Resource Type

[Photograph of Helen Snapp with Silver Corvette]

Photograph of WASP wearing a dark blue WASP uniform standing to the left of a silver corvette , with people gathered in the background. The corvette has a sign in the front window that reads, "Helen Snapp WASP WWII." Handwritten text on the back of the photo indicates the woman is Helen Snapp, and that the photo was taken at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Helen Snapp in WASP Cut-Out]

Photograph of Helen Snapp sticking her face through the circle in a board depicting a pilot with a parachute on their back. The pilot has been illustrated standing on an airport tarmac, with painted text reading. "Best Kept Secret of WWII!" Handwritten text on the back of the photo indicates the woman is WASP Helen Snapp, and that the photo was taken at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of WASP at Avenger Field Statue Unveiling]

Photograph of WASP gathered around The Graduate statue. Handwritten text on the back of the photo indicate the women are gathered for the statue unveiling and museum groundbreaking at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Two Women Sitting in Cockpit of Plane]

Photograph of two women sitting in the cockpit of a plane, looking back towards the camera. Both are wearing headsets. A man shown from the shoulders up and wearing a headset is sitting closer to the camera, on the left. Handwritten text on the back of the photo indicates the two women, named Fran and Lauren, are at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas for the groundbreaking of the WASP museum.
Date: May 2005
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train #316 in Sweetwater, Texas]

Copy photo of T&P train #316 in Sweetwater, Texas. Written underneath the image is "Sweetwater, Texas May 1st 1948" and "W. Burke."
Date: May 1, 1948
Creator: Burke, W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Municipal Auditorium, (medallion above entrance)]

Photograph of the Municipal Auditorium (located at E 4th & Locust) in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 1, 1982
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Municipal Auditorium]

Photograph of the Municipal Auditorium (located at E 4th & Locust) in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 1, 1982
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Municipal Auditorium, (NW corner)]

Photograph of the Municipal Auditorium (located at E 4th & Locust) in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 1, 1982
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Municipal Auditorium, (looking up south tower to balcony)]

Photograph of the Municipal Auditorium (located at E 4th & Locust) in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 1, 1982
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Municipal Auditorium, (volute stones around dome)]

Photograph of the Municipal Auditorium (located at E 4th & Locust) in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 1, 1982
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Municipal Auditorium, (twisted column & shell)]

Photograph of the Municipal Auditorium (located at E 4th & Locust) in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 1, 1982
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Municipal Auditorium]

Photograph of the Municipal Auditorium (located at E 4th & Locust) in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 1, 1982
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Municipal Auditorium, (stone detail)]

Photograph of the Municipal Auditorium (located at E 4th & Locust) in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 1, 1982
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Municipal Auditorium, (roof of stage flyloft furnace chimney looking SE)]

Photograph of the Municipal Auditorium (located at E 4th & Locust) in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 1, 1982
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Municipal Auditorium, (SW corner)]

Photograph of the Municipal Auditorium (located at E 4th & Locust) in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 1, 1982
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Municipal Auditorium]

Photograph of the Municipal Auditorium (located at E 4th & Locust) in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 1, 1982
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Municipal Auditorium, (auditorium roof dome, central fire station in background (fire station built at same time))]

Photograph of the Municipal Auditorium (located at E 4th & Locust) in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 1, 1982
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Old Nolan County Courthouse]

Photograph of the Old Nolan County Courthouse in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 1, 1975
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Old Nolan County Courthouse]

Photograph of the Old Nolan County Courthouse in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 1, 1975
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Municipal Auditorium]

Photograph of the Municipal Auditorium (located at E 4th & Locust) in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 1, 1982
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Municipal Auditorium]

Photograph of the Municipal Auditorium (located at E 4th & Locust) in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 1, 1982
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Municipal Auditorium, (seat detail)]

Photograph of the Municipal Auditorium (located at E 4th & Locust) in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 1, 1982
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Municipal Auditorium, (second floor corridor auditorium)]

Photograph of the Municipal Auditorium (located at E 4th & Locust) in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: May 1, 1982
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Plaque]

Photograph of what appears to be a historical marker plaque with a few paragraphs of the history of WASP. The plaque begins, "Women Airforce Service Pilots Jacqueline Cochran, one of the most famous women pilots of the twentieth century..." A note written on the back of the photo reads, "Sweetwater Tex 22 May 93".
Date: May 22, 1993
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History