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Identifier
20054814
Description
Reverend E. L. Carnett, left, is presenting Doctor W. W. Barnes with a gavel carved from an oak tree that stood in a field where the battle of Mansfield, Louisiana, was fought. Under that tree the founder of the Baptist Seminary, B. H. Carroll, was wounded 78 years earlier in the Civil War. Reverend Carnett is dressed in a suit. Dr. Barnes is a professor of church history at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is wearing a three-piece suit.
Archival Date
1942-12-15
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-1669
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
Gavels; Clergy
Names
Carnett, E. L.; Barnes, W. W.; Carroll, B. H.; Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Subjects
Gavels; Clergy