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[Client Card: E. F. Caldwell Company] (open access)

[Client Card: E. F. Caldwell Company]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for E. F. Caldwell Company, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: bronze cast "Sunburst," "Flame," "Right Handle," "Left Handle," and "Ring."
Date: 1951-04/1951-07
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. F. W. Anderson] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. F. W. Anderson]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. F. W. Anderson, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Pieces included: "Model" (tin cast), "Mould" (3 copies; tin cast), "Mould" (plaster cast; repair), "Kneeling Female Bas Relief" (2 copies).
Date: 1929-04-01/1932-07-29
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Client Card: Mr. Jerry Bessen] (open access)

[Client Card: Mr. Jerry Bessen]

Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mr. Jerry Bessen, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. Piece included: "Abstract Figure" (14" from wax).
Date: April 1965
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Al D'Agostino, April 19, 2012

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Al D’Agostino. D’Agostino joined the Merchant Marine in 1945 and received training in Brooklyn. Upon completion, he was assigned to the SS Monterey where he worked as a butcher. His first trip to the Pacific was transporting European troops, who were unhappy about the looming invasion of Japan. The war ended while the Monterey was in transit, and the soldiers returning home were a much happier bunch. Even more joyful was the reunion of families when the Monterey picked up war brides and their babies from all over the Pacific and brought them back to the States. He transferred to a Liberty ship that brought German war criminals back to the States from South America, although he believes that the majority of the passengers were actually concentration camp survivors. D’Agostino was discharged but was drafted again during the Korean War and served as a radio relay operator atop a mountain in dangerous and harsh winter conditions. When he was discharged a second time, he applied his kitchen experience and attended Cornell’s hotel school. D’Agostino became the director of food service for Trans World Airlines. Before retiring, he moved …
Date: April 19, 2012
Creator: D'Agostino, Al
System: The Portal to Texas History