Bobby Gant

Creator

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Identifier

20049056

Description

Fort Worth, Texas is hosting one of the President's Birthday Balls to benefit the infantile paralysis (polio) campaign. Pictured is sixteen year old polio patient, Bobby Gant. He lives with his grandmother, Mrs. L. W. Jones and attends North Side High School. As one of the beneficiaries of the Birthday Ball, Bobby now has a wheelchair to take him from classroom to classroom. He is dressed in a fedora, collared shirt, necktie, sweater, leather jacket, and trousers. A notebook is sitting on his lap. The exterior of the school is in the background.

Archival Date

1941-01-24

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1317

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Gant, Bobby; President's Birthday Ball; Infantile Paralysis; Wheelchairs; Sweaters; Neckties; Leather Coats; Schools; North Side High schools; Poliomyelitis