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Identifier

20049782

Description

United Service Organization (U. S. O.) volunteer, Mrs. Edgar Deen Junior (center), holds baby Ronnie Witherspoon, who at the age of less than two weeks came from Denver, Colorado, to see his father, Corporal Temple Witherspoon (not pictured), at Camp Barkeley. Mrs. J. E. Gallagher (left) holds the bottle for Ronnie as the infant's mother (right, standing) looks on. Mrs. Deen and Mrs. Gallagher are members of the Red Cross Motor Corps. They are wearing their uniforms. Ronnie is swaddled in a plaid print blanket. Mrs. Witherspoon is wearing a blouse, blazer and skirt.

Archival Date

1943-01-12

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1395

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Infants; Uniforms; Blankets; Volunteers; Bottles; Military facilities

Names

Witherspoon, Ronnie; Gallagher, J. E. (Mrs.); Witherspoon, Temple (Mrs.); Witherspoon, Temple; Red Cross Motor Corps; United Service Organization (U. S. O.); Camp Barkeley; Deen, Edgar (Mrs.)

Subjects

Infants; Uniforms; Blankets; Volunteers; Bottles; Military facilities

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