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[Photograph of People in Baird, Texas]

Photograph of several men and women standing outside of a house. A handwritten note on the photo says "June 8-'40, went to Baird. Sgt. Baker- Camp Barkley."
Date: June 8, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Desert Training Center in California]

Photograph of the Desert Training Center located in California. Ten planes are flying overhead, tanks are rolling towards the camp, and smaller jeeps are moving across the desert. In the right of the picture, artillery cannons work on their aim.
Date: [1940..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. P. Abbott to Mrs. Downey - December 18, 1940] (open access)

[Letter from H. P. Abbott to Mrs. Downey - December 18, 1940]

Letter written to Mrs. Downey, the mother of Robert L. Downey, detailing the acceptance of her son into the armed forces.
Date: December 18, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Robert L. Downey]

Photograph of a young man identified as Robert L. Downey wearing a dark button-up shirt.
Date: December 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Christmas card from Marion Fuchs to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Fuchs, December 19, 1940] (open access)

[Christmas card from Marion Fuchs to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Fuchs, December 19, 1940]

A Christmas card and envelope from Marion Fuchs to Herman Fuchs and his wife. The card is printed by the Army Air Corps Flying Cadet Detachment and features an image of a trainer aircraft in flight.
Date: December 19, 1940
Creator: Fuchs, Marion
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steele's Aid to Pilots: Regulations (Fifth Revised Edition) (open access)

Steele's Aid to Pilots: Regulations (Fifth Revised Edition)

Copy of Steele's Aid to Pilots: Regulations, a compilation of American civil aviation rules and regulations. Nearly all aspects of flying are covered, including reporting and record keeping, pilot ratings, aircraft identification, air traffic control, equipment, instruments, lights, flight patterns, and weather, as well as a question and answer section.
Date: July 1, 1940
Creator: Steele, C. Earl
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hawk perched on woman's shoulder]

Photograph of a hawk or eagle perched on a woman's shoulder. The photo appears to be double exposed with a picture of a big cat on a bench layered over it.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women on Bus]

Photograph of several women sitting on a bus. One woman looks back at the photographer over her right shoulder.
Date: [1940..1949]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hawk with Woman and Man]

Photograph of a hawk standing on rocks, while a woman in shirt and pants stands to the left, and a man in shirt and pants with a hat stands smiling to the right. All are in front of a building with writing on it, and a wire fence is between the subjects and photographer.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Der Feldzug in Norwegen, vom 9. April bis 10. Juni 1940. Bilddokumente von Heinrich Hoffmann. (open access)

Der Feldzug in Norwegen, vom 9. April bis 10. Juni 1940. Bilddokumente von Heinrich Hoffmann.

Pictures and description of the Nazi invasion of Norway, from the Nazi viewpoint.
Date: 1940
Creator: Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1885-1957.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library