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[Photograph 2012.201.B1205.0866]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Robert St. John, Author received three-stitches to his forehead, in Los Angeles taxicab accident on his way to the train which was to bring him and Mrs. St. John to Oklahoma City."
Date: January 21, 1944
Creator: Meek, Richard B.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Clipping: "The WASPS"] (open access)

[Clipping: "The WASPS"]

Magazine clipping comparing how safe the WASP were compared to the entire United States, Virginia Moffett's service with the WASP, and the amount of hours they logged.
Date: January 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The WASPS] (open access)

[Clipping: The WASPS]

Photocopied magazine clipping about the squadron that led to the use of women in military aviation and life as a WASP.
Date: January 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 26, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 26, 1944]

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes (probably to her father) discussing being grounded due to weather, a letter from the recipient and bonds, cigarettes, mail, finances, flying a new plane out of Long Beach, Army regulations, and her friends Bobby and Marion. Written on Friendly Hotels stationary.
Date: January 26, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Hummel's Exotic Gardens to Daniel W. Kempner, January 29, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Hummel's Exotic Gardens to Daniel W. Kempner, January 29, 1944]

Letter from Hummel's Exotic Gardens to Daniel W. Kempner informing Kempner the business does not have Christmas Cactus in stock and recommending a different business.
Date: January 29, 1944
Creator: Hummel's Exotic Garden's
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Hummels Exotic Gardens, January 15, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Hummels Exotic Gardens, January 15, 1944]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Hummels Exotic Gardens asking if the business carries Epiphyllum Truncatum, also called Crabs Claw Cactus or Christmas Cactus.
Date: January 15, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Scott's Cactus Nurseries, January 15, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Scott's Cactus Nurseries, January 15, 1944]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Scott's Cactus Nurseries asking if the business carries Epiphyllum Truncatum, also called Crabs Claw Cactus or Christmas Cactus.
Date: January 15, 1944
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence Between Alex Bradford and Captain John H. Mansell - January 4, 1944] (open access)

[Correspondence Between Alex Bradford and Captain John H. Mansell - January 4, 1944]

This correspondence of letters features two separate conversations. The first letter is from Yvonne Thivierge to Alex Bradford informing Mr. Bradford that Captain John H. Mansell does not reside at the intended address. The second and intended letter is from Alex Bradford to Captain John H. Mansell discussing Mr. Bradford's interaction with Matt Krim and the Chief Engineer in Baltimore. Finally Mr. Bradford states that he will be in New York for a few more weeks before returning to Burbank, California