Cigarettes for Vets

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20063588

Description

The Women's Auxiliary is participating in a program to provide cigarettes for veterans. Collecting cigarettes, left to right are Miss Vera Balentine, Roy Ames, and Mrs. Ruth Ayres. On Wednesday afternoon, they presented cigarettes to 400 patients at the Dallas Veterans Hospital. Miss Balentine is wearing a hat and a silk blouse. Mr. Ames is a member of the Military Order of the Cootie, United States Grand of Texas. He is dressed in a hat, button-up shirt and trousers. Mrs. Ayres is Auxiliary president of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (V. F. W.). She is wearing a hat, button-up blouse, and a skirt. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition, July 18, 1946.

Archival Date

1946-07-17

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1897

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Veterans; Cigarettes; Dallas Veterans Hospital; Military Order of the Cootie