Sailor's Presents Prized by Fort Worth Child

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20054107

Description

Sherry Rawls is posing in a grass skirt and two strings of beads she received as a Christmas present from her father who is a sailor, currently on active duty in the Navy and serving in the South Pacific. "Santa Claus came all the way from the South Pacific to bring 3-year-old Sherry Rawls her Christmas present from her daddy, James M. Rawls Junior, a fireman first class in the Navy, and a doll-sized grass skirt and two strings of wooden beads arrived for the little girl Thursday. 'She hasn't taken them off since the package came,' said Mrs. Rawls, who, with Sherry, lives with her grandmother, Mrs. J. H. Wheeler, 1220 Kings Highway. Attired in her island costume, Sherry reluctantly posed for a Star-Telegram photographer. But when asked to 'laugh big' for daddy, she forgot her fears and smiled shyly into the camera." Sherry is standing on a chair against a wall. She is wearing her grass skirts, beads, and a flower in her hair.

Archival Date

1944-12-29

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1559

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Grass Skirts; Gifts; Presents; Christmas presents; Rawls, Sherry; Souvenirs; Rawls, James M., Jr. (Mr.); Rawls, James M., Jr. (Mrs.); Wheeler, J. H. (Mrs.); United States Navy