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Identifier
20126200
Description
Two Fort Worth residents whose combined ages total 219 years, observed their birthdays Saturday. Charlie Earls, who has been a resident of Perciballi Home for Men and Women for the last five years, marked his 112th birthday by helping two great grand children eat a white cake adorned with upright figures "112". Earls was born in McMinnville, Tennessee, on Feb. 28, 1847. He came to Texas in the early 1900s, then later moved to Shawnee, Oklahoma. In the picture, Earls and his great grandson, Tony Dickey, 2.
Archival Date
1959-02-28
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-212
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
Parties; Older people
Names
Earls, Charlie; Dickey, Tony
Subjects
Parties; Older people