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    Identifier

    20046968

    Description

    Entries in a contest to select "Miss Liberty" and "Mr. Patriotism" at a patriotic liberty ball which the Tarrant County Woman's Democratic Club will sponsor Friday honoring participants in the selective service draft. All will wear cotton costumes. (standing left to right) Miss George Maclin, Steve Steward, Jack Woods, Edwin Bjork and Mildred Chapman, Mrs. N. L. Freeman (seated), will register entries until Friday noon at Democratic headquarters. Photograph of seven people posed. Six are standing and one is seated. There are four men and three women. A woman is seated at a small table that contains signs with the words, "Enter Miss Liberty Here" and "We're for Liberty" written on them. Published in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Evening Edition October 31, 1940.

    Archival Date

    1940-10-30

    Collection Name

    Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

    Collection Number

    AR406-6-1267

    Original Format

    Negatives, Black & White

    File Format

    JPG

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    Subjects

    Balls (Parties); Contests; Draft (Military service)

    Names

    Woods, Jack; Bjork, Edwin; Chapman, Mildred; Freeman, N. L. (Mrs.); Maclin, Georgia; Stewart, Steve; Bjork, Edward; Woman's Democratic Club; Fort Worth Woman's Democratic Club

    Subjects

    Balls (Parties); Contests; Draft (Military service)

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