Wayne Townsend and Barbara Van Zandt

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20050805

Description

Wayne Townsend is a student at Texas A&M College. He is in Fort Worth, Texas to attend the football game between the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs and the visiting Texas A&M Aggies. Mr. Townsend advertised for one date to the game and received sixty responses. He is shown with Miss Barbara Van Zandt, the Fort Worth girl he chose for his own date, passing the other requests on to classmates. Their day of fun included the game, dinner at the Van Zandt home, and dancing. They are leaning on the driver's side door of an automobile. Miss Van Zandt is wearing a dress. Mr. Townsend is dressed in a military uniform. Published in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition, October 19, 1941.

Archival Date

1941-10-18

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1416

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Football; Football Fans; Sports spectators; Automobiles; Dresses; Military uniforms; Students; Dinner; Dance