[Aerial View of Carswell Air Force Base]

Photograph of an aerial view of the Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth, Texas. Lake Worth is visible to the left.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Control Tower]

Aerial photograph of he Meacham Field control tower at the Fort Worth Municipal Airport, with a circular fountain in front of it. Cars are parked in front of the building.
Date: April 2, 1937
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Fort Worth Airport]

Aerial photograph of runways and a residential area near Fort Worth Airport's Meacham Field.
Date: 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Planes Parked in a Field]

Aerial photograph of planes parked in a field by the north runway of Meacham Field at Fort Worth Municipal Airport. Gas tanks are visible in the distance.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Texas Frontier Centennial]

Photograph of an aerial view of the Texas Frontier Centennial in Fort Worth, an event planned to celebrate the Texas Centennial in 1936.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Airplane in Front of Control Tower]

Photograph of the underside of a Douglas DC-3 airplane parked in front of the illuminated control tower at Meacham Field Airport in Fort Worth, Texas. There is a baggage cart in front of the chain link fence.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Airplane in Front of Hangar]

Photograph of a de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk airplane in front of a hangar at Meacham Field Airport in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: June 1955
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Airplanes Parked in a Hangar]

Photograph of two airplanes parked in a hangar at the Fort Worth Municipal Airport.
Date: 1935
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Airport Building Under Construction]

Photograph of a building under construction at Meacham Field Airport in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: April 14, 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Buildings at Airport]

Photograph of an American Airlines hangar and an airport cafe hut at Meacham Field Airport in Fort Worth, Texas. Cars are parked on the roads.
Date: April 14, 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art] (open access)

[Client Card: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art (Mitchell A. Wilder), including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Coming Through the Rye" (2 copies), "Scalplock," and "Outlaw" (2 copies) by Remington; "Saddled Horse" (4.5"; base 2.25" x 4.75"); "White Tailed Deer" (4"; base 3" x 6.5"); "Poker Game" (7.35" x 19.25") and "Not a Chinaman's Chance" (10.75" x 19") by Russell; "Fallen Rider;" "Where the Best of Riders Quit;" "Buffalo;" and "Cheyenne."
Date: 1962-05/1975-04
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Amon Carter] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Amon Carter]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Amon Carter, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Bust of Mr. A. Carter", "Will Rogers Head" (6 copies; mounted on marble bases with name plates), "Will Rogers Head" (Mounted to verde antique marble base), "Remington" (repaired), "Small Head of Sid Richardson" (30 copies), "Head of Will Rogers" (Verde antique marble base), "Coming Trough the Rye" (2 copies, clean, repair), "Standing Figure with Flute" (2 copies, 8" base)
Date: 1949-10-21/1963-04-01
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Edward Brown] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Edward Brown]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Edward Brown, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: "Bust" (24" x 24").
Date: May 1959
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Close-Up of Control Tower]

Photograph of a close-up of a control tower at Meacham Field at the Fort Worth Municipal Airport. A single-engine plane to the right banks around the tower.
Date: April 21, 1939
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Commencement Exercises (open access)

Commencement Exercises

Program containing the events of the 1966 commencement ceremony at Arlington State College. The names of degree recipients and class honorees are included.
Date: 1966
Creator: Arlington State College
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Construction in Front of Hangar]

Photograph of a construction site and working truck in front of the American Airlines hangar at Meacham Field Airport.
Date: April 14, 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Control Tower at Fort Worth Municipal Airport]

Photograph of the Meacham Field control tower at the Fort Worth Municipal Airport. The clock on the building reads 8:20.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Airplanes in Front of Hangar]

Photograph of four airplanes in front of a hangar at Meacham Field.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Front View of Spirit of St. Louis]

Photograph of the front view of the Spirit of St. Louis, parked in front of a hangar at Fort Worth Airport's Meacham Field. Men stand to the left, and there is a water tower in the background.
Date: [1927..1928]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hangars with Open Doors]

Photograph of three hangars with open doors at Meacham Field at the Fort Worth Municipal Airport. The hangars are being fitted with electric doors.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Les Tye to Rosa Latimer - February 5, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Les Tye to Rosa Latimer - February 5, 1992]

Letter written to Rosa Latimer in Lubbock, Texas to Les Tye in Fort Worth, Texas in response to an article published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (enclosed with the letter) asking for stories related to Harvey Houses. In the letter, Les Tye writes about his experience with a Harvey House in Las Vegas, New Mexico on his honeymoon in 1947. Also included is the letter's envelope.
Date: February 5, 1992
Creator: Tye, Les
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Raymond Nichols to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 19, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Raymond Nichols to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 19, 1992]

Letter from Raymond Nichols of Fort Worth, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer in which he describes his employment as a pantry boy, night waiter, and then night manager at the Cleburne Harvey House.
Date: February 19, 1992
Creator: Nichols, Raymond
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Raymond Nichols to Rosa Walston Latimer - June 10, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Raymond Nichols to Rosa Walston Latimer - June 10, 1992]

Letter from Raymond Nichols of Fort Worth, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer in which he describes his employment as a pantry boy, night waiter, and then night manager at the Cleburne Harvey House, as well as his following success as an owner in the restaurant industry, starting the Lone Star Drive In Restaurant chain in Fort Worth and Dallas and eventually becoming a millionaire.
Date: June 10, 1992
Creator: Nichols, Raymond
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men in Control Center]

Photograph of men working in a control center at Meacham Field. A clock is mounted on the wall to the right.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History