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Wilbur Henry and Walter "Strawberry" Butler at Randall Playground reunion

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File Name	dcpl_p007_138
Title	Wilbur Henry and Walter "Strawberry" Butler at Randall Playground reunion
Creator	Curtis, Joseph Owen, 1915-2005
Subject	Reunions City & town life Randall Playground (Washington, D.C.)
Neighborhood	Southwest, Washington, D.C.
Location	Washington, D.C.
Spatial Location	38.879989171100746,-77.01140011877135
Description	Wilbur Henry and Walter "Strawberry" Butler stand at a reunion of Southwest Washington, D.C.'s Randall Playground. Caption contains biographical information about Butler.
Notes	Event is described in dcpl_p007_054 and dcpl_p007_055
Date Original	1956-04-21
Date Digital	2013-09-13
Rights Statement	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Rights Identifier	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/;
Rights Holder	DC Public Library
Publisher	DC Public Library, Special Collections
Source	Original version: 8 x 10 in. photograph; DC Public Library, Special Collections, Joseph Owen Curtis Photograph Collection, Institutions and organizations - Randall Playground, Reunion
Collection Name	Joseph Owen Curtis Photograph Collection
Transcript	Every normal S.W. kid's ambition was to be another "Strawberry" Butler. A natural leader and athlete out of Willow Tree Alley playground (located inside a block bounded by 4th Street, B Street, 3rd Street, and C Street S.W." he excelled at boxing, wrestling, baseball, basketball, and track. With his cousin, Sylvester "Eggie Cut" Butler, he co-coached the Willow Tree football team. On the team he passed, kicked, blocked, and called signals. On offense he also ran. On defense he played safety--and was a magnificent broken-field runner on offense or defense.
Type	Still Image
Format Medium	Image/jpeg
Language	eng
Medium	Photographs

Wilbur Henry and Walter "Strawberry" Butler at Randall Playground reunion

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