Sam Rainey, W. H. Rainey, J. W. Rainey, and Mrs. M. J. Borders

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20031454

Description

Sam Rainey, left, 72, Pulaski, Tennessee; W. H. Rainey, 70, center, and J. W. Rainey, right. Mrs. M. J. Borders, a sister, is standing in front. Four elderly white adults are standing together in front of a tree on a neighborhood street, with houses and a vehicle partially in view behind them. Sam is wearing a buttoned shirt with a fine print or weave with a pair of older dress slacks and appears to have a belt and suspenders on. His outer jacket is a zipper-front plaid print fleece and under that is a vest with buttons, hanging open. M. J. Borders is wearing a light print shirt dress with short sleeves and glasses and a wrist watch. W. H. is wearing a pin-striped suit with a light shirt and a tie with diagonal lines. J. W. is wearing what appears to be khaki casual shirt and pants with a belt. He has a pen and another object in his shirt pocket and a print handkerchief in his left hand pants pocket. Clipping: "55-Year Separation Ends. Sam Rainey, left, 72, Pulaski, Tenn., is visiting his brothers, W. H. Rainey, 70, center, Lake Worth, and J. W. Rainey, 3421 West Sixth, and sister, Mrs. M. J. Borders, 1017 East Jessamine. Sam and W. H. Rainey have been separated for 55 years and the others had seen Sam Rainey but few times in 45 years. This is Sam Rainey's first trip from his native Tennessee. —Star-Telegram Photo." Stamped: Star-Telegram Morn Oct. 31, 1943

Archival Date

1943-10-29

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-294

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

Dresses; Reunions