Hank's Proofs: 1950s - Singers and Players

The Crackerjacks. Their annoucer, Clyde McLean, is at front right. The three men at left are sponsor reps.

Arthur Smith with featured puppet Quackerjack. Ray Atkins was the voice (and hand) of the duck.

"Junior Rancho," perhaps Fred Kirby's first series.

The Tennessee Ramblers with a sponsor and Fletcher Austin.

Ray Atkins and "Little" Wayne Haas, probably lip-synching a popular recording of the day.

The Crackerjacks in an actual store for publicity stills to promote their "Corner Store," which aired on WBT.

The Crackerjacks on perhaps the first set they used on WBTV.

Crackerjacks in a Wilder Building radio studio.

Betty Johnson, soon to become a national star.

Fred's shows always seemed to have a chuck wagon of one size or another, and a large cactus.