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[First Prize Winning Model Train in Model Railroader] (open access)

[First Prize Winning Model Train in Model Railroader]

Two Photographs of an award winning model train build by William Basden of Hialeah, Florida. On the train are "490" and "Texas & Pacific." There are also two paragraphs of text mounted next to the photos. The first paragraph describes the train as an "0-8-0 switcher of Texas & Pacific design." The second paragraph describes the process of building the model and the scores it received. At the bottom of the image is a clipping of the Model Railroader Logo and volume information.
Date: December 1973
Creator: Model Railroader magazine
System: The Portal to Texas History
"News Flash!" two news articles about the Shirley Ann Wheeler case (open access)

"News Flash!" two news articles about the Shirley Ann Wheeler case

"News Flash!" two news articles about the Shirley Ann Wheeler case.
Date: 1971
Creator: Alexander, Karen B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Air: Battle of the Sexes] (open access)

[Clipping: Air: Battle of the Sexes]

Photocopy of a Time magazine article from May 1944 about male pilots wanting to take the WASPs' positions.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: I Reached Stars The Hard Way--A great flier poignantly recalls her first bleak, earthbound years] (open access)

[Clipping: I Reached Stars The Hard Way--A great flier poignantly recalls her first bleak, earthbound years]

LIFE Magazine clipping titled "I Reached STARS The Hard Way" written by Jacqueline Cochran where she discusses her life before joining the Army Airforces as a Women Air Service Pilot (WASP).
Date: unknown
Creator: Cochran, Jacqueline
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Unmanned aircraft put to test #2] (open access)

[Clipping: Unmanned aircraft put to test #2]

Newspaper clipping from the technology section of an unknown paper titled "Unmanned aircraft put to test: Air Force expands use of its existing resources" by the Associated Press. It includes a picture of Colonel Joe Grasso "at Eglin Air Force Base in front of an experimental unmanned aerial vehicle that never went into production." There is a note written by Helen Snapp on picture that reads "We pioneered this you know." The article discusses the aircraft presented in the photograph.
Date: unknown
Creator: Associated Press
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Unmanned aircraft put to test: Air Force expands use of its existing resources #1] (open access)

[Clipping: Unmanned aircraft put to test: Air Force expands use of its existing resources #1]

Newspaper clipping from the technology section of an unknown paper titled "Unmanned aircraft put to test: Air Force expands use of its existing resources" by the Associated Press. It includes a picture of Colonel Joe Grasso "at Eglin Air Force Base in front of an experimental unmanned aerial vehicle that never went into production." There is a note written by Helen Snapp on said picture that reads "We pioneered this you know." The article discusses the aircraft presented in the photograph.
Date: unknown
Creator: Associated Press
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Hoover Criticizes Oswald Handling] (open access)

[Clipping: Hoover Criticizes Oswald Handling]

A newspaper clipping of an article titled "Hoover Criticizes Oswald Handling" is included with letters regarding the purchase of items related to Lee Harvey Oswald by Leon H. Hough, a resident of St. Augustine, Florida and operator of Courtesy Gas. An ambulance and furniture from a room Oswald once rented were purchased for display in a museum.
Date: May 17, 1965
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping from Miami Beach Daily Sun, March 23, 1964] (open access)

[Clipping from Miami Beach Daily Sun, March 23, 1964]

Photocopy of an article from the Miami Beach Daily Sun. The article, which was written by Larry King, states the opinion that the city of Dallas, Texas is somewhat to blame for recent tragedies.
Date: April 6, 1964
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Roy Mattox Dies in Jacksonville] (open access)

[Clipping: Roy Mattox Dies in Jacksonville]

A newspaper clipping with a circled article titled "Roy Mattox Dies in Jacksonville". The article is printed by The Clinch County News, dated February 5, 1954. Carswell handwrites on the clipping that Mattox was a childhood friend and neighbor.
Date: February 5, 1954
Creator: Clinch County News
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: American Red Cross Receives Letters From Overseas Workers] (open access)

[Clipping: American Red Cross Receives Letters From Overseas Workers]

Newspaper clipping of the article, "American Red Cross Receives Letters from Overseas Workers," and three photos of Cornelia Yerkes, Hope Mills-Price, and Florence Goldrick. The article briefly profiles each pictured woman and provides information on how to work with the Red Cross.
Date: July 11, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Jax 'Wasp' Says Women Who Fly Need Stamina] (open access)

[Clipping: Jax 'Wasp' Says Women Who Fly Need Stamina]

Newspaper clipping of the article, "Jax 'Wasp' Says Women Who Fly Need Stamina" which profiles Cornelia Yerkes and includes a photo of Yerkes in uniform. the article discusses her training, certifications, and her experience ferrying planes.
Date: February 22, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: New Deal In Ground School Calls For Six Day Week] (open access)

[Clipping: New Deal In Ground School Calls For Six Day Week]

Newspaper clipping of an article about the three phases of the new training program recently adopted for the female pilots.
Date: May 5, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Newest Version of Mustang Fighter] (open access)

[Clipping: Newest Version of Mustang Fighter]

Newspaper clipping of a photo of a P-51 Mustang fighter plane. The caption describes the features in the newest model of the plane.
Date: April 29, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Ferry Pilot"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Ferry Pilot"]

Magazine clipping with a photograph of Nancy Batson on one side and an advertisement for Kollsman Aircraft Instruments. Text on the front side reads: " FERRY PILOT: All smiles over her appointment as Florida's first WAFS (Woman's Auxiliary Ferry Squadron) member, Nancy Batson, former flight instructor at Embry-Riddle, Miami, prepares to take off. A native of Alabama where she learned to fly at the U. of A., Tuscaloosa, Nancy at 22 intends to make flying her career. She is convinced that the longer the war continues women will assume more and more wartime responsibility."
Date: November 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History