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Abilene Chamber of Commerce Members With Billboard

Description: Copy negative of a group of Abilene Chamber of Commerce Members at the 15th Texas' Largest Barbecue in honor of Dyess AFB. The Banner reads "Dyess….. / Abilene Thinks You're Great / Texas' Largest Barbecue / by Abilene Chamber of Commerce". The men in the picture from left to right: Colonel King(?), W. P. "Dub" Wright, Jim Naler, Troy Sampley, J.C. Hunter (behind man leaning out), E.N. Wishcamper (leaning out), Oliver Howard, and Fred Lee Hughes.
Date: May 8, 1971

Aerial Photograph of the F. A. Reynolds Band Instrument Plant (Abilene, Texas)

Description: An aerial photograph of the F. A. Reynolds Band Instrument plant in Abilene, Texas. The company was founded in Cleveland, Ohio by Foster A. Reynolds (1884-1960). A few years after Reynolds' death in 1960, the assets of the F.A. Reynolds Co. were purchased by Maurice Berlin and the Chicago Musical Instrument (CMI) company; at the time, CMI was one of the largest musical instrument distributors in the world and owned F.E. Olds, Lowrey Organs, Gibson Guitars and several other firms. As the new own… more
Date: January 8, 1968
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
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