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    Identifier

    20040997

    Description

    Shown here are two members of the Optimisses Club. From left to right, are Mrs. Wheeler Worley and Mrs. Lillian McKeen. The Optimisses Club is sponsoring a community clubroom for girls in Polytechnic, Fort Worth, Texas. The full name of this club is Polytechnic Girls' Community Center, under the direction of Mrs. Lillian McKeen. Girls from age six to sixteen can attended free classes or gather to play after school. Mrs. Worley is the chairman of the committee from the Optimesses Club. She is dressed in a hat, scarf, and a coat. Mrs. McKeen is the director of the club. She is also a teacher at the Community Center, offering classes in cooking, sewing, and knitting. She is wearing a button-up dress and a coat. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition, February 9, 1940.

    Archival Date

    1940-02-08

    Collection Name

    Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

    Collection Number

    AR406-6-1102

    Original Format

    Negatives, Black & White

    File Format

    JPG

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    Subjects

    Community centers; Girls; Dresses; Coats; Committees; Cookery; Sewing; Knitting; Societies and clubs

    Names

    Worley, Wheeler (Mrs.); McKeen, Lillian (Mrs.)

    Subjects

    Community centers; Girls; Dresses; Coats; Committees; Cookery; Sewing; Knitting; Societies and clubs

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