Girl selling poppy to aviation ordnance man

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20031519

Description

Virginia Reynolds, 3 1/2 years old girl selling poppy to Billy Mathis, aviation ordnance man at Eagle Mountain Lake Naval Air Station.In front of the photo wall at the Star-Telegram are two people, a man in a Navy enlisted dress blues uniform holding a small girl in his arms. Mathis's dark uniform has braid on his collar and sleeves and a white sailor hat. Reynolds is wearing a satin-looking blouse with a short pleated darker skirt covered by a matching short cape and garrison-style cap. There is an insignia on her cap and on her cape collar, and she is holding a handful of artificial poppies in her left hand and hold one up to Mathis with her right hand. Her outfit is completed with folded down anklet socks and white tie oxford shoes.Clipping:"The first Armistice Day poppy is sold to Billy Mathis, aviation ordnance man at Eagle Mountain Lake Naval Air Station, by Virginia Reynolds, 3 1/2, granddaughter of L. E. Kilgore, American Legion member.--Star-Telegram Photo."Stamped: Star-Telegram Morn. Nov. 9, 1943

Archival Date

1943-11-08

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-295

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Armistice Day; Mathis, Billy; Reynolds, Virginia; U.S. Navy; Military uniforms