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[WASP Walking Past B-17]
Photocopy of a group of four Women Airforce Service PIlots in flight gear walking past a B-17 aircraft. Text printed in the top left of the image reads, "WASPS (Women's Air Service Pilots) walking past the B-17 flying fortress known as Pistol Packing Mama. In WW2 they shuttled airplanes from factories, served as test pilots and delivered supplies by air. They trained out of Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas, now the home of the WASP museum."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Image
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP with Avenger Field Building #2]
Photograph of three WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots)- Gwen Scales, Gene Shaffer, and Phyllis Ryder--standing shoulder-to-shoulder outside of the Avenger Field Enterprise building. All wear khakis, light collared shirts, leather jackets, and early 1940's hairstyles. The back of the page shows a short paragraph discussing grain and legume pictures, and a blue sticky note with "April 19, 1993 Page 1" and a math equation written in blue.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP with Cochran at Wishing Well]
Photograph of several WASP and a man in uniform posed behind a short wall of a well. Jackie Cochran can be seen in a dark dress near the center. All have their right hands raised with crossed fingers. "Sweetwater, Texas 1943" is written at the top of the photo, and some of the women are labeled on the photo in pen. These are left to right, "DeBernard,Thompson, Kerr, Cochran, Muccie, Moynahan". A small piece of paper is taped to the back of the photo with a type list of these names in full. it reads, "1943 L-R 1.Kathryn DeBernard, 2.Ruth R. Thompson, 3.- , 4.Margaret E. Kerr, 5.Jacqueline Cochran, 6.Marie Muccie, 7.- , 8.Rita Moynahan, 9.-, At Wishing Well, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas".
Date:
1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP with Dog]
Photograph of a WASP trainee with a dog between barracks at Avenger Field.
Date:
1944-21~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP with Puppy]
Photograph of a WASP trainee in civilian clothes holding a puppy. She is standing between barracks at Avenger Field.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
WASP WW2 Guidons
Pamphlet about the guidons used by the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program at Avenger Field. The front cover includes an illustration of Fifinella, the WASP's mascot.
Date:
July 1986
Creator:
Reynolds, Florence G. Shutsy
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP WWII Museum announcement]
A pamphlet announcing the creation of the WASP WWII Museum in Sweetwater, Texas, listing proposed exhibits and building design.
Date:
2002
Creator:
WASP WWII Museum Association
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
WASP_03-2016-015-210
Copies of three articles on thunderstorms as they relate to aviation by Robert N. Buck, taken from the magazine, Air Facts, and compiled by the contract pilot school at Avenger Field for the use of its students.
Date:
February 11, 1944
Creator:
Buck, Robert N.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASPs Marching]
Photograph of a formation of WASPs marching at Avenger Field. The guide-on carries a flag with a "B" on it. To the right is a male officer in a service uniform, and to his right in the background a line of parked advanced trainer aircraft.
Date:
1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASPs on Stage at 50th Anniversary Reunion]
Photograph of four WASP veterans standing behind the head table at the 50th Anniversary celebration in Sweetwater, Texas. There is a large "50" on the wall, to the right of which is a reproduction of the WASP mascot "Fifinella." Two younger women stand in the center foreground in front of the stage, and a man stands by a podium on the right.
Date:
August 1993
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASPs with American and WASP Flags]
Photograph of four WASP veterans in uniform standing on a street, two of them displaying a WASP flag while one holds up an American flag behind them. A brown 1980s sedan is parked behind them to the right. Two pedestrians walk past a white and red truck and some houses in the top left.
Date:
1986-09-26~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASPs with American and WASP Flags (Negative)]
Photograph of four WASP veterans in uniform standing on a street, two of them displaying a WASP flag while one holds up an American flag behind them. A brown 1980s sedan is parked behind them to the right. Two pedestrians walk past a white and red truck and some houses in the top left.
Date:
1986-09-26~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASPs with Flag]
Photograph of 21 WASP veterans standing outside on and in front of bleachers at the 1986 convention; two at the front are in uniform and holding a WASP flag.
Date:
[1986-09-24..1986-09-28]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASPs with Flag]
Photograph of 21 WASP veterans standing outside on and in front of bleachers at the 1986 convention; two at the front are in uniform and holding a WASP flag. A note with the date and location is on the bottom.
Date:
[1986-09-24..1986-09-28]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASPs with Flag at Nolan County Courthouse]
Photograph of a group of WASP veterans and a young man standing on the steps of the Nolan County Courthouse, at an event for the 1986 reunion. One of the WASPs holds a commemorative flag while a crowd of people stands beneath the steps viewing them.
Date:
September 27, 1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASPs with Flag (negative)]
Photograph of 20 WASP veterans standing outside on and in front of bleachers at the 1986 convention; two at the front are in uniform and holding a WASP flag.
Date:
1986-09-26~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASPs with Primary Trainer]
Photograph of a WASP in the cockpit of a primary trainer aircraft, while another stands next to the fuselage behind the wing.
Date:
[1943..1944]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASPs with WASP Flag at Nolan County Courthouse]
Photograph of two WASP women in uniform, standing at the top of the Nolan County Courthouse steps and holding a flag commemorating the WASPs at an event of the 1986 reunion. Several people are standing around, including another WASP in uniform photographing the flag.
Date:
September 27, 1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASPs with WASP Flag at Nolan County Courthouse (negative)]
Photograph of two WASP women in uniform, standing at the top of the Nolan County Courthouse steps and holding a flag commemorating the WASPs. Several people are standing around, including another WASP in uniform photographing the flag.
Date:
September 27, 1986
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Water Damage above Windows]
Photograph of water damage above a window inside a building. Visible through the window is another building.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Water Damage Around Windows]
Photograph of water damage around windows inside of a building. Visible through the windows is a second building.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Water Damage Inside a Building]
Photograph of water damage inside a building around the windows. Visible through the windows is a building with the word "Avenger" painted on it.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Water Damage Inside a Classroom]
Photograph of a classroom after being flooded. There is water damage all over the room and a blackboard on the far wall.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Water Damage Inside a Restaurant #1]
Photograph of cafeteria showing water damage on wall above and around two windows.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History