Resource Type

[Portrait of a Young Female. Joann Martinez]

Portrait of a young girl, Joann Martinez, with long straight hair wearing a decorative stitch shirt. There is a note on the back of the photograph in Spanish: "Para mi querida abuelita, Lupe. Con mucho cariño de parte de us nieta! Joann Martinez. Edad' - 14 años, Escuela, Tafalla.
Date: December 16, 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of a Young Man, Gonzalo Martinez]

Portrait of a young man wearing a collar shirt and tie. The young man is smiling. There is a note on the back of the photograph in Spanish.
Date: December 16, 1971
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Adobe House, San Antonio, Texas]

Photograph of two children and a dog in front of a small house. The house is made up of adobe, branches, brush, and planks. Laundry hangs from a line behind the house. Cabinet card format.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hardesty, F.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial Photograph of Brooks Field, Texas]

Aerial photograph of Brooks Field near San Antonio, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial Photograph of Randolph Field]

Photograph of Randolph Field as seen from the air in an airplane. The base is located in the middle of a wide open landscape; most of the land around it is farm land or unused land.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas]

Photograph of the front of the Alamo. A wooden building to the left has a sign reading "Alamo Building."
Date: unknown
Creator: Delfraisse, A. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Brooks Field as Seen from a Balloon Hangar]

Photograph of Brooks Field, Texas, located near San Antonio, Texas, from a balloon hangar. This balloon hangar is a short distance away from the base but it clearly shows the air strip and surrounding buildings.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas]

Photograph of many soldiers on horseback in a field at Fort Sam Houston near San Antonio, Texas. The photograph was taken from the nearby tower. There is a handwritten letter on the back of the photograph.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas]

Photograph of a residential area at Fort Sam Houston near San Antonio, Texas. This shot captures a walkway leading up to a line of apartments slanting downhill to the right. Cabinet card format.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Looking up the Kelly Field Water Tower]

Photograph of a view looking up the water tower at Kelly Field near San Antonio, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mill Bridge, San Antonio, Texas

Photograph of a bridge in San Antonio, Texas. Horse-drawn carriages are wading through the water below. A building in the background has hand-painted signs reading "Herrick's". Cabinet card format.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mission Concepcion]

Photograph of Mission Concepcion in San Antonio. The main building has two belfries on either side of the main entrance. A vehicle with two people is parked outside of a fence surrounding the mission.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mission Concepcion]

Photograph of Mission Concepcion at San Antonio, seen from the side. A part of the building is damaged with a wall and roof missing. A fence surrounds the building.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña, San Antonio, Texas]

Photograph of the Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña near San Antonio, Texas. Grass grows wild from ruined parts of the stone building. A well is visible in the foreground. Cabinet card format.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph Looking Down from the Kelly Field Water Tower]

Photograph of a view looking down from the top of the water tower at Kelly Field near San Antonio, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph Looking Northeast Towards San Antonio]

Photograph of a view from Kelly Field looking northeast towards San Antonio, Texas. Between the base and city is a vast, open landscape dotted with a few buildings here and there.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Boeing Bomber at Randolph Field]

Photograph of a large Boeing bomber outside of an aircraft hangar at Randolph Field located near San Antonio, Texas. A few men are working on the plane; one is sitting on top, one man is standing behind the right wing of the plane, and two other men are underneath the belly of the plane.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a BT-2B at Randolph Field]

Photograph of a BT-2B airplane parked at Randolph Field, the hangar behind the plane has a checker-board pattern on the roof. The identification number "252" is printed in large font on the side of the plane.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Cadet After a Jump]

Photograph of a cadet after a jump sitting on a stool outside of one of the barracks at Kelly Field. He is holding a hose in his left hand and there appears to be a balloon floating over his head.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Cadet and a Small Donkey]

Photograph of a cadet smoking a cigarette and holding the front two legs of a small donkey. This picture was taken at Kelly Field as the donkey wondered into the base.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Cadet Battalion Marching]

Photograph of a cadet battalion marching through the training grounds at Randolph Field near San Antonio, Texas. The battalion is broken up into four or five different groups at the time of this picture as they march.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Cadet in an Airplane at Kelly Field]

Photograph of a cadet sitting in the cockpit of an airplane at Kelly Field near San Antonio, Texas. This plane is fairly bulky, instead of being narrow and more aerodynamic.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Cadet in Full Dress Uniform]

Photograph of a cadet wearing his full dress uniform at Randolph Field located near San Antonio, Texas. He is standing in the open drilling area outside of the barracks at the base.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Cadet Shooting Traps at Kelly Field]

Photograph of a cadet out shooting at some traps while stationed at Kelly Field. The small black object in the photo is the target he is trying to his and he has a box of ammo on a small stand in front of him.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History