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Identifier

20046900

Description

Tarrant County said goodbye to its first contingent of 56 trainees in ceremonies held at Main and Fifth Streets. Smiling through tears were these parents and others who waved a last farewell to the men in the buses. In the foreground are Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Armstrong and Mrs. Dave Christie. Others in the picture are Mrs. D. P. Christie Jr., Laura McLeland, Agnes Christie, Mrs. Fred Kemp and Idell Steinfeldt. There is a crowd behind them waving goodbye. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram evening edition, November 20, 1940.

Archival Date

1940-11-20

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1264

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Farewells; Crowds; Draft (Military service); United States Armed Forces

Names

Armstrong, W. A.; Armstrong, W. A. (Mrs.); Christie, Dave (Mrs.); Christie, D. P. (Mrs.); McLeland, Laura; Christie, Agnes; Kemp, Fred (Mrs.); Steinfeldt, Idell

Subjects

Farewells; Crowds; Draft (Military service); United States Armed Forces

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