Mrs. A. J. Johnson wraps candy for service man

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20031534

Description

Mrs. A. J. Johnson wraps candy for service man.A woman standing at a table in a kitchen. Mrs. Johnson is wearing a black short-sleeved dress with a jeweled-broach at the neckline, she is also wearing eyeglasses, a wristwatch, and a wedding ring. The kitchen has striped wall paper and two small framed art pieces above a chair against the wall behind her. There is a painted door to the left behind her, with a brief glimpse of a patterned Linoleum in front of it, and on the left of the photo is an icebox or refrigerator. The table is covered with a lace tablecloth and a mirror sits in the middle with a glass bowl filled with various types of apples and citrus fruit. I her hands she is wrapping a candy box with kraft paper that, from the zigzag edge and the folds in evidence, is an opened out grocery store shopping bag. This text accompanied three photos in a box so is included here for context.Clipping:"Where 12 Men's Families Back Them UpIn the 2200 block of Prairie, shown above, are the homes which 12 of our fighting men have left to make safe for the 'Four Freedoms.' Residents, anxious to fill their roles on the home front, are also active. Mrs. A. J. Johnson, 2005 Prairie, lower left, wraps candy and cookies for one of the three servicemen from her home. Lower right, Mrs. Mavis Gibson, 2204 Prairie, says goodbye to her baby daughter before going to work at Fort Worth Army Air Field. A neighbor, Mrs. Weldon Bellamy, who keeps the child at night, looks on.—Star-Telegram Photos."Stamped Star-Telegram Morn. Nov. 14, 2914

Archival Date

1943-11-01

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-296

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Portraits; Kitchens; Refrigerators; Candy boxes; Servicemen; Gifts; Kraft paper; Packing paper