Baptist Layman's Rally

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20027866

Description

Baptist layman's rally. T. Gordon Ryan, right, handing food to Captain George E. Naff as O. L. Marney, left, looks on. Thursday night at the Baptist laymen's rally at North Side Coliseum: T. Gordon Ryan, right, president of the Tarrant County Baptist Laymen's Association, is handing food to Capt. George E. Naff, chaplain at Fort Worth Army Air Field, while O. L. Marney, at left, a member of the faculty at Decatur Baptist College, looks on. Ryan and Marney are using the wrestling ring for a table. In the photograph, the three men are standing together at the outer edge of a wresting ring. The ring has a wooden floor and is surrounded by ropes. The men on the left are looking at the man on the right. Mr. Marney, on the left, is wearing a singe-breasted suit, diagonal striped tie and a collared shirt. There is a plate of food in front of him and a beverage cup off to the side, both sitting on the wooden floor of the wrestling ring. He is holding a forkful of food, half way up to his mouth in his right hand. In his left hand is a small slice of bread. Captain Naff is wearing a four pocket army uniform (jacket, tie, collared shirt and hat) with pins on both lapels, including a cross on the right side lapel. He is being handed a plate of food from Mr. Ryan, to the right. Mr. Ryan is wearing a tweed suit jacket with a matching vest, a tie with a decorative pin in the middle and a collared shirt folded down with two small buttons. He is also wearing glasses and a large, rectangular ring on his left ring finger. He is holding a plate of food in his right hand which he is giving to Captain Naff. There is a beverage cup in his left hand and a napkin in front of him on the wooden floor of the wrestling ring. In the background behind the men, there are several rows of seats many of which are occupied.

Archival Date

1945-01-18

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-287

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Tarrant County Baptist Layman Association; Captain; Fort Worth Army Airfield; Decatur Baptist College; Ryan, Gordon, T.; Naff, George E.; Marney, O. L.; North Side Coliseum (Fort Worth, Tex.); Rally; Baptist churches