Miss Helen Stephenson, left, getting her poll tax exemption from her sister, Miss Ola Belle Stephenson

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Identifier

20037014

Description

Miss Helen Stephenson, left, getting her poll tax exemption from her sister, Miss Ola Belle Stephenson. Image appeared in "Sisters Register a 'First'," Star-Telegram Evening Edition October 1, 1941. A sister act figured in issuance Wednesday of the first poll tax exemption in Tarrant County as Miss Helen Stephenson, left, who will be 31 in March of 1942, obtained an exemption from Miss Ola Belle Stephenson, deputy clerk in the tax assessor-collector's office. The sisters live at 2809 Runnels Street. First poll tax receipt was issued to Chester Crunk, 2511 Pearl Street. Wiley P. Foster, Swift & Co. special officers, who had obtained the first poll tax receipt for the past five years, this year will receive an exemption.

Archival Date

1941-10-01

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-680

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Poll Tax; Poll Tax exeption; Tax Assessor-Collector; Stephenson, Helen; Stephenson, Ola Belle; Papers; Counters