[Sheila Emery Allen standing in snow next to storefront window]

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Snapshot photograph of a woman, Sheila Emery Allen, standing in snow next to a storefront window in downtown Fort Worth. She is wearing a hat, one glove on her left hand, and a long winter coat. Her right hand is bare. A mannequin is visible in the storefront window on the right. There is an illegible black ink stamp on the verso middle top for a photofinishing company. Black stamped text below reads "JAN 31 194X." The last numeral of the date is illegible. Sideways black ink stamp at the verso right edge is "403J."

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1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 9 cm.

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Creator: Unknown. 194X-01-31.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Frances Marion Allen Collection and was provided by the Tarrant County Archives to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Snapshot photograph of a woman, Sheila Emery Allen, standing in snow next to a storefront window in downtown Fort Worth. She is wearing a hat, one glove on her left hand, and a long winter coat. Her right hand is bare. A mannequin is visible in the storefront window on the right. There is an illegible black ink stamp on the verso middle top for a photofinishing company. Black stamped text below reads "JAN 31 194X." The last numeral of the date is illegible. Sideways black ink stamp at the verso right edge is "403J."

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1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 9 cm.

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Frances Marion Allen Collection

The collection of Frances Marion Allen, a longtime resident of Fort Worth who died in 1997, contains material collected by herself, her parents, James Walter Allen, M.D. and Daisy Emery Allen, M.D., and her sister, Sheila Emery Allen. The collection contains numerous photographs and correspondence dating from the mid-19th century to the late-20th century.

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  • 194X-01-31

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  • Sept. 16, 2023, 9:42 p.m.

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  • Oct. 23, 2023, 2:46 p.m.

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[Sheila Emery Allen standing in snow next to storefront window], photograph, 194X-01-31; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1595142/: accessed May 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarrant County Archives.

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