Air Mail Week

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20058067

Description

Fort Worth, Texas, is hosting Air Mail Week to encourage citizens to purchase war bonds. Operating a special Braniff Airways booth at the Hotel Texas is reservation clerk Miss Winifred Weaver. Purchasing bonds, left to right, are Willard Jackson and Henry Young. They inaugurated Air Mail Week by purchasing $600 worth of bonds. Mr. Jackson is president of the local Stamp Collectors Club. He is dressed in a suit. Mr. Young is a Postmaster. He is wearing a hat and a light colored suit. Miss Weaver is dressed in a collared blouse and a blazer.

Archival Date

1943-05-09

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1735

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

Rights

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License

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Subjects

War bonds & funds; Exhibit booths