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[Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Patch]

A gold and black embroidered patch featuring a shield with a pair of wings. The acronym, "AOPA" (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association) is stitched diagonally across the shield.
Date: unknown
Creator: Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Envelope for Baia Super 8 Splice Tapes]

Envelope for Baia super 8 splice tapes for all film types and all tape splicers. There are no tapes, but there is a page with instructions inside.
Date: unknown
Creator: Baia Corp.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Envelope of 8 Millimeter Splice Tapes]

Envelope of 8 millimeter splice tapes from Baia made of Du Pont mylar for regular film. Inside are a few small portions of tape.
Date: unknown
Creator: Baia Corp.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial Dead Reckoning Computer]

Suzette VanDaell's Aerial Dead Reckoning Computer, type E-6B, as used by the U. S. Army Air Forces, and manufactured by Cruver Manufacturing Co. in Chicago, Illinois. The item comes in a box, discolored with age, that's covered in various bits of tape on the front and back. There are faded pencil markings on the front and back of Suzette VanDaell's name and other letters. In the middle is a box detailing the serial number and information of the computer. The device slides out with a middle piece of cardboard that's fraying on the sides and has tape on it as well. Inside is a brown leather pouch that is worn on the outside with use. The device is a white piece of plastic with green lines and numbers from 30-300 on one side and 90-400 on the other. There is a large circular metal device that moves along the plastic.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cruver Manufacturing Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fifinella Matchbook]

Commemorative matchbook made for the 30th WASP reunion on June 23-25, 1972. The matchbook has a Fifinella mascot, as designed by Walt Disney, printed in blue on the cover along with the group name, "Order of the Fifinella". Information about the reunion in Sweetwater can be seen printed in blue on the back.
Date: 1972~
Creator: Diamond Match Division
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Envelope of Quik Splice Tapes]

Envelope for HPI quik splice super 8mm splicing tapes. There are some tapes left inside.
Date: 1965
Creator: Hudson Photographic Industries Incorporated
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sticker from International Women's Air and Space Museum]

Circular blue sticker from the International Women's Air and Space Museum that features an illustration of two birds flying past a cloud.
Date: unknown
Creator: International Women's Air and Space Museum
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ms. Charlyne Creger Name Tag]

Name tag from the People to People organization's Citizen Ambassador Program for Charlyne Creger. The organization logo can be seen in the top left corner.
Date: unknown
Creator: People to People
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Order of Fifinella decal]

A decal for the Order of Fifinella, featuring a colored rendition of the original Fifinella mascot designed by Walt Disney and instructions for application on the reverse.
Date: 1960~/1969~
Creator: Prentice Products Corporation
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Standard Oil Company Computer]

Manual computer for calculating speed in miles per hour, distance traveled, and time in flight. The object is marked with the name, "Standard Oil Company of California" along with the logo of the company, a red plane with the head of an Eagle. Instructions for the device can be seen on the center of the front and back.
Date: 1940
Creator: Standard Oil Company of California
System: The Portal to Texas History

Air Navigation Computer

Manual flight computer, a circular slide wheel device used in navigation. several numbers and unit names are printed across the wheel, such as miles per hour, miles, Fahrenheit, pressure and altitude, minute and hour markings, fuel level, and compass directions.
Date: unknown
Creator: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cornelia Yerkes War Department ID]

War Department-issued identification card for Cornelia Yerkes as a civilian noncombatant.
Date: May 3, 1945
Creator: United States. War Department. Adjutant General's Office
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP badge]

A badge for Women Air Force Service Pilots, WWII, the successor organization to the Order of Fifinella. It features a WASP wing and the words "Woman Air Force Service Pilot WW II" in silver lettering on a dark blue background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1923 12c Grover Cleveland Stamp]

A 1923 12-cent stamp featuring Grover Cleveland. Scott # 564. Obscured slightly by the upper-right quarter of a postmark.
Date: 1923
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Air Force Patch]

Circular, blue Air Force patch embroidered with a silver star with a red center and golden set of wings.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Blue Dot Quality Lamps Tag]

A torn off tag with a blue dot for "Blue Dot Quality Lamps." There are large black letters that say "DFE 80 W. - 30 V. AVG 15 HRS." and large red letters that say "SYLVANIA." Upside down near the top of the tag is printed "FB-PR-T12AC."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charlyne Creger Name Tag]

Name tag that reads, "Charlyne Creger Pilot WASP" with a pin attachment on the back.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Damaged WASP Ribbon]

White ribbon printed with blue, vertical text that reads, "WASP". The diamond WASP wings logo can be seen printed in blue as well above the text. Tearing and fraying can be seen at the top of the ribbon.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fifinella Decal]

Decal of Fifinella logo with the words "Order of Fifinella." Decal is still on backing paper, with instructions for application printed on the back.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fifinella Patch]

An embroidered patch of the famous Women Airforce Service Pilots mascot, the Fifinella, based on the design by Walt Disney. The base number "318th AAFFTD" (Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment) can be seen embroidered below the Fifinella to the bottom right.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fifinella patch]

Color patch featuring Fifinella, the WASP mascot.
Date: 1944%
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fifinella Sticker]

Sticker depicting Fifinella, the mascot of the WASP organization.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Go Sweetwater Sticker]

Sticker with text that reads, "Go Sweetwater", on top of a white background. An outline of the state of Texas can be seen behind the text and an arrow can be seen across the word, "Go", pointing towards the right at a star within the Texas outline.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Go Sweetwater Sticker]

Sticker with text that reads, "Go Sweetwater", on top of a white background. An outline of the state of Texas can be seen behind the text and an arrow can be seen across the word, "Go", pointing towards the right at a star within the Texas outline.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History