[Billboard for Safe Driving] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [Billboard for Safe Driving]

Creator

  • Photographer: Watkins, J. C.
    Creator Type: Personal

Date

  • Creation: 1961

Language

  • No Language

Description

  • Content Description: Photograph of Police Officer/Captain Tommy Baxter in front of a billboard for safe driving. He is looking at the billboard with another man in a suit, who is pointing towards it. The billboard reads, "Smart drivers light up at dusk." Writing on the back of the photograph describes the scene and dates it 1961. There is also a stamp that identifies the photographer as J. C. Watkins.
  • Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 20 cm.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Government and Law - Law Enforcement - Police
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Automobiles
  • Named Person: Baxter, Tommy
  • Keyword: billboards
  • Keyword: public services

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Jefferson County
  • Time Period: mod-tim
  • Coverage Date: 1961

Collection

  • Name: Texas Cultures Online
    Code: TCO
  • Name: Museum of the Gulf Coast
    Code: MGC

Institution

  • Name: Museum of the Gulf Coast
    Code: MGC

Resource Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: MGC_2005-6-7
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth202303
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth202303

Note

  • Digital Preservation: creationAppName: Adobe Photoshop creationAppVersion: CS creationHardware: Epson Perfection V700 Photo
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