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[Aircraft Delivery Orders #5] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #5]

Orders for an Air Force pilot and two WASP to ferry planes from Love Field in Dallas, Texas to Wichita, Kansas.
Date: January 27, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Check Paid to J. M. Wagstaff, May 27, 1943] (open access)

[Check Paid to J. M. Wagstaff, May 27, 1943]

Check for $250 paid to J. M. Wagstaff by the Plosser-Prince Air Academy in Sweetwater, Texas for expenses on trial at Abilene, Texas.
Date: May 27, 1943
Creator: Plosser-Prince Air Academy
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Veterans' burial record available on Internet] (open access)

[Clipping: Veterans' burial record available on Internet]

Newspaper clipping of an article about finding veterans' burial information on a government database. On the back of the clipping, there are engagement announcements for six couples.
Date: June 27, 2004
Creator: Jones, Martha
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd and Cars outside Nolan County Courthouse]

Photograph of a crowd of people along East Broadway Avenue and on the steps of the Nolan County Courthouse, viewed from the intersection of Locust and Broadway in Sweetwater, Texas. The crowd is watching a parade. Various 1980s-style cars are parked in the parking lot and along Broadway.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd and Cars outside Nolan County Courthouse (negative)]

Photograph of a crowd of people along East Broadway Avenue and on the steps of the Nolan County Courthouse, viewed from the intersection of Locust and Broadway in Sweetwater, Texas. The crowd is watching a parade. Various 1980s-style cars are parked in the parking lot and along Broadway.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd and WASPs on Nolan County Courthouse Steps]

Photograph of a crowd and several WASPs in uniform on the steps of the Nolan County Courthouse, at an event for the 1986 reunion.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd and WASPs on Nolan County Courthouse Steps (negative)]

Photograph of a crowd and several WASPs in uniform on the steps of the Nolan County Courthouse, at an event for the 1986 reunion.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd at Airshow]

Photograph of a crowd of people on the tarmac at an airshow. Two large planes are visible in the center of the sky, flying toward the crowd. Some Air Force personnel in blues uniforms are visible.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd at Airshow (negative)]

Photograph of a crowd of people on the tarmac at an airshow. Two large planes are visible in the center of the sky, flying toward the crowd. Some Air Force personnel in blues uniforms are visible.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd in Hanger with A-10s]

Photo negative of a crowd of mostly older people at an airshow inside of an open hanger. One woman stands posing in the center foreground. Outside, in the background, is a pair of camouflage-painted A-10s (these are much more visible in the negative).
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd in Hanger with A-10s (Negative)]

Photo negative of a crowd of mostly older people at an airshow inside of an open hanger. One woman stands posing in the center foreground. Outside, in the background, is a pair of camouflage-painted A-10s, behind which is a silver DC-3 and some other aircraft.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd Watching Airshow]

Photograph of a crowd of people looking upward at an airshow. A Navy SNJ is visible in the left background. An older woman in the bottom right, facing the camera, wears a t-shirt commemorating the WASPs, as well as a photo and nametag.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd Watching Airshow (negative)]

Photograph of a crowd of people looking upward at an airshow. A Navy SNJ is visible in the left background. An older woman in the bottom right, facing the camera, wears a t-shirt commemorating the WASPs, as well as a photo and nametag.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Eagle, Volume 2 , Number 4, Thursday, May 27, 1943 (open access)

The Eagle, Volume 2 , Number 4, Thursday, May 27, 1943

Weekly newsletter published for employees of the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Fort Worth Division containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: May 27, 1943
Creator: Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Eagle, Volume 2, Number 39, Thursday, January 27, 1944 (open access)

The Eagle, Volume 2, Number 39, Thursday, January 27, 1944

Weekly newsletter published for employees of the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Fort Worth Division containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: January 27, 1944
Creator: Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Eagle, Volume 3, Number 52, Friday, April 27, 1945 (open access)

The Eagle, Volume 3, Number 52, Friday, April 27, 1945

Partial issue of a weekly newsletter published for employees of the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation Fort Worth Division containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: April 27, 1945
Creator: Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Fifinella 1943-1944] (open access)

[Fifinella 1943-1944]

English class report on the history of Women Airforce Service Pilots by Jill Wilkinson.
Date: January 27, 1977
Creator: Wilkinson, Jill
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gayle Snell and airshow observers behind tail of SNJ Texan]

Photograph of Gayle Snell and other airshow observers standing behind a Confederate Air Force SNJ Texan.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gayle Snell with Tail of SNJ Texan]

Photograph of Gayle Snell standing on the opposite side of a SNJ Texan's tail at an airshow. The heads of other people are visible in the background.
Date: September 27, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from B. K. Yount to Gayle Snell, November 27, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from B. K. Yount to Gayle Snell, November 27, 1944]

Letter sent from Lt. Gen. B. K. Yount, commander of USAAF Training Command, to WASP Gayle Snell offering well-wishes to WASPs and thanking them for their service.
Date: November 27, 1944
Creator: Yount, Barton Kyle
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. K. Griggs to Charles R. Griggs, March 27, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from C. K. Griggs to Charles R. Griggs, March 27, 1945]

Letter from C. K. Griggs to his son Charles R. Griggs concerning daily life back home; the letter actually is written by Charles' mother as she says "Daddy and I were hot and hostess at the USO for Sunday night." Later she discusses the new lace cloth being made and saying that cloth at home runs "from 10 cents to 25 cents per yard."
Date: March 27, 1945
Creator: Griggs, C. K.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - January 27, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - January 27, 1944]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife about life on his deployment and the beach.
Date: January 27, 1944
Creator: Smith, Merrill
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - December 27, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - December 27, 1944]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including Joyce and Gregg Wiley's marriage, which Catherine disapproves of, supper with Missie, Christmas celebrations, and the weather.
Date: December 27, 1944
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - February 27, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - February 27, 1945]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including Kelly having a nervous breakdown and plans for dinner with Mae and Lorraine. Catherine also celebrates that Joe has completed 36 missions, and looks forward to his homecoming.
Date: February 27, 1945
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History