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Identifier
20165344
Description
While his guard, Voyageur Pete Alexander, left, watches closely, Jim Wright, center, of Weatherford finally sells State Representative Vernon Eugene Smith a disguised penny box of matches for 50 cents as a "guaranteed cigarette lighter" as part of Wright's Thursday initiation into the American Legion's Forty & Eight. Peeping is Raymond Bertholf, grand conducteur, in charge of all "wrecking" operations. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Archival Date
1954-07-29
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-3282
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
People; Events
Names
Alexander, Pete; Wright, Jim; Smith, Vernon Eugene; Bertholf, Raymond Michael, 1907-1967
Subjects
People; Events