Fort Bliss cavalrymen in Fort Worth

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20042854

Description

Cavalrymen from Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, who stopped in Fort Worth, Texas, en route to East Texas and Louisiana. Left to right: Sergeant Major Smythe, Sergeant Chales, mess sergeant of Troop A, Seventh Cavalry, Corporal Burleson, of Troop B, Sergeant Boles and Private Stokesbury. An unidentified man is standing at the far right. The group of men are standing outside next to a railroad car. All are dressed in military uniform and hats, except for Sergeant Chales who isn't wearing a hat. Sergeant Boles has his leg propped up and is holding a small pot in his hand. The other men either have their hands in their pockets or their arms are crossed.

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

Rights

Rights held by The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections. Any use of content downloaded or printed from this page is limited to non-commercial personal or educational use, including fair use as directed by U.S. copyright laws. For more information or for reproduction requests, please contact UTA Special Collections by emailing spcoref@uta.edu.

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Subjects

Military personnel; Military uniforms; Railroad cars