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Identifier
20112791
Description
Image shows a ribbon ceremony on Whitney Dam. Congressman W. R. Poage, Waco, applies scissors to a ribbon marking the opening of traffic on State Highway 22 across the top of Whitney Dam. Poage's mother, Mrs. W. A. Poage, is left and Congressman Olin E. Teague, College Station, is on far right. Behind Mrs. Poage is George G. Chance, Bryan, Chairman of the Brazos River Conservation and Reclamation District. At Poage's right is William P. Hallmark, Dublin foreground, Brazos district secretary, W. W. Siddons, Hillsboro, Dr. Silas W. Grant, president of Whitney Chamber of Commerce and Mrs. W. R. Poage. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition, March 5, 1951.
Archival Date
1951-03-04
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-2595
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
Chamber of Commerce; Dams; Ribbons; Dedications; Congressional staff
Names
Lake Whitney Dam (Clifton, Tex.); Poage, William R., 1899-1987; Poage, Helen Wheeler; Teague, Olin Earl; Teague, Olin Earl, 1910-1981; Chance, George G.; Hallmark, William P.; Siddons, W. W.; Grant, Silas W.; Chamber of Commerce (Whitney, Tex.); Poage, Frances Cotton
Subjects
Chamber of Commerce; Dams; Ribbons; Dedications; Congressional staff