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[Wendell and Walden Tarver Seated on Stairs]

Photograph of Wendell Lee Tarver (left) and his younger brother, James Walden Tarver (right) seated on stone steps outside an unidentified building. Both are wearing light-colored clothing and appear to be unhappy. Wendell is raising his hands to his face and Walden is sucking his thumb. There is a Fox Tone stamp on the back and a handwritten note that says "Wendell & Walden Tarver."
Date: 1935~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Outdoor Photograph of Wendell Tarver]

Photograph of Wendell Lee Tarver wearing a winter coat, gloves, and hat, standing in the snow outside of a shed. There are metal basins and brush on the ground next to him; trees and houses are visible in the background. There is a Fox Tone stamp on the back of the photograph.
Date: April 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wendell Tarver Graduation Photograph]

Photograph of Wendell Lee Tarver wearing a light-colored graduation cap and gown, standing on a lawn. He graduated from Burnet High School in Burnet, Texas during spring 1949. Neighborhood houses and trees are visible behind him.
Date: April 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Men in Pig Pen]

Photograph of Wendell Lee Tarver (left) and an unidentified FFA (Future Farmers of America) member on a farm in Burnet, Texas. The two men are wearing casual clothing and hats and appear to be standing in the middle of a pen. There are several pigs and a wire fence visible in front of the men. Various structures including a house and shed as well as trees and fence posts are visible in the background.
Date: April 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wendell Tarver and Dog]

Photograph of Wendell Lee Tarver seated in the grass with a puppy on his lap outside of a house in Burnet, Texas. A porch is visible behind him including a trellis and several plants; there is a shadow in the foreground. There is a Fox Tone stamp on the back of the photograph.
Date: 1933~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Wendell Tarver in Texas A&M Uniform]

Portrait of Wendell Lee Tarver, visible from the chest up, taken while he was a student at Texas A&M University. He is wearing a light-colored shirt and tie with a darker-colored jacket; the jacket has pins with crossed rifles and the initials A.M.C. on the lapels. A handwritten note on the photograph says "Love, Wendell;" a second note on the frame outside the photo says "Wendell L. Tarver." The photo is inside a red folder.
Date: 1950~
Creator: Aggieland Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Burnet, Texas First Grade Class Photo]

Photograph of the 1938 first grade class in Burnet, Texas. The students are arranged in three rows outside of a stone building and have their hands around one another's shoulders. The boy in the far left of the photo is Wendell Lee Tarver. Writing on the front of the photograph says "First Gr., Burnet, Tex., 1938" in the lower-left corner and "'Mecca' San - Ant" in the lower-right corner. The name "Wendell Lee Tarver" is handwritten on the back.
Date: 1938
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Burnet, Texas Fourth Grade Class Photo]

Photograph of the 1941 fourth grade class in Burnet, Texas. The students are arranged in four rows outside of a brick building, seated in the front rows and standing in the back. Wendell Lee Tarver is in the front row, second from the right. Writing on the front of the photograph says "Fourth Grade, Burnet, Tex., 1941."
Date: 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wendell Tarver at Houston Fat Stock Show]

Photograph of Wendell Lee Tarver and two unidentified men crouching in a cattle pen filled with straw at the Houston Fat Stock Show in Houston, Texas. Wendell (left) is wearing jeans , a button-down shirt, and a cowboy hat; he is holding a rope attached to a dark-colored calf standing just behind the men with a larger, dark-colored cow. The two men are wearing suits and hats and are gesturing as if they are speaking to Tarver. There are other animal pens partially visible in the background.
Date: [1947..1949]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Snow in Burnet, Texas]

Photograph of snow covering a pick-up truck and car in the driveway of John Agrippa Tarver's house in Burnet, Texas. A hedge lining the driveway on the right side of the photo is also covered in snow. Text above the image says "Jun 66" and a handwritten note on the back says "Snow in Burnet."
Date: June 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Tarver Siblings]

Photograph of the Tarver siblings standing in a line together in front of a curtain that has a wood-grain pattern. They are, from left to right: Byron Lee, Carol Lynn, John Arthur (in back), and Lawrence Alden. Lynn appears to be wearing a navy blue graduation robe. Handwritten text on the back of the photo says, "May 1978, Byron, Lynn, Arthur, Larry."
Date: May 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Tarver Family in Bedford, Texas]

