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."

Photograph of Governor O'Daniel and Mel Miller. They are standing and holding a piece of paper.

A photograph print showing the Illinois Central (IC) 1985, 2-8-2, East St. Louis, IL.

Photograph of a man holding a baby in the air. The man is wearing a suit. The photographer wrote the name "Raymond Brooks" on the negative envelope.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Two baseball stars golf, Carl Hubbell, left, and Lloyd Waner. - 1940"

Photograph of the exterior of the E. N. Perry home taken from the street. The house is surrounded by trees and a fence.

Photograph of an exterior side view of the E. N. Perry home taken from the street. There is a fence surrounding the home.

Photograph of an exterior side view of the E. N. Perry home taken from the yard. The house is surrounded by a fence and trees.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

Photograph of barricades at the west end of a road construction project. On either side of the road telephone poles, and trees spaced out. Two wooded barricades are on opposite sides of the road with a sign to the right that reads "Slow" and "A WPA Project".

Photograph of construction on Chandler Creek. Two workers are visible around the construction with one to the right holding a flag. Along the left side there is construction equipment and two signs that read "slow".

Photograph of unknown road. Within the image telephone poles line either side of the road as well as empty fields. On the right side there is a rail road crossing sign.

Photograph of an exterior side view of the home of E.N. Perry. The house is large and surrounded by a white fence and trees.

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Trotsky's address at Outbreak of Russian Revolution"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Note to Editor: Highlights of World History as recorded by RKO Pathe News, issued to commemorate the 30th anniversary month, November, 1940."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. George Woodward Pioneer Q"

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Guy Burkett City Bowler"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Acee Blue Eagle, Muskogee artist, left, and Steven Mopope, Kiowa artist"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Robert A. Hefner Jr."

Caption: "The name and fame of Oklahoma will be perpetuated on the sides of one of the delux, reclining chair cars of the streamlined, Diesel powered "Choctaw Rocket" of the Rock Island Lines, which train will be on public exhibition at the Rock Island passenger station in Oklahoma City on Friday."

A photograph print showing Denver & Rio Grande (D&RG) 223, 2-8-0 (BLW, class T-12), narrow gauge, Gunnison, CO.