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Men seated at desk with various items]

Photograph of two men seated behind desk with various items. Both men are wearing small portable microphone on cords around their necks.
Date: February 21, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Tom Mullarkey shaking a man's hand on Teen-Age Downbeat]

Photograph of Tom Mullarkey and an unidentified man and two children, a girl and a boy, standing around a table on the set of Teen-Age Downbeat. Mullarkey is shaking the man's hand and the boy and the girl are both holding boxes. Next to the group, on the right side of the image, is a large group of children, some of whom are standing around a car and the others are standing in groups talking. To the left of the image is one little girl who is standing against a podium that a man is sitting behind. The backdrop of the set consists of high school pennants on poles, two large records, one of which says "Teen-Age Downbeat", and a screen with a grid-like pattern that says the names of famous musicians in certain squares of the grid.
Date: January 21, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Advertisement for Toys for Tots on Teen-Age Downbeat]

Photograph of Tom Mullarkey with an unidentified marine and a woman on the set of the show Teen-Age Downbeat. Mullarkey is holding a poster that says "Give Toys for Tots United States Marine Corps Reserve" and has a picture of Santa on it. The woman is wearing a Santa hat and a satin, fur-trimmed dress, and boots. She is holding a box for a toy fighter jet in one hand and a satin sack in the other. The marine is in full dress uniform and is holding a small recreation of the Marine Corps War Memorial. The group is standing in front of a stage that has poles with pennants from different high schools in North Texas on them. Behind these pennants are two large records hanging on the wall, the bottom one says "Teen-Age Downbeat" and the top says "Capitol". In the foreground on the right side of the image is a camera that says "Star-Telegram Color Television WBAP-TV". Behind this camera is a screen with a grid pattern that has names of famous musicians in the squares of the grid.
Date: December 21, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Jim Morgan portrait]

Photograph of Jim Morgan portrait sitting behind a microphone.
Date: September 21, 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