Preview
Identifier
20053188
Description
$69,000 United Services Organizations (USO) Club at Brownwood, Texas was dedicated Monday, February 23, 1942. Keys changed hands six times. In this scene Dick Dixson, center, field recreation representative for the Federal Security Agency, finally directed E. B. Germany, right, State United Services Organizations (USO) chairman, to hand them to Corporal (Corp.) Francis Abel of Fort Madison, Iowa. Mr. Germany is handing over the keys to Corporal (Corp.) Abel, who is looking down at the keys. Mr. Dixson is looking directly at Abel and motioning with his hands, as if in mid-sentence. Corporal (Corp.) Abel is dressed in military uniform. Both Mr. Dixon and Mr. Germany are dressed in suits and ties. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition, February 25, 1942.
Archival Date
1942-02-23
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-1480
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
Rights
Rights held by The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections. Any use of content downloaded or printed from this page is limited to non-commercial personal or educational use, including fair use as directed by U.S. copyright laws. For more information or for reproduction requests, please contact UTA Special Collections by emailing spcoref@uta.edu.
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Subjects
Societies and clubs
Names
United Service Organizations (U.S.); Dixson, Dick; Germany, E. B.; Abel, Francis
Subjects
Societies and clubs