Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1991.004.0174Description
B/W Photograph: 4 men - L -R: John W. Kamb, Capt. Cyril Williams, Col. J. Paul Lawther, Mel Mello. Col. Lawther is purchasing tickets for a benefit softball game. On back: Typewriter glued on description: "Col. J. Paul Lawther, commanding officer of Benicia Arsenal, purchases a set of tickets for a benefit softball game to be played at the Washington Playground in Vallejo on the evening of July 25. The game is being sponsored by the arsenal for its contribution to the Sixth Army's drive to raise funds to help defray expenses of U.S. althletes who will compete in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia. The game will be played by the Benicia Bombers and the Berkeley Buicks. Selling the tickets to Colonle Lawther is Captain Cyril Williams, in charge of the arsenal drive. At left is John W. Kamb, arsenal civilian executive, and to the right, Mel Mello, manager of the Bombers." With identifications July 18, 1956Collection
Benicia Arsenal CollectionMade/Created
Artist
U.S. Army photographDate made
Jul 18, 1956