Resource Type

[A WASP Checking in for Homecoming]

Photograph of a WASP checking in for a WASP homecoming at the WASP museum. She is wearing a WASP santiago blue jacket, and holding a blue bag. There are two women sitting behind a table, and another woman standing behind the WASP. There are flags in the background, and a display case of WASP memorabilia in the background.
Date: August 14, 2011
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Three WASP with Memorabilia]

Photograph of three WASP wearing blue WASP uniforms, sitting behind a long table with WASP memorabilia on it. The women are inspecting a newspaper clipping. In the background, a silver fighter plane with blue accents on it is parked inside the large hangar.
Date: 2011-08-14~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Four WASP with Plane]

Photograph of four WASP standing in front of a silverr plane. The women are wearing blue, some of them in WASP uniforms. The two WASP in the center are holding small awards.
Date: 2011-08-14~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Fifinella Logo on Metal Plane Part]

Close-up photograph of the WASP Fifinella mascot painted on a metal plane part, with signatures from several WASP to the right of the logo.
Date: 2011-08-14~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Two WASP at Podium]

Photograph of two WASP standing behind a podium, with a Texas State Technical College backdrop behind them. The woman on the left is wearing a white shirt with a WASP scarf around her neck, while the woman on the right is wearing a blue WASP uniform and holding the podium microphone steady.
Date: 2011-08-14~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Shirley Chase Kruse in WASP uniform]

Photograph of Shirley Chase Kruse sitting, smiling into the camera wearing her Women Airforce Service Pilot dress uniform.
Date: August 14, 2011
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two WASP Talking at Homecoming Event]

Photograph of two WASP conversing during WASP homecoming at the WASP museum. They are both wearing WASP uniforms, and holding a jacket with medals pinned to the left chest.
Date: August 14, 2011
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of a WASP Speaking Into a Microphone]

Photograph of a WASP dressed in a Santiago Blue uniform without a jacket. There are Hap Arnold wings on her shirt sleeve, a WASP pin on her collar, a set silver diamond wings on her shirt pockets, and a WASP medal around her neck.
Date: August 14, 2011
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Dedication of Fifinella Statue]

Photograph of two WASP and a man standing to the right of a woman at a podium in an outdoor yard. On the back of the photograph are handwritten notes, identifying the woman at the podium as Nora Reeves, Sweetwater Women's Forum President, serving as the presiding officer at the dedication ceremony for a statue of the WASP mascot, Fifinella.
Date: June 14, 1976
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Fifinella Statue Dedication]

Photograph of three women standing to the left of a woman at a podium. A large metal building is visible through an opening in a fence behind the women
Date: June 14, 1976
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Helen Snapp Standing on a Plane, Sun 'N' Fun, April 14, 2010]

Photograph of WASP Helen Snapp in blue standing on a blue plane, taken at the 2010 Sun 'N' Fun event in Florida.
Date: April 14, 2010
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Railway Overpass]

Photograph of a road going under a T&P railway overpass. Written underneath are "Fort Worth, Texas Dec 14th 1978" and "Don Watson."
Date: December 14, 1978
Creator: Watson, Don
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P X1105 3]

Photograph of a T&P train car with "TP X1105" printed on the side. Written below the image are "Fort Worth, Texas Dec 14th 1978" and "Don Watson."
Date: December 14, 1978
Creator: Watson, Don
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pocket Watch of an Engineer Killed in Train Wreck]

Photograph of a pocket watch belonging to a man killed in the wreck of the Louisiana Limited. The watch face is slightly cracked. Written below the image are "[sic] Watch of J. W. 'Rab' Gorman engineer killed at Cecile La. in the wreck of the 'Louisiana Limited' Marshall, Texas to New Orleans, La. passenger train. The time showen is 11:37 pm the exact time of death. The date was Dec 14 1931 and the location was Cecile, La. at Hutchinson's Spur about 15 miles S. E. of Shreveport La." and "Ed Robinson."
Date: December 14, 1931
Creator: Robinson, Ed
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P X1105 4]

Photograph of a T&P train car with "TP X1105" printed on the side. Written below the image are "Fort Worth, Texas Dec 14th 1978" and "Don Watson."
Date: December 14, 1978
Creator: Watson, Don
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Railway Overpass]

Photograph of a road going under a T&P railway overpass. Written underneath are "Fort Worth, Texas Dec 14th 1978" and "Don Watson."
Date: December 14, 1978
Creator: Watson, Don
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Business Car #4]

Photograph of T&P business car #4 in Weatherford, Texas. Written below the image are "Weatherford, Texas Aug 14th 1966, business car #4" and "Donald Ross."
Date: August 14, 1966
Creator: Ross, Donald
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Train Car #2500]

Photograph of the T&P train car #2500 on tracks in Weatherford, Texas. Written below the image are "Weatherford, Texas Nov 14th 1965" and "Donald Ross."
Date: November 14, 1965
Creator: Ross, Donald
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Class Envelope Addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Don Watson]

Clipping from an envelope for a letter from Romie Rasor to Mr. and Mrs. Don Watson. There are two stamps on it, a postage and first class stamp. Written below the image is "- Man who drew T&P #20."
Date: February 14, 1979
Creator: Rasor, Romie
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Railway Overpass]

Photograph of a road going under a T&P railway overpass. Written underneath are "Fort Worth, Texas Nov 26th 1978" and "Don Watson."
Date: December 14, 1978
Creator: Watson, Don
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T&P Railway Overpass]

Photograph of a road going under a T&P railway overpass. Written underneath are "Fort Worth, Texas Dec 14th 1978" and "Don Watson."
Date: December 14, 1978
Creator: Watson, Don
System: The Portal to Texas History

[USO Postcard]

A color postcard featuring a USO building, sent from Joel Wilson to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wilson in Abilene, Texas.
Date: April 14, 1947
Creator: Wilson, Joel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Actors in The King and I]

Production photograph from Abilene Christian University's 1976 Homecoming musical, "The King and I." Mike Dennis (The King), Adam Hester (Prince Chulalongkorn), and Sandra Ritchey (Lady Thiang) pose for the camera.
Date: [1976-10-14..1976-10-17]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bedroom Scene in The King and I]

Production photograph from Abilene Christian University's 1976 Homecoming musical, "The King and I," act 1, scene 4. Holly Norton (Anna Leonowens) and Sandra Ritchey (Lady Thiang) stand in the bedroom with 68 children.
Date: [1976-10-14..1976-10-17]
Creator: Jones, Lloyd
System: The Portal to Texas History