[The W.O.W. (Woodmen on the World) Drill Team]

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This picture shows the Woodmen of the World Drill Team, taken on June 19, 1947. A caption on the back of the photograph reads: WOW DRILL TEAM 6-19-47---- Herman Tolbert, Capt.--LEFT TO RIGHT: Front row: Walter Carter, Gene Lee, Jimmy Brandenburg, Charlie Davis, Bill Teichman, Idys Cox, Jr., Boyce Harvey, Billy Brooks. Back Row: Melton Brewton, Walter Moore, Hayden Hughes, Bazil Brewton, Unknown [heavily underlined, with small lacuna, also underlined, following] Roy Alderson, Roy Brewton and Eldred Fryer. A further caption, rotated 90 degrees to the first reads: "Picture taken in Convention Hall." On the front of the photograph is … continued below

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Creator: Unknown. June 1947.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: A. F. Weaver Collection and was provided by the Boyce Ditto Public Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 192 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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This picture shows the Woodmen of the World Drill Team, taken on June 19, 1947. A caption on the back of the photograph reads:
WOW DRILL TEAM 6-19-47----
Herman Tolbert, Capt.--LEFT TO RIGHT: Front row: Walter Carter, Gene Lee, Jimmy Brandenburg, Charlie Davis, Bill Teichman, Idys Cox, Jr., Boyce Harvey, Billy Brooks.
Back Row: Melton Brewton, Walter Moore, Hayden Hughes, Bazil Brewton, Unknown [heavily underlined, with small lacuna, also underlined, following] Roy Alderson, Roy Brewton and Eldred Fryer.
A further caption, rotated 90 degrees to the first reads: "Picture taken in Convention Hall."
On the front of the photograph is handwritten: "phillips [sic] photog-aphic [sic] Service
Abilene, Texas" in white ink.
The photograph appears in A.F. Weaver's "TIME WAS in Mineral Wells" on page 165.

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A. F. Weaver Collection

This colorful panorama covers Mineral Wells' founding and its mercurial growth as a resort center and army town to the present. Photos are from local historian and photographer A.F. Weaver, local families and research sources.

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  • June 1947

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[The W.O.W. (Woodmen on the World) Drill Team], photograph, June 1947; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39238/: accessed March 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boyce Ditto Public Library.

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