Armistice Day Celebration. Parade etc. City Manager Sam Bothwell and Lieutenant Colonel C. S. Elliot on reviewing stand

Creator

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Identifier

20031554

Description

Armistice Day Celebration. Parade etc. City Manager Sam Bothwell and Lieutenant Colonel C. S. Elliot on reviewing stand.Three men seated on wooden folding chairs on the reviewing stand. From the left is a man in uniform, not identified, then a man in a double-breasted dark suit with glasses and a light fedora hat who is City Manager Sam Bothwell, and in a dark uniform jacket and light shirt, tie, and pants is Lt. Col. C. S. Elliot. He is wearing glasses, a service cap, and from the castle lapel pins on his jacket, is a (the local?) colonel with the Army Corps of Engineers. A colonel is always in charge of each major branch of the Corps, and there has been an office in Fort Worth for many years. There is a brick and limestone building behind the review stand and flags on poles placed intermittently. Clipping (included in the envelope, added for context):"At the Head of Military ProcessionMassed flags from Fort Worth Army and American Legion posts lead the parade through downtown streets Thursday morning in the observance of twenty-fifth anniversary of Armistice Day.—Star-Telegram Photos."Stamped: Star-Telegram Eve. Nov. 11, 1943

Archival Date

1943-11-11

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-296

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Military personnel; Parades & processions