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RARE HISTORICAL TIME CAPSULE: 1949 WEST TEXAS HIGH-SOCIETY DOUBLE JUBILEE ARCHIVE 🔥
Up for sale is a spectacular, completely intact 1949 business, political, and social scrapbook chronicle. This one-of-a-kind archive documents a legendary, multi-day 30th Anniversary & Birthday Gala hosted by the powerful Cox
Cox-Hunter-Hall Agency in downtown Abilene, Texas, on September 16–18, 1949.
To impress the state's financial elite, the hosts chartered a private "Special Train" to bring billionaires, corporate executives, and top politicians from Dallas, Austin, Houston, and Amarillo straight into Abilene for a weekend of wild WestCox-Hunter-Hall Agency in downtown Abilene, Texas, on September 16–18, 1949.
West Texas hospitality.
This album is a masterclass in mid-century ephemera, perfectly capturing post-WWII corporate power, political influence, and regional Texas culture.
- WESTERN MUSIC: Features early promotional layouts and photos of regional radio musicians, including classic Texas breakdown fiddler Zeke Williams and the corporate-sponsored "Fraley Butane Boys".
- ⚖️ HIGH-LEVEL STATE AUTOGRAPHS: Includes both a beautiful handwritten thank-you letter AND an official typed letter on State of Texas Fire Insurance Division letterhead from Colonel Paul H. Brown—the sitting Texas State Insurance Commissioner and former Texas Secretary of State. Also features signatures from Major General H. D. Lemmon (Director of the Texas Liquor Control Board).
- 🎨 EARLY KODACOLOR FULL-COLOR PRINTS: A rare set of vivid, full-color 1949 color snapshots capturing the wealthy guests engaged in a lively West Texas square dance.
Multiple sign-in ledger pages featuring the personal signatures, corporate titles, and wealthy mid-century home addresses (Highland Park, University Park, etc.) of the regional directors of Aetna, American General, National Surety, and the T.A. Manning & Sons empire.
This was in storage for many years. The binder is good. Some pages are loose, pages have discoloration as pictured. Photos are wavy feeling when felt thru sleeve. No protective sleeves over these pages they were secured in binder and cannot be removed.
