[State Fair of Texas Exhibitor's Ticket for Nora Gibbs Dyke]

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Exhibitor's ticket for the State Fair of Texas. The green ticket bears the signature and photograph of Nora Gibbs Dyke. In the photo, Gibbs wears a dark blouse and stands in front of a painted lake scene. Squares on the top of the ticket are filled with numbers from six to twenty-one. The letters "SFT" have been punched into the card and a red stamp pressed into its back.

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1 ticket : b&w ; 7 x 11 cm.

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State Fair of Texas 1950.

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Exhibitor's ticket for the State Fair of Texas. The green ticket bears the signature and photograph of Nora Gibbs Dyke. In the photo, Gibbs wears a dark blouse and stands in front of a painted lake scene. Squares on the top of the ticket are filled with numbers from six to twenty-one. The letters "SFT" have been punched into the card and a red stamp pressed into its back.

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1 ticket : b&w ; 7 x 11 cm.

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  • Dec. 19, 2014, 11:07 p.m.

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State Fair of Texas. [State Fair of Texas Exhibitor's Ticket for Nora Gibbs Dyke], text, 1950; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth556582/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Private Collection of Mary Newton Maxwell.

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