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[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 25, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on April 25, 1943. He tells them about his trip to Africa, focusing on a stop in Bermuda.
Date:
April 25, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 27, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on April 27, 1943. He sends an order that will allow them to send him film. He discusses the food, how he made himself a footlocker, and a radio his company bought.
Date:
April 27, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 30, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on April 30, 1943. He laments missing the opening of fishing season for the first time in years, and asks his parents to send him film and a camera.
Date:
April 30, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 30, 1944]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on April 30, 1944. He thanks them for boxes of food they sent him, and commends his outfit's EM Club, which he went to with his friend Wilbur Crawford recently. He mentions that it's getting warmer where he's stationed, and asks his parents to hold on to the catalogs he's been sending them.
Date:
April 30, 1944
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, April 30, 1944]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on April 30, 1944. He summarizes a few letters he's received from friends, asks after what his parents have decided about selling their house, and mentions a camping trip he and Wilbur Crawford are planning to go on after the war is over.
Date:
April 30, 1944
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to John T. Willis, Sr., April 10, 1943]
Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to John T. Willis, Sr. on April 10, 1943. He asks after the farm and the fishing in Waco.
Date:
April 10, 1943
Creator:
Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Nash, Robinson & Co. to A.M. Montieth - April 1, 1905]
Letter written to A.M. Montieth in Belton, Texas from Nash-Robinson & Co. in Waco, Texas, asking for remittance and giving a deadline and penalty if the deadline is not met.
Date:
April 1, 1905
Creator:
Nash, Robinson & Co.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Texas Department of Education to Joshua Calhoun Howell, April 10, 1889]
Letter from the Texas Department of Education to Joshua Calhoun Howell on April 10, 1889. The letter renews Howell's teaching certification. Included are the envelope the letter came in and a paper detailing rules for conducting the examination of candidates for teacher's certificates.
Date:
April 10, 1889
Creator:
Texas. State Department of Education.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from West & Prather to John W. Park - April 24, 1874]
Letter written to John W. Park from West & Prather, Attorneys-At-Law, concerning a legal matter between them.
Date:
April 24, 1874
Creator:
West & Prather
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lucile Evans as a Maid of Honor]
Photograph of Lucile Elizabeth Evans, standing outside the Evans family home at 2100 Colcord Avenue in Waco, Texas. As the maid of honor to an unidentified bride, she is clad in a long-sleeved dress and a wide-brimmed hat. She is clutching a bouquet of flowers in her arm. The photo is attached to a piece of black paper upon which this note has been written underneath the photo: "the maid of honor Miss Lucile Evans, April 29, '17."
Date:
April 29, 1917
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Marriage License of John T. Willis and Nannie Clara Evans]
Marriage license of John T. Willis and Nannie Clara Evans, McLennan County, Texas, April 25, 1917, signed by the Rev. F. S. Groner.
Date:
April 25, 1917
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Baptisms]
Photograph of people getting baptized in Bishop, Texas. They seem to belong to a church named "First Baptist Church."
Date:
April 6, 1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Commanding Officer and Adjutant #1]
Photograph of Commanding Officer Major Baird and Adjutant 1st Lieutenant Byrens posing in the Waco Army Airfield. Both men are in uniform, including hats. A two-story building is visible in the background.
Date:
April 15, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Commanding Officer and Adjutant #2]
Photograph of Commanding Officer Major Baird and Adjutant 1st Lieutenant Byrens posing in the Waco Army Airfield. Both men are in uniform, including hats. A two-story building is visible in the background.
Date:
April 15, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Commanding Officer and Adjutant #3]
Photograph of Adjutant Lieutenant Byrens and Commanding Officer Major Baird posing together in uniform. Both men stand with their hands behind their backs and look toward the photographer.
Date:
April 12, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Dave Koenig in the WAAF Garden]
Photograph of Dave Koenig standing in front of a star-shaped flower garden taken from the back door of the barracks in the Waco Army Air Field.
Date:
April 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Fannie Mary Stauts]
Photograph of a woman wearing a white blouse, dark skirt, and dark hat, sitting on a small tricycle in a yard. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Senior Day, Waco High School, Fannie Mary Stauts."
Date:
April 1, 1923
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Men at the Retail Managers Convention in 1920]
Photograph of the men in attendance of the Retail Managers Conference from April 20, 1920 to April 24, 1920; the text on the photograph mentions William Cameron & Co., Inc. The men in the photograph are all wearing suits and are arranged on bleachers in three tiers.
Date:
[1920-04-20..1920-04-24]
Creator:
Gildersleeve, F. A.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Men at the Retail Managers Convention in 1922]
Photograph of men sitting in a room while attending the Retail Managers Convention of William Cameron & Company in Waco, Texas; all of the men are wearing suits and are following along in their programs as the speaker gives a presentation.
Date:
[1922-04-17..1922-04-20]
Creator:
Gildersleeve, F. A.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of the 54th Basic Flying Training Group at WAAF]
Photograph of the 54th Basic Flying Training Group at Waco Army Air Field. Adjutant 1st Lt. Byrens, Commanding Officer Major Bair, and P. T. Instructor Mickey Manojack stand on the left side of the front row. The photographer stands "somewhere in left rear."
Date:
April 15, 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Infant Menifee Cheek]
Photograph of an infant, Menifee Reed Cheek, nestled in a large white blanket in a studio setting. A handwritten note on the back of the photo claims that she was 24 days old at the time the picture was taken.
Date:
April 1891
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Man]
Portrait of an unknown man with a dark beard and mustache wearing a dark suit.
Date:
April 22, 1887
Creator:
Frey, Emil
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard From Joseph to Mr. and Mrs. Pennington, 1908]
Postcard from William Joseph Pennington to Mr. and Mrs. William Pennington with a photograph of a young child. The postcard reads: " Happy Easter ". The postcard shows a rabbit driving a vehicle with a large egg.
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Pennington, Joseph
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Mr. William Mole, April 25, 1918]
Postcard sent from Mr. William Mole to Maurice and Minnie picturing marching soldiers in Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas, handwritten message in the back about the storm in his area and a letter that he had been working on.
Date:
April 25, 1918
Creator:
Mole, William
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History