[Tom Mullarkey awarding the winner on Teen-Age Downbeat 2 of 2]

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Photograph of Tom Mullarkey handing a certificate to a young girl. He is wearing a plaid suit with a polka dot tie and she is wearing a white button-up with a cardigan, a textured knee-length skirt, bobby socks, and loafers. The girl's eyes are slightly closed while Mullarkey is looking straight at the camera. They are standing in front of a large mural of Fabian Forte a late 1950s heartthrob, who is portrayed from the knee up and looks to be dancing.

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.) November 11, 1959.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection and was provided by the UNT Libraries Special Collections to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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  • Main Title: [Tom Mullarkey awarding the winner on Teen-Age Downbeat 2 of 2]
  • Series Title: NBC News Photographs

Description

Photograph of Tom Mullarkey handing a certificate to a young girl. He is wearing a plaid suit with a polka dot tie and she is wearing a white button-up with a cardigan, a textured knee-length skirt, bobby socks, and loafers. The girl's eyes are slightly closed while Mullarkey is looking straight at the camera. They are standing in front of a large mural of Fabian Forte a late 1950s heartthrob, who is portrayed from the knee up and looks to be dancing.

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

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Original sleeve: Winner on Downbeat 11/11/59; 59-431-434; 59-432

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  • Preferred Citation: NBC 5/KXAS Photograph Collection (AR0847), University of North Texas Special Collections

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  • November 11, 1959

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  • June 4, 2019, 6:04 a.m.

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  • May 17, 2022, 8:23 a.m.

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [Tom Mullarkey awarding the winner on Teen-Age Downbeat 2 of 2], photograph, November 11, 1959; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1486194/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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