Photograph of the Tarver siblings and their mother standing in a line together in front of a curtain that has a wood-grain pattern. They are posed with their arms around one another's shoulders; from left to right: Lawrence Alden, Mary Jane (Daniels) John Arthur, Carol Lynn, and Byron Lee. Handwritten text on the back of the photo says, "May 1978, Larry, Janie, Arthur, Lynn, Byron."
Date: May 1978
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tarver Family Christmas Card, 1982]

Christmas postcard from the Tarver family including a photo on the left of the card. To the right of the photo, there is a color illustration of two pine cones on a branch and the words "Happy Holidays." In the photograph, the Tarver siblings and their mother are standing in a group in front of a brick wall; there are guns and horns hanging on the wall and shelves on the right containing books and knick-knacks. They are, from left to right: John Arthur, Lawrence Alden, and Byron Lee (back row); Mary Jane (Daniels) and Carol Lynn (front row). A handwritten note under the illustration says, "The Wendell Tarvers, 1982." A handwritten list on the back of the photograph says, "Janie Tarver, Arthur Tarver, Byron Tarver, Larry Tarver, Lynn Tarver."
Date: December 1982
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A&M vs. OU Banner]

Photograph of a banner hanging on a multi=story brick building with a large number of windows. It appears to have an illustration of a football player kicking something at the top and the text "Old Army Kick OU" next to a donkey at the bottom.
Date: 1948~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Reviewers and Spectators at Aggie Muster]

Photograph of General Eisenhower and several unidentified men standing in a line (center of photo) during muster, next to bleachers full of spectators, at right. In the foreground, another group of spectators, including men in uniform, are partially visible. Handwritten on back: "Gen. 'Ike' at Review."
Date: April 21, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cadets in Formation]

Photograph taken from bleacher seating of a large number of people arranged in lines far away on a large, open field including a number of flags visible in the group. Other spectators are visible in the foreground of the image. Handwritten note on back: "Officers front & center."
Date: April 21, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Spectators at Cadet Review]

Photograph of people standing in a large group, including a man on the left side of the image holding a camera to film something outside the right side of the image. Other spectators are in bleachers visible in the background. Handwritten note on back: "Gen. 'Ike' at review."
Date: April 21, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A&M Corps Company C on Parade]

Photograph of a line of cadets in uniform walking across a field, including flag bearers. Several lines of other cadets are visible in formation in the background, and spectators are partially visible in the foreground, on either side of the image. Handwritten on back: "Jim Bob Steen CO C Inf. Passing in Review."
Date: April 21, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lines of Cadets with Flags]

Photograph of a large number of cadets wearing uniforms, standing in lines on a large, open field. Many of the cadets are holding U.S. or other flags. The photo was taken from bleacher-style seating and other spectators are visible in the foreground. Handwritten on back: "Officers front & center."
Date: April 21, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A&M Corps Staff at Muster]

Photograph of a line of men wearing uniforms walking across a field, followed by a corps in formation. Others in formation are visible in the background. A man in uniform is partially visible in the foreground, on the left side of the image. Handwritten on back: "Corp Staff Passing in Review."
Date: April 21, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cadet Formations at Muster]

Photograph of several lines of men wearing uniforms standing in formation on a field; a number of U.S. and other flags are visible at various points along the lines. Spectators are visible in the foreground of the image. Handwritten on back: "Officers front & center."
Date: April 21, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas A&M vs. OU Football Banner]

Photograph of a large banner attached to a brick building with an illustration of a man in uniform holding a woman and speaking (the text in the speech bubbles is unclear); both of them have one leg cocked up and the man's foot is kicking a football player in the face. Behind them is the home player tunnel with a scoreboard (Home 0, Aggies 33), and there is an insignia on the left side of the banner labeled "B" with an eagle on a wheel behind a crossed key and sword. Text at the bottom of the banner says "Texas Aggies soon will tr[...] O.U. Sooners in the so[...]"
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charles Sebesta Outside Barracks]

Photograph of Charles Sebesta visible from the knees up, wearing a military-style uniform including a garrison cap, posing in front of a screen door with his hands behind his back and his elbows akimbo. Behind him, to the right, text appears to be chalked next to the door, but it is only partially visible.
Date: 1948~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Winifred McNair Outside Barracks]

Photograph of Winifred McNair, visible from the waist up, wearing a military-style uniform and standing in front of double screen doors. There is text chalked around the doorway including, "[Welcome] Mothers" at the top, and "[...]ainview Bulldogs | [T]he Best [in] the West" in the lower right.
Date: 1948~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History