[Cutex nail polish counter]

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Photograph of the Cutex nail polish counter in a department store. There is a woman sitting behind the counter who is demonstrating the product while a man in a suit at the counter watches. At the top of the counter on either side are signs advertising the new "Spillpruf Bottle plus The Sensational "Nail-Measure" Neck". In between these signs are two signs advertising the "Cutex Nail Brilliance" and in the middle of these two is a smaller version of the Spillpruf bottle signs. Under the Nail Brilliance advertisements are more signs advertising the Spillpruf bottle and these include a luxurious … continued below

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

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.) May 21, 1951.

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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. It has been viewed 13 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Photograph of the Cutex nail polish counter in a department store. There is a woman sitting behind the counter who is demonstrating the product while a man in a suit at the counter watches. At the top of the counter on either side are signs advertising the new "Spillpruf Bottle plus The Sensational "Nail-Measure" Neck". In between these signs are two signs advertising the "Cutex Nail Brilliance" and in the middle of these two is a smaller version of the Spillpruf bottle signs. Under the Nail Brilliance advertisements are more signs advertising the Spillpruf bottle and these include a luxurious looking woman who is wearing Cutex nail polish. There are shelves on the right and left sides of the display that have bottles of nail polish on them. On the counter itself, there are rows and rows of nail polish bottles that are laid down in boxes. In the background of the image, more beauty counters are visible and there are women walking around the store.

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

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Original sleeve: Cutex 5-21-51; 51-1-328-329; 51-1-328

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

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KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection

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  • May 21, 1951

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  • Oct. 18, 2019, 10:19 p.m.

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  • Oct. 24, 2019, 5:26 p.m.

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [Cutex nail polish counter], photograph, May 21, 1951; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1555707/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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