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Worley's Abilene (Taylor County, Texas) City Directory, 1951

Description: Directory for Abilene, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals, as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "an alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens, a directory of householders, occupants of office buildings and other business places, including a complete street and avenue guide and much information of a miscellaneous character; also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business dir… more
Date: 1951
Creator: John F. Worley Directory Co.
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library

[Mr. Hoffman in Big Studio]

Description: Photograph of four men, including Les Hoffman (second from left), in business attire sitting around a table with an ad for Hoffman Easy Vision Television hanging behind them.
Date: April 15, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A Man and a Woman with Bottles of "Ridd"]

Description: Photograph of a man and a woman posing next to stacked bottles of "Ridd". The man looks at the woman while holding a box of Ridd. The woman stands and looks at the man with a slight smile on her face.
Date: January 20, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Palomino Mink advertisement]

Description: Photograph of an advertisement for Palomino Mink furs sold at Neiman-Marcus department stores. The advertisement reads, "Presenting more than half the year's crop of precious-palomino* mink for the entire world. 200 prize skins of this luscious, beautiful color we introduced in 1951, and which was unavailable last year. Special orders for small furs will be taken as long as our treasure lasts - but hurry, for there will be no more of these beautiful blonds for at least another year. Fur Salon, … more
Date: [1951,1954]
Creator: Rogers, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: News briefs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering three news stories. The first story is about a stop in Dallas by the swimming team of Yale University, on the way to Austin for the National Intercollegiate Swimming Meet. The second story is about a Fort Worth golfer with a bad back using an electric scooter to navigate golf courses. The third story is about a Dallas advertising director conducting research on women's legs for a hosiery television advertisement.
Date: March 29, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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