Railway employees picnic

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20044132

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. R. B. Ball, left, general manager of the road, acted as umpire of a women's baseball game and was rebuked for a strikeout decision by Miss Patsy Ferguson, right, of Handley, Texas. She is the daughter of Engine Foreman A. D. Ferguson. Mr. Ball is wearing a light-colored long-sleeve dress shirt with a star-patterned necktie. There is a pen in his shirt pocket. He is wearing dark dress slacks with a belt and a watch chain. Miss Ferguson is wearing a light-colored short-sleeved blouse tucked into the waist of light-colored slacks or a skirt. She is wearing a bracelet on her right wrist.

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

Baseball players; Baseball