Railway employees picnic

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20044131

Description

More than 300 employees and officers of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, their families and guests gave themselves over to sports and barbecue at their annual picnic. Miss Ruth Oakes, left, and Mrs. O. R. Hunt swung in the loop of a grapevine. Miss Oakes is wearing a dotted Swiss dress with a fitted waist and buttons down the middle of the bodice. She has on stockings with a pattern woven in, two-tone pumps (shoes), a light band through her hair, and a bracelet or wristwatch. Mrs. Hunt is wearing the same design dress but in a solid dark color with contrasting light buttons down the front, light-colored gloves, plain-weave stockings, open toe patent leather pumps, and a black hat with a short draped piece in back and a large ornamental pin. The background is grass and some trees along a fence line.

Archival Date

1940-06-05

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1173

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Oakes, Ruth (Miss); Hunt, O. R. (Mrs.); Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway; Picnics; Dresses; Stockings; Shoes; Heels; Hosiery; Gloves