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Identifier
20046465
Description
Soldiers at Camp Wolters in Mineral Wells, Texas are holding a drive to collect scrap metal. Sergeant Jack G. Matthews is pointing a seventy-five year old muzzle-loading.50 caliber flintlock gun at the camera. He is steading the gun on top of a sign, advertising the drive. The gun was donated by an elderly farmer. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition, November 3, 1942.
Archival Date
1942-10-28
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-1251
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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License
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Subjects
Matthews, Jack G. (Sgt.); Scrap Metal Drive; Scrap drives; Military Camps; Military uniforms; Soldiers; Signs (Notices); Firearms; Flintlock gun; Fort Wolters (Tex.)
Subjects
Matthews, Jack G. (Sgt.); Scrap Metal Drive; Scrap drives; Military Camps; Military uniforms; Soldiers; Signs (Notices); Firearms; Flintlock gun; Fort Wolters (Tex.)