Gene Autry and Abe Lefton

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20027602

Description

Two of the key men in the presentation of the rodeo at the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show, Gene Autry, center, cowboy screen star, and Abe Lefton, cowboy show announcer. Autry along with Everett Colborn of Dublin, Texas will present the rodeo. The show starts Friday at Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum. Both men are squatting next to a short wall. Both are wearing suits with cowboy hats. There is a third unidentified man, wearing a cowboy hat, is on the far right also squatting. All three men are wearing cowboy boots. Star-Telegram Morning Edition March 6, 1946

Archival Date

1946-03-04

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-393

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show; Lefton, Abe; Colborn, Everett; Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum; Cowboy boots; Rodeos