Colonel Harding Polk and Colonel W. W. West

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20042852

Description

Colonel Harding Polk (right) on leave from the Sixth Corps Area, Chicago, Illinois, and Colonel W. W. West. Polk is past president of the Seventh Cavalry, United States Army. West is commander of the regiment. The two are shown sitting in a small booth on the troop train which stopped in Fort Worth, Texas, en route from Fort Bliss at El Paso, Texas, to East Texas. Colonel Polk is wearing a dark suit while Colonel West is in military uniform. Polk is also holding a hat in his left hand.

Archival Date

1940-04-25

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1150

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Polk, Harding (Col.); West, W. W. (Col.); Military personnel; Military uniforms; Seventh Cavalry; United States. Army; Sixth Corps Area; Railroad trains