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[Planes Flying Over Ellington Field]
Photograph of three planes flying over a monument at Ellington Field in Texas. The back of the photograph contains the stamp of the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[U.S. Army Service, World Flight at Sweetwater, Texas #2]
Photograph of four men standing in front of the left side of a small plane, under the wing. The two men on the left are wearing pilots clothing, while the two men on the right are wearing suits and hats. The plane has the words, "New Orleans," on the left front side.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sweetwater's Municipal Airport Hangar Building #4]
Photograph of Sweetwater's Municipal Airport hangar, a large, metal building with the hangar's name in large letters on the front. There is a metal tower to the right of the hangar, and a long road going past the right of the building. Text at the bottom of the photo indicates the location and date of the photo.
Date:
March 29, 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[USS Shenandoah Passing Over Nolan County Courthouse #3]
Photograph of an airship or dirigible flying in the sky over a group of brick buildings, the tops of which are only just visible at the bottom of the photo. The building on the far right side is dark and multi-storied, and there are people standing on the roof.
Date:
October 23, 1924
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Air Force Radar Station at Avenger Field #1]
Aerial photograph of the air force radar station at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. The photo shows a large group of buildings connected by paths and and roads, with a parking lot in the center. Two large hangars are visible in the foreground. Three student dorms for TSTC campus can be seen side by side in the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Avenger Field History]
Documents describing the history of the Sweetwater Airport, Avenger Field, and the WASP program.
Date:
April 15, 1996
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Pre-Parole Transfer Facility at Sweetwater, Texas #3]
Photograph of several buildings gated with tall fencing on a road side. A large sign on the grass in the front of the gates reads, "Sweetwater, Texas pre-Parole Transfer Facility CI Concept Inc." Another sign hanging on the fence in the background reads, "No Weapons".
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Pre-Parole Transfer Facility at Sweetwater, Texas #1]
Photograph of the gated entrance to a group of small buildings in Sweetwater Texas. A road leads up to the metal gate, which is attached to a small, wooden guard-house. A sign in the yard in front of the gate reads, "Pre-Parole Transfer Facility," and indicates the name of a company called Concept Inc.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sweetwater Visitor Map]
Map of central Sweetwater, Texas, with streets and a compass rose seen on the front and a map legend seen printed on the back.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce Convention and Visitors Bureau
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Jacqueline Cochran and Roy Ward Shaking Hands]
Photograph of Jacqueline Cochran shaking hands with Col. Roy P. Ward while Mary Boles Nelson, Ethel Sheehy, and Dede Deaton look on. A poem titled "Avenger Field" is hanging on the wall behind Ward's head. The back of the photograph includes handwritten notes and is stamped "D. Deaton from D. Strother."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of the Instructors and Tower Operator at Avenger Field]
Photograph of twenty-two men and one woman arranged in two rows in front of a building. The typewritten label taped to the photograph's bottom edge identifies them as "instructors and tower operator (Alberta Head) at Avenger Field." The back of the photograph includes a handwritten note that reads, "Property of Madge Minton 43-W-4."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Statue of WASP at Memorial #2]
Photograph of a WASP memorial statue that can be seen in the center of a courtyard. Two large memorial plaques can be seen on either side of the courtyard in the foreground.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Avenger Field and TSTC From Above #3]
Aerial photograph of TSTC campus taking shape on the grounds of the Air Force Radar Station at Avenger Field, with a tall silo seen to the right, and what appears to be an old airstrip seen in the foreground.
Date:
1996?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial Photograph of Sweetwater's Municipal Airport #4]
Aerial photograph a small airport with three airstrips that cross each other.
Date:
1937
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Rigdon Edwards]
Photograph of Rigdon Edwards, one of the instructors of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program at Avenger Field. He is visible from the waist up and is wearing a peaked cap, leather jacket, button-down shirt, dark tie, and light-colored trousers.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial Photograph of Airport and Runways #1]
Aerial photograph of Avenger Field facilities that shows three major intersecting runways, a group of buildings at the top left, and another group of interconnected buildings and pathways in the bottom left corner. There are small yellow circles with numbers, pasted to different areas of the photo.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP 2000 Banquet Ticket]
Banquet ticket for the 2000 Women Airforce Service Pilots reunion, with several Fifinella images seen on the left edge, and a "Sweetwater Texas" Fifinella watermark in the center.
Date:
2000
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Winter Scenes at Sweetwater]
Scrapbook page with nine photos featuring Air Force and WASP personnel playing in snow around Avenger Field buildings in Sweetwater.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP 2000 Group Photo Order Form]
Order form for group photos taken at the 2000 WASP reunion banquet.
Date:
2000
Creator:
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Margaret Boylan and Her Family]
Photograph of WASP trainee Margaret Kerr Boylan, her parents, and siblings taken at Avenger Field. Boylan is wearing a cap, white shirt, and light-colored trousers while her family is dressed more formally. Airplanes and a woman wearing a flight suit are visible in the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Avenger Airfield Buildings]
Photograph of multiple rows of air field buildings on either side of a dirt street or court yard. Two ambulance vans can be seen parked in the foreground with a third vehicle.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[U.S. Army Service, World Flight at Sweetwater, Texas #3]
Photograph of four men standing in front of the left side of a small plane, under the wing. The two men on the left are wearing pilots clothing, while the two men on the right are wearing suits and hats. The plane has the words, "New Orleans," on the left front side.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial Photograph of 683rd ACWRON at Avenger Field #3]
Photograph of the 683rd ACWRON at Avenger Field, taken from the air. The photo shows a group of small buildings interconnected by pathways and roads, and two aircraft hangars seen to the right.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP Group Photograph]
Group photograph of seventeen Women Airforce Service Pilots taken at Eagle Pass Army Airfield. There are two rows of women, one sitting and one standing, and all are wearing their flight duty uniforms. The typewritten label attached to the photograph's top edge repeats the names written on the back.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History