Lee Roy Birdwell, 15

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20031254

Description

Portrait photograph of Lee Roy Birdwell, 15, who lost his life in a fire at the West Hall boys' dorm at Southwestern Junior College at Keene, Texas. He is shown wearing a collared shirt and coat. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Birdwell, and two brothers, Joe Ymoth Birdwell and Bobby Dee Birdwell. Published Fort Worth Star-Telegram Morning Edition January 3, 1944.

Archival Date

1944-01-02

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-306

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

Rights

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License

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

Subjects

Fires; Portrait photographs; Death; Tragedies