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[Photograph of Elwin L. Skiles in Airplane]

Photograph of Dr. Elwin L. Skiles, who was president of Hardin-Simmons University from 1966 to 1977, in an airplane. He wears a pair of communication headphones and holds onto a bar in the plane.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ramsey, Jack
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldier with a Woman]

Photograph of an unidentified soldier standing with his arm around a woman in front of a two-story building in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
Date: [1941..1942]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Clarence Whitefield Saluting]

Photograph of Clarence Whitefield standing on a residential street and saluting. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Pvt. Clarence Whitefield on visit to Chapel Hill (Columbia St. near Abernathy Hall)."
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Photographs of Helen Snapp and Airplanes]

Three photographs of airplanes and WASP. The top photo is of the Kathie "M" is being flown by WASP Helen Snapp. The photo on the left is of WASP gathering around the cockpit of a plane, looking at a map. The bottom photo is of a plane being used as a non-combat trainer. There is text in the middle that explains each photo.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Returning From High Altitutde Night Flight (Searchlight)

Photograph of Helen Snapp (on left) and Margaret Bruns returning from a night flight at Camp Davis. Bruns is sitting on a bed wearing her uniform, and Snapp has one foot on a chair, tying her boot, and is wearing her uniform.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Group Photograph, 1943]

Group photograph of thirty-one Women Airforce Service Pilots in Camp Davis, North Carolina in 1943. There are three rows of women, one standing, one kneeling, and one sitting with their ankles crossed, and all women wear their WASP uniforms.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of June Marge Ellington]

Photograph of a woman seated in the cockpit of an airplane. The typewritten label attached to the photograph's bottom edge reads, "WASP in Tow Target Squadron, Camp Davis Ay Wilmington, N.C. June Marge Ellington." The back of the photograph includes handwritten notes and stamped text.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Glass Slide of Simms’ Baraca Class, Tabernacle Sunday School (Raleigh, North Carolina)

A glass slide showing Simms’ Baraca Class, Tabernacle Sunday School (Raleigh, North Carolina). The photo carries the caption “We Do Things” and the text "Compliments of Luther M. Tesh." The school's national motto is also imprinted on the image: "Young men at work for young men; all standinb by the Bible and the Bible School." Published by Chicago Transparency Company
Date: [1882..1929]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History