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[Six WASPs of 44-W-9 with Instructor Pilot and Officer, Labeled]

Labeled photograph of six WASP trainees of class 44-W-9 wearing flight suits and gear, with a male instructor pilot in a flight suit and a male officer in a service uniform. From left to right, standing: Virginia Potthoff, Margaret Phillips, Marry Ann Showers, and Joan Olmstead. Seated from the left to right are Betty Martin and Penny Pierce, who are both smoking. Behind them is a billboard with the class's schedule and progress.
Date: June 21, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Ethel Lytch]

Portrait photograph of WASP Ethel Lytch, smiling in her flight cap and jacket.
Date: June 20, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Gal Pilots of World War II Will Hold Reunion in Texas] (open access)

[Clipping: Gal Pilots of World War II Will Hold Reunion in Texas]

Newspaper clipping from the Albuquerque Journal discussing the upcoming 1972 WASP reunion in Sweetwater, TX. On the back is part of a piece discussing security for the Democratic National Convention.
Date: June 18, 1972
Creator: Albuquerque Journal
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Little Girls, Big Ships, Women: Here Come the WAFS] (open access)

[Clipping: Little Girls, Big Ships, Women: Here Come the WAFS]

Newspaper clipping of two articles, "Women: Here Come the WAFS" and "Little Girls, Big Ships," which discuss women pilots' training and the second WAFS graduation. There is a photo of the WAFS graduates at Sweetwater, Texas which shows several women in uniform.
Date: June 7, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sarah Rewey on Biplane Wing]

Photograph of WASP Sarah Rewey kneeling on the port wing of a biplane, wearing her flight cap and looking off to her left. A wire strut runs across the center of the photo while the lower wing takes up the bottom-third.
Date: 1944-06-08~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 3, 1943?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, June 3, 1943?]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing cross-country flying, night flying, other aspects of training, her schedule and living conditions.
Date: 1943-06-03?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Eleanor Brown]

Photograph of WASP Eleanor "Mickey" Brown in a flight cap with goggles and jacket. On the back is written "Class 44-W-9, June 21, 1944, Avenger Field, Mickey McLernon"
Date: June 21, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Gayle Snell]

Photograph portrait of Women Airforce Service Pilot Gaye Snell, smiling in her flying cap and jacket. In the bottom write is an autograph reading: "Lots of luck[,] Gayle"
Date: June 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Oil] (open access)

[News Script: Oil]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the increase in gasoline prices by a California company.
Date: June 6, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. and Mrs. David F. Weston, June 3, 1959] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. and Mrs. David F. Weston, June 3, 1959]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. and Mrs. David F. Weston discussing about clippings referring to Shrub at Harvard, family updates, Richard Ullman's schedule and requesting for information on Governor Long's situation.
Date: June 3, 1959
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Santa Fe Hotel]

Photograph of the Santa Fe Hotel (located at 201 W Broadway) in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: June 1, 1902
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner (open access)

Oil Burner

Patent for an oil burner that can be inserted into a stove or range and function with kerosine oil as fuel. The size of the flame can be adjusted with this oil burner, and it can be installed in stoves and ranges without structural changes being made to the equipment.
Date: June 29, 1915
Creator: Jordan, David
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bedstead (open access)

Bedstead

Patent for a bedstead that holds a bottom sheet taunt that can be used with existing bedsteads.
Date: June 5, 1906
Creator: Whitlow, W. Jidy
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History