Voters Line

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20037142

Description

Clipping: "As the people of Fort Worth rushed to the polls in record-breaking numbers Tuesday morning, these voters of Precinct 81 waited to cast their ballots at Alic E. Carlson Elementary School in a line typical of the city's voting places." "Star-Telegram Photo." Published Star-Telegram Eve. Nov. 7, 1944 Several men are dressed in suits and carrying their hats. Most of the women are wearing dresses and a coat. Two months after the end of WWII most of the women in the photo appear to be wearing silk or nylon stockings, something absent during most of the war years. Many of the people are wearing eyeglasses and holding hats or purses. A man near the front of the line is holding a lit cigar.

Archival Date

1944-11-07

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-620

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Voting; Elections; Ballots; Crowds; lines of people; Stairway; Coats; Dresses; plaid; Wool; felt; Silk stockings; cigar