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Public Hanging

Copy negative of two pictures of a group of men on a hanging platform where a man is about to be hanged, with a very large crowd in the background. This was the last public hanging for rape, held in Owensboro, Kentucky. Other pictures are partially visible below and on the left.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Public Hanging; 3000 People in Crowd Witness Last Public Hanging

Copy negative of two pictures concerning the last public hanging for rape in Owensboro, Kentucky. The first is of a group of men on a hanging platform where a man has just been hanged, with a very large crowd in the background. The second is a picture of just the crowd with buildings in the background. There is a descriptive typed note under the bottom picture.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Portrait of Two Adults and Three Children

Copy negative of a portrait of Henry and Melinda Roberts and their three children taken in Three Springs, Kentucky. They are in a yard in front of bushes and trees, and Mr. Roberts is sitting in a chair while Mrs. Roberts and their son and two daughters stand around him.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[King and William Lafkowitz Sitting on a Stair]

Photograph of King and William Lafkowitz sitting on steps that lead up to two open doors. King is not wearing a shirt, while Lafkowitz is wearing a U.S. Army uniform and garrison cap.
Date: 1943~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[F Company M5A1 Light Tanks on Firing Range]

Photograph of three F Company M5A1 light tanks on a firing range at Camp Campbell. They sit on an earthen field and are facing a wooded area. Soldiers can be seen perched on top of the two nearest tanks.
Date: 1943~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Carrying Bedrolls]

Photograph of Sgt. Vern M. Thomas, Private Lapre, Private Chavis, Private Gottschling, and Private Angelicola standing, and Privates Hernandez and Belleti kneeling. They wear helmets and carry bedrolls at Camp Campbell.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sergeant Wilbur Berget Holding a Door for Sergeant Casimir Mezkowski]

Photographs of Wilbur Berget holding a door open for Casimir Mezkowski. Mezkowski is standing behind a screen door. The uniformed men are located at the top of the wooden stairway of a clapboard building.
Date: 1943~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Soldiers Behind a Sign at Camp Campbell]

Photograph of three United States soldiers standing behind the Camp Campbell headquarter's sign. The sign features images of armored vehicles, tank treads, and a coat of arms.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers at Camp Campbell]

Photograph of Bob Sanderson and Ki Witek, who poses with a gun, in a field at Camp Campbell.
Date: August 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Soldiers Posing by a Truck]

Photograph of three uniformed soldiers leaning against a U.S. Army truck at Fort Campbell. The man sitting in the middle embraces the man on the left, while the man on the right stands with his hands in his pockets. Another soldier can be seen walking near barracks buildings in the background.
Date: 1943~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Ang Cannizzaro]

Photograph of Ang Cannizzaro smoking a cigarette at Camp Campbell.
Date: June 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Lt. Herb Traugott]

Photograph of 2nd Lt. Herb Traugott posing in front of barracks at Camp Campbell, Kentucky.
Date: June 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldier Sitting at the Top of Barracks Steps]

Photograph of a uniformed soldier sitting on a stair in front of a barracks door.
Date: 1943~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of Soldiers Near Barracks]

Photograph of a group of uniformed soldiers standing in front of a white barracks building at Camp Campbell, Kentucky.
Date: 1943~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[F Company Soldiers on 25 Mile Hike]

Photograph of two lines of F Company soldiers on a 25 mile hike at Camp Campbell. they are walking along a dirt road that is lined with trees and other vegetation.
Date: 1943~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tom Van Boose at Camp Campbell]

Photograph of Tom Van Boose standing in front of the steps leading up to a building at Camp Campbell. A building and trees are visible in the background.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Camp Campbell Barracks]

Photograph of the barracks of Fort Campbell. Wooden buildings with windows and chimneys are visible on the sides of the photograph and in the background. A pathway delineated by sizable rocks passes through the center of the image, and soldiers can be seen standing on this path in the distance.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sergeant Wilbur Berget on Barracks Steps]

Photograph of Sergeant Wilbur Berget wearing a U.S. Army uniform and standing on the steps of a barracks building.
Date: 1943~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Freddy Payne by Bivouac]

Photograph of Frederick Payne sitting in front of his bivouac at Camp Campbell. Another bivouac is visible behind him.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldier in Overcoat]

Photograph of "Snuffy" Smith in a large overcoat in front of a building at Camp Campbell.
Date: [1942..1944]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers at Camp Campbell]

Photograph of a 60mm mortar squad at Camp Campbell. Joseph Kearney and Edward Vargas kneel next to the mortar gun.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Half-Track in Camp Campbell]

Photograph of a half-track parked at the bottom of wooden stairs leading up to an elevated building. Telephone poles and other two story wooden buildings line the dirt road that the vehicle is parked beside.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Soldiers Posing at Camp Campbell]

Photograph of four soldiers standing together and posing for a photo. They are standing between two story wooden buildings at Camp Campbell. The reverse side of the photo identifies the men as Cancilla, McLaughlin, Delvecchio, and Tom Conry.
Date: 1943~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Soldiers in a Field at Camp Campbell]

Photograph of U.S. Army soldiers standing together in a field of scrub vegetation. The man on the left is wearing a helmet and a camouflaged jacket, the man in the middle wears a similar jacket, and the third man is wearing a white tee shirt. The third man drapes a hand on the shoulder of the middle man.
Date: [1942..1943]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History