Resource Type

[War Years Artwork]

Photograph of an artwork titled "War Years," standing out-of-doors on a grassy plain. The piece is a tall wooden cabinet that is wider at the bottom than the top and has various kinds of decorative wood paneling in different colors. Four windows near the top display large images and a series of seven smaller images are displayed underneath, down the center of cabinet.
Date: 2009~
Creator: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
System: The Portal to Texas History

"The United States War Steamer San Jacinto"

Hand-colored engraving of ship from "Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion"
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

U. S. S. Iowa.

Drawing of U. S. S. Iowa in profile that shows damaged sustained during battle with Spanish vessels on July 3, 1898. Damage is marked in red.
Date: 1898
Creator: United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Navigation.
System: The Portal to Texas History

U. S. F. S. "Brooklyn"

Drawing of U. S. F. S. Brooklyn in profile that shows damaged sustained during battle with Spanish vessels on July 3, 1898. Damage is marked in red.
Date: 1898
Creator: United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Navigation.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plan Showing Approximate Location of Hits and Probable Size of Projectiles

Drawings of the Spanish naval vessels "Viscaya," "Oquendo," "Infanta Maria Teresa," and "Cristobal Colon." They are drawn in profile with probable damage indicated in labeled dots.
Date: 1898
Creator: United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Navigation.
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Brownsville, Texas, Occupied by the Army under General Banks, November 1863", in Frank Leslie's, "The Soldier In Our Civil War" (1893)

Engraved print of supplies stacked on wharf at Brownsville, Texas
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Officers]

Copy of black and white photo of six women in WASP uniforms. A yellow sticker can be seen on the bottom left corner that reads, "They look like officers".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Army Air Force Patch on Woman Pilot]

Copy of a black and white photo of a woman sitting in the cockpit of a plane. A note can be seen written on the bottom edge of page that reads, "Note Army Air Force Patch on 'Woman Pilot'.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Female Pilot Working on Plane Instruments]

Copy of a black and white photo a woman pilot inspecting instruments in the cockpit of the plane. A note written at the the top edge of the page reads, "Please note officer's insignia".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photocopied Photos of Mary Ruth Rance with Planes]

Photocopy of three photographs of WOman Airforce Service Pilots, Mary Ruth Rance, posed with planes.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Avenger Field Medical Department]

Photocopy of two group photos of men and women in military and nurse uniform from WWII. A list of names can be seen on the back of the page, along with the words, "Avenger Field Medical Dept. 15 October, 1943".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Monterey"; "Monterey as it appeared on 23rd September 1846"

Monterey during the Mexican War
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Red Cross service flag]

A Red Cross service flag from 1919.
Date: 1917/1919
Creator: Red Cross
System: The UNT Digital Library

"Disabling and Capture of the Federal Gunboats 'Sachem' and 'Clifton' in the Attack on Sabine Pass, Texas, September 8th, 1863"

Line engraving shows USS Clifton on the left and USS Sachem on the right. Published in "The Soldier in our Civil War" Vol. II
Date: September 8, 1863
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Walking Past B-17]

Photocopy of a group of four Women Airforce Service PIlots in flight gear walking past a B-17 aircraft. Text printed in the top left of the image reads, "WASPS (Women's Air Service Pilots) walking past the B-17 flying fortress known as Pistol Packing Mama. In WW2 they shuttled airplanes from factories, served as test pilots and delivered supplies by air. They trained out of Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas, now the home of the WASP museum."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Capitulation of Vera Cruz: The Mexican Soldiers Marching Out and Surrendering their Arms to General Scott, March 29, 1847."

Hand-colored print of soldiers at Vera Cruz
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Bivouac of Confederate troops on the Las Moras, Texas, with stolen U.S. wagons, etc."

Engraved print of soldiers, wagons, and livestock on the banks of the Las Moras
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Avenger Field Labeled Aerials]

Photocopies of two aerial photos of Avenger Field with red lines and labels marking different buildings and locations.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hellcat Holding Lightning Bolt]

Illustration of the 12th Armored Division's mascot, the Hellcat, holding a lightning bolt.
Date: 1941~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Newsletter Cover]

Photocopy of a black and white WASP newsletter cover for February 1946 that features three WASP cadets marching outdoors with the U.S. flag.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Print of Generals Lee and Grant

The surrender at Appomattox, Lee and Grant seated at a table with a document in hand, unknown source
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Brown envelope that contained the instruction documents from General Electric]

Brown envelope that contained the instruction documents from General Electric GE mailed to Mr. E.C. Zunker (the original owner)
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Harper's Weekly: Elizabeth Street, Brownsville, Texas]

Color sketch of Elizabeth Street in Brownsville, Texas, printed from a photograph in an issue of Harper's Weekly. There are buildings lining the street, but no signs are visible. The street is filled with covered wagons and people (including soldiers in uniform).
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Honorable Discharge Pappers for James E. Sutherlin from the Texas Defense Guard]

Honorable Discharge form for James Edgar Sutherlin from the Texas Defense Guard. He was enlisted on October 6, 1942, served 3 months and was honorably discharged on February 1, 1943.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History