Resource Type

Degree Department

[Photograph of Reverend I. L. Morgan]

Photograph of Reverend I. L. Morgan, a Methodist minister from Raton, New Mexico. He is posing for his picture in a suit and tie.
Date: [..1940]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Raymond Brooks Signing Document at Desk]

Photograph of a man sitting at a desk in an office. He is signing a Lower Colorado River Authority document. The photographer wrote the name "Raymond Brooks" on the negative envelope.
Date: December 26, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Raymond Brooks Sitting at Desk]

Photograph of a man sitting at a desk in an office. He is about to sign a Lower Colorado River Authority document. The photographer wrote the name "Raymond Brooks" on the negative envelope.
Date: December 26, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Joe B. Matthews Sitting Outoors on a Folding Chair]

Photograph of Joe B. Matthews sitting outdoors in a brown folding chair. He is wearing a hat, glasses, jacket, spotted black tie, slacks, and cowboy boots.
Date: December 24, 1940
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men and Women around an Outdoor Picnic Table]

Photograph of men and women gathered around an outdoor picnic table that is covered with a box and bucket. Automobiles are visible in the background through trees.
Date: December 24, 1940
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People at an Outdoor Picnic Table]

Photograph of a group of people at an outdoor picnic table. Several people sit at the food and drink laden table. Two men stand on either side. In the foreground to the left, a teenage boy holds a crutch. To the right near a car's open trunk, a man holds food.
Date: December 24, 1940
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tom and Matt Blanton at a Picnic Table]

Photograph of Tom and Matt Blanton sitting at an outdoor picnic table. Tom, left, is wearing a blue shirt and a spotted blue tie. The dark haired Mat, right, has an open shirt and striped pants, and carries a tin cup in his right hand a cigarette in his left.
Date: December 24, 1940
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tom Blanton with Shotgun Standing over a Dead Hog]

Photograph of Tom Blanton holding a shotgun and standing over a dead hog. He is wearing a lightly colored hat, blue denim jack, and blue jeans. They are in a wooded and shrubby area.
Date: December 24, 1940
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Men and a Dead Hog]

Photograph of two men in blue denim standing over a dead hog. The man on the left is a senior, wears a black fedora hat, and holds an axe over his shoulder. The smiling young man to the right, Tom Blanton, holds a pistol in his right hand.
Date: December 24, 1940
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Men and a Turtle]

Photograph of two men standing over an overturned turtle. The man to the left, Tom Blanton, leans over the turtle wielding an axe. The man to the right holds a foot on the creature. The remnants of a fire are to the right of the pair, and benches covered with materials are in the background.
Date: December 24, 1940
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Watt Matthews Standing over a Dead Hog]

Photograph of Watt Matthews standing over a dead hog. He is wearing a lightly colored hat, blue denim jacket, dark blue jeans, and black boots. The hog and an axe lies at his feet. Materials lie in front of trees and shrubs in the background.
Date: December 24, 1940
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd by Russell's Department Store]

Photograph of a large crowd of people on the Denton square during the grand re-opening of Russell's Department Store, two-story building (on the right) with a sign that reads "H. M. Russell" and an awning that reads "A Denton Institution." Most of the people are facing toward the left where several other businesses can be seen, including one with several advertisements on the side of it.
Date: December 12, 1940
Creator: Carruth, C. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd in Front of Russell's Department Store]

Photograph of a large crowd standing on the courthouse lawn in the street for the grand re-opening of Russell's Department Store, a two-story building with a sign that reads "H. M. Russell & Sons Co." People are facing a round drum on S. Elm Street where they were holding a drawing. There are several automobiles parked amidst the crowd and on a building on the opposite street corner with signs that read "Grant Vogue Shop. Hosier, Lingerie, Dresses" and "Modena Wilson [...]."
Date: December 12, 1940
Creator: Carruth, C. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photo of Battery B, 132nd Field Artillery, 36th Division]

Photograph of the members of Battery B, 132nd Field Artillery, 36th Division and Medical Corps detachment. The uniformed men are standing or crouching in lines in front of military vehicles. The text "Battery "B," 132nd Field Artillery, 36th Division, Cleburne Tex. Dec. 12, 1940. Medical Corps Detachment On Front Row." is printed across the bottom on the photo. There is a list of the names of the pictured men on the back of the photo. The image is part of the collection of The Layland Museum-Cleburne,TX.
Date: December 12, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scan of 132nd Field Artillery, 36th Division With List of Names]

Photo scan of the members of Battery B, 132nd Field Artillery, 36th Division and Medical Corps detachment. The uniformed men are standing or crouching in lines in front of military vehicles. The text "Battery "B," 132nd Field Artillery, 36th Division, Cleburne Tex. Dec. 12, 1940. Medical Corps Detachment On Front Row." is printed across the bottom on the photo. The accompanying document lists the names of the men in the photo.
Date: December 12, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bird's Eye View of Camp Hulen]

Bird's eye view of Camp Hulen with rows of tents and buildings visible in the center and left side of the frame.
Date: December 8, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fred Kingdon Standing]

Photograph of Fred Kingdom standing. He is wearing a suit.
Date: December 7, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Troops in Line

Troops in line and ready for inspection at Camp Mabry under the command of Colonel Thompson and Captain Clark.
Date: December 5, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Catherine Farina]

An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Catherine Farina is wearing a dress made of corn husks and poinsetta leaves.
Date: December 1940
Creator: Edrington Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

Labauve, T (baby girl)

Photograph of baby girl sitting
Date: December 1, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Labauve, T (baby girl)

Photograph of baby girl standing
Date: December 1, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Texas Special" arriving at Highland Park Station]

Missouri - Kansas - Texas (KATY) Railroad's "Texas Special" train No. 2, northbound, headed by Engine No. 388, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, arriving at Highland Park station, enroute from the Dallas Union Station to St. Louis.
Date: December 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

40 PBYs on Lake Worth

Aerial photograph of forty airplanes floating on Lake Worth. According to Jeff Rhodes: "On 22 November 1940, Consolidated Aircraft Chief Test Pilot Bill Wheatley contacted newspaper publisher and Fort Worth, Texas, civic booster Amon G. Carter, explaining the company had been ordered to transfer 200 PBY Catalina patrol seaplanes (37 of the aircraft can be seen in this photo) from San Diego, California, to Britain and that the crews were in immediate need of a layover point. In just eight days, Carter, with the help of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, arranged for fuel, food, lodging for the flight crews, and moorings for the aircraft in Lake Worth. To keep the mission secret, the public was told the planes were in Fort Worth to weather out a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. The quick response from Carter and the Chamber of Commerce later helped convince Consolidated Aircraft to build a manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, which is still in operation and today is home to a completely different breed of Cat-- the F-35."
Date: November 30, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Governor W. Lee O'Daniel and Mel Miller]

Photograph of Governor O'Daniel and Mel Miller. They are standing and holding a piece of paper.
Date: November 30, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History