Resource Type

Camp Hood School

Some girls playing softball.
Date: 1950~/1959~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Main Gate, Fort Hood

The main gate at Fort Hood. "Visitors and unregistered vehicles park in parking lot to obtain pass and/or decals."
Date: 1950~/1959~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers and Women Dancing]

Photograph of uniformed American soldiers dancing with women on a dance floor. The photograph is taken from an angle above the group. Soldiers and women can be seen in the background sitting on a low stone wall or pieces of furniture.
Date: 1950
Creator: United States. Army.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Elementary Football Team, Fort Hood School, 1950

Elementary Football Team, Fort Hood School, 1950. First row L to R: Irvin Goode, Don Armstrong, Clark Roberts, Bucky Dyer, James Gross, M.F. Hardin; Second row L to R: Coach Lockhart, Clark Chandler, Tommy Vance, Lamar Davis, Jerel Love, Jimmy Crosby James Putzier, Joe Gilbreath, Luther Austin; third row L to R: Walter Schneider, Lloyd Jolly, Don Messner, Jimmy Watts, Gene McMahan, Hilton Watts, Jere Durham, Paul Burpo.
Date: December 1950
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fort Hood High School, 1952 Senior Class

Senior Class, 1952, Fort Hood High School. First row, L to R: Miriam Klien, M.W. Grant, Jr., Edna Ruth Griffin, Donna Smith, Tom Thornton, Adelbert Bartek; second row, L to R: Harry Webster, Jerry Jennings, Jimmy Harding, Charles Jeffrey, Albert Bartek, Valine Butler, Betsy Frese; Third Row L to R: James White, Pat White, Bob Blaustien, Bill Rowe, Quinton Sanders, Bonnie Spaulding.
Date: 1952
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Salado Baptist Church After Tabernacle Enclosure]

Photograph of a side view of a two-story, light-colored church with small, square tower on the right of the roof and a one-story addition on the right side. There are windows along each story of both the main building and the one-story addition. In the foreground, a gravel path leads between two short, square, stone pillars, to a gravel drive in front of the building. Trees surround the church on the left and back side. A sticker on the back of the photo indicates it was taken after the tabernacle was enclosed in 1949.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sign for Clyde Chesser and His Texas Village Boys]

Paper poster for Clyde Chesser and His Texas Village Boys, a country band whose performances were broadcasted on KCEN in Temple, Texas. Members are identified from left to right: Gaylon Christie, with a lap steel guitar; Okie Davis, with a fiddle; Eddie Spradley, with a fiddle; Clyde (barefooted) Chesser, seated at center; Arnold Williams, with an acoustic guitar; Alvin Berry, with a double bass. This poster advertises the "Blue Bonnet Barn Dance", telecasted each Saturday.
Date: [1953..]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0227.0196]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Pvt. Johnny B. Clark, con of Mrs. Betty Lee Clark, 343 Crosby Drive, is at fort Hood, Texas serving with the combat command of the first armored division."
Date: June 21, 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0416B.0229]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "No matter when, how, why, or for how long the army sets up housekeeping, there's one chore that never changes -- potato peeling, experienced by Pfc. Bob Mansell of Lawton, a member of Company F, 179th regiment during training camp at Fort Hood, Texas."
Date: August 9, 1953
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0371.0261]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.
Date: August 19, 1953
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0425B.0064]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Here she talks with Maj. Gen. Hal Muldrow following Protestant services."
Date: August 20, 1953
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0411.0142]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Even a mess sergeant can work up a sweat without any trouble at Fort Hood, Texas."
Date: August 10, 1954
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0424B.0465]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Sgt. David McPherren 1220 NW 20, taking advantage of the one place to cool off at North Fort Hood - the quartermaster company ice house."
Date: August 18, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0318.0563]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Bill Dryer Cotton county sheriff accidently shot himself while demonstrating how another man committed suicide with the same 22. cal. rifle."
Date: December 1, 1954
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0422.0273]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mister 45th" stepped out of the active ranks here Saturday in a ceremony that came as a great personal surprise."
Date: August 13, 1955
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0992.0017]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Lieut. Marvin D. Oldham and long-lost trophy."
Date: August 16, 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Elvis Presley photograph

Portrait-style photograph of singer Elvis Presley wearing a cap that is believed to be Harley Davidson Motorcycle hat called a "Lite Weight Cap."
Date: 1956~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Killeen City Police Department

Killeen police standing outside of the a building with a "welcome" banner, possibly City Hall. The chief of police and thirteen policemen are picture in this photograph taken in 1956.
Date: 1956
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0279.0244]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "An award for exemplary conduct during action in Korea in July 1953 was given Chaplain Walter Hargreaves, right, by Maj. Gen. Hall Muldrow, division commander, at ceremonies during annual summer camp of the 45th division at Fort Hood, Texas, Saturday."
Date: 1956
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1138.0218]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Not Bermuda shorts by the Army variety appeals to Col. Ross Routh, OKC, in the blazing heat of North Fort Hood."
Date: August 6, 1956
Creator: Lucas, Jim
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1138.0188]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Shooting television film at the Thunderbird training camp at North Fort Hood is S / Sgt. Don Routh, 1308 NE 46, Oklahoma City, member of the 45th signal company. He is son of Col. and Mrs. Ross H. Routh."
Date: August 16, 1956
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph of Killeen Flood of 1957]

Photograph of the Killeen flood of 1957. The wheels of several cars are underwater. "Killeen Flood - A deadly flood which hit Killeen in 1957 cost the lives of three persons. This view of downtown is on the south side of Avenue D between 2nd Street and College Street, with a drainage ditch in between which overflowed into the fire station and Herald offices, at the left."
Date: 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Denman Cabin and Mrs. Reese Brown]

Photograph of the side of a log cabin with an older woman standing in front of the right corner of the cabin, facing the camera. Two small stone steps lead up to the cabin's screen door, which has overgrown bushes on either side. The woman has her hair pulled back, and is wearing glasses, a striped shirt with a long, wrinkled skirt, Mary Jane shoes, and a small handbag on her arm. There is a fence on the far left side of the cabin, and another on the right side, behind the woman. The photograph has a decorative, wavy edge around it, and handwritten notes on the back identifying the cabin as the Denman cabin.
Date: August 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0993.0582]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This is a twin brother act in the 45th infantry division at North Fort Hood."
Date: August 8, 1957
Creator: Tapscott, George
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History