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[Little girl in a dress, sitting, 3]

Description: Photograph of Nellie May Jones wearing a white dress and white shoes. She is sitting on a seat covered with a cloth. She is looking to the left of the photograph with her hands covering her ears.
Date: January 12, 1952
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Little girl in a dress, sitting, 6]

Description: Photograph of Nellie May Jones wearing a white dress and white shoes. She is sitting on a seat covered with a cloth, and she has her hands on her cheek. She has a bow in her hair.
Date: January 12, 1952
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Little girl in a dress, sitting, 5]

Description: Photograph of Nellie May Jones wearing a white dress and white shoes. She is sitting on a seat covered with a cloth in front of a light colored backdrop. She is looking at the camera with her mouth slightly open.
Date: January 12, 1952
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Ann Alden posing for photo]

Description: Photograph of Ann Alden sitting on a tile floor and facing downward to the right. She is wearing a patterned dress with short gloves. Both of her hands are resting in her lap. Her curly hair is pulled back in an updo. There are curtains in the background. A couch is visible to the left and a chair can be seen to the right of the image. Ann Alden was a stage name for Ann Barham Pugh.
Date: June 12, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Women at dance audition]

Description: Photograph of five women at an audition for the Frito show. Four of them are wearing small black outfits, and appear as if in mid-spin. A woman furthest to the right is wearing a longer, frilly white outfit and dancing forward. A man stands in the background wearing white pants and smiling.
Date: September 12, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photo of Ann Alden fashion shots]

Description: Photograph of Ann Alden facing sideways to the right. She is modeling products and holding up a bag to her face. She is wearing a hat, a scarf, a dark-colored dress, and short white gloves. Her curly hair is pulled back in an updo. There are curtains in the background. Ann Alden was the stage name for Ann Barham Pugh.
Date: June 12, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Group on beach set]

Description: Photograph of four people on a set that looks like a beach. A man and woman sit in the back looking in a picnic basket. Two men sit in the front, with the left man looking at a paper in his hands. A beach ball sits at the feet of the men in the front, and pieces of drift wood sit by in the middle of the group. A screen in the background shows the image of a beach.
Date: September 12, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Frank Mills with drinking horn]

Description: Photograph of Frank Mills standing by a large drinking horn. Mills is holding the horn and looking down at it. The horn is embellished in metallic decorations and has a heavily decorated stand. A WBAP-TV sits in the bottom right corner.
Date: September 12, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Frank Mills with drinks]

Description: Photograph of Frank Mills standing behind a table with a drinking horn and large stein on it. Mills is wearing a light suit and looking at the horn. The horn is embellished with metallic detailing and about as tall as the table it sits on. A stein about half that size sits on the right, with it's ceramic decorated with paintings and embellishments. A WBAP-TV camera sits on the right.
Date: September 12, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Frito dance audition]

Description: Photograph of five people dancing in an audition for a show. Four women stand around a man in the middle, all reaching out to him. Walls decorated with checkered patterns are in the background.
Date: September 12, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Large film machine]

Description: Photograph of a large machine that takes up most of the image. There are film reel wheels on either on the front side of the machine. On the front face there are multiple gauges, switches, and dials.
Date: June 12, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Couple by piano]

Description: Photograph of a couple standing next to a piano. The man is on the left wearing a white suit, and the woman stands on the right wearing a silky dress and looking at him. The piano stands in front of them, with the bench on the left.
Date: September 12, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Audition with props]

Description: Photograph of four people sitting around a collection of props at the Frito show auditions. A man and woman sit at the back looking down at the props. Another two men sit in the front, with the left man also looking down at the props. However, the man on the right is looking at a paper in his hands.
Date: September 12, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Woman wearing a dress]

Description: Photograph of a woman wearing a dress. She is wearing a silky dress and has some flowers on the right side. She is standing in front of a blank wall, and small drums sit on the floor in the bottom left corner.
Date: September 12, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Ann Alden posing for photograph]

Description: Photograph of Ann Alden sitting on a tile floor and facing to the left of the camera. She is wearing a patterned dress with short gloves. Her arms are crossed over her chest. Her curly hair is pulled back in an updo. There are curtains in the background. A couch is visible to the left and a chair can be seen to the right of the image. Ann Alden was a stage name for Ann Barham Pugh.
Date: June 12, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Aircraft crash]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: December 12, 1952
Duration: 1 minute 08 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Honky tonk set]

Description: Photograph of a bunch of people on a set made to look like a honky tonk. Two women sit at a table on the left, wearing fancy dresses. A man in a suit is walking to the left of them. There is a bar standing on the right, a man and a woman in normal clothes sit facing away from the camera. A man wearing a cowboy hat and playing a guitar sits in the left background. A woman stands behind the counter looking to the left. A sign to the left of the man playing the guitar says, "Honky tonk." The wall … more
Date: September 12, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Men on bar set]

Description: Photograph of two men on the set of a bar for the Frito show audition. An older man stands on the left wearing a hat, and a younger man leans on the bar on the right. There are some cups and A1 sauce on the bar in front of them. A painted wall behind them appears to have a tap, bags of chips, and a dish washer on it. As well as a sign that says, "Bergers 25c."
Date: September 12, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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