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Beaumont Exporters
No full textStanding left to right are George Sturdivant, first baseman of the Beaumont Exporters, and Bob Patterson, also on the baseball team. They are standing outside, both wearing their team jerseys and baseball caps.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_startelegram1940s/2886/thumbnail.jp
Opening of Fishing Season
No full textEagle Mountain Lake is packed with fishermen set to inaugurate the season. These men from Dallas, Texas, managed to snag twelve sand bass. The fishermen are, left to right, C. E. Briggs, Marion Herring Junior, and S. C. Bovell. Mr. Briggs is dressed in a button-up shirt, vest, and trousers. Marion is hanging one of the fish on the string. He is wearing a hat and coveralls. Mr. Bovell is dressed in a hat, collared shirt, leather jacket, and trousers.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_startelegram1940s/2892/thumbnail.jp
Mrs. William B. Henderson
No full textMrs. William B. Henderson is the official delegate of the Fort Worth, Texas, chapter of the American Guild of Organists to the Southwestern regional convention in Wichita Falls, Texas. She is standing against a wall, wearing a polka-dot dress and a corsage.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_startelegram1940s/2907/thumbnail.jp
Reverend H. F. Gemeny
No full textReverend H. F. Gemeny, pastor of Trinity Mission, looking at a cake that was sent to the mission\u27s congregation by a friend of the Baptist enterprise. Mr. Gemeny is wearing a double-breasted suit and a striped necktie. The icing on the cake quotes a Bible passage, John 3:16.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_startelegram1940s/2961/thumbnail.jp
Margaret Rowland and Ann Hart
No full textMiss Margaret Rowland, left, and Miss Ann Hart are lounging in lawn furniture at one of the model homes at the Star-Telegram Home Show. They are wearing matching chenille play suits. Miss Hart is wearing a checkered jacket with a hood.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_startelegram1940s/2971/thumbnail.jp
Arnold Davis
No full textArnold Davis attended the Tarrant County Republican convention and conducted a rump session after the majority convention overruled one of his reports. He is standing in a doorway, wearing a suit and eyeglasses. He is holding a file.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_startelegram1940s/2988/thumbnail.jp
Mrs. DuBart Mizell, left, and Miss Mary Louise Waldron.
No full textMrs. DuBart Mizell, left, seated on the piano bench, hosted a tea dansant with Miss Mary Louise Waldron, standing, as the honoree who will be graduated from Paschal High School. Both women are in long gowns. Published on May 13, 1940.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_startelegram1940s/3011/thumbnail.jp
Daughters of the American Revolution (D. A. R.) medal winners
No full textDaughters of the American Revolution (D. A. R.) medal winners. Left to right Sam H. Gann Junior and Ruth Hardin, both of McLean Junior High School. They are among the 14 Junior High school students awarded by the Mary Isham Keith Chapter. Published on May 10, 1940.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_startelegram1940s/3026/thumbnail.jp
Fort Worth Cats
No full textThe Fort Worth Cats are signing a Texas Christian University football and baseball star. They are left to right, Business Manager Walter Morris, President Tom Brown and Don Looney. Looney is signing a contract to play centerfield with the Cats. He led the Horned Frogs with a.370 batting average, many of his licks going for extra bases. The Sulphur Springs, Texas boy bats and throws right-handed. Looney was the sixty-third pick in the 1940 Football draft by the Philadelphia Eagles as an End. Mr. Morris is wearing a dress shirt, necktie, and pinstripe trousers. Mr. Brown is dressed in a suit. Looney is wearing a button-up shirt and a coat.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_startelegram1940s/3043/thumbnail.jp
Aerial View of Crestwood Apartments
No full textImage shows an aerial view of Crestwood Apartments, Fort Worth, Texas\u27s newest and largest community of apartment homes two miles from downtown on White Settlement Road. The owners feel they are carrying forward the progressive spirit of Fort Worth, Texas, and West Texas. Completion of this community of home apartments was conceived and developed with consideration of the city’s fast growing needs and requirements. The extensive courtyard around which the apartment buildings were constructed provides individual lawn space for residents. Buildings are constructed of brick and have tile roofs. Windows of all apartments overlook the courtyard. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition June 30, 1940.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_startelegram1940s/3075/thumbnail.jp