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[Train #414 With a Large Smoke Trail]

Copy photo of train #414 with a large plume of smoke trailing. Underneath the image is written "Reisor, La. Curve West of Shreveport, La. 1944 'T&P#27' C.C.Hardee-Engineer," and "Ed Robinson."
Date: 1944
Creator: Robinson, Ed
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 2, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 2, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying from Shreveport to Love Field, applying for pursuit training, flying basic trainers, mechanical issues, and recent correspondence. Written on Delta Air Lines stationary.
Date: February 2, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 28, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, February 28, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing waiting for good weather in Shreveport, getting dinner, flying in bad weather and delivering a plane to Jackson MS, and waiting for a return flight.
Date: February 28, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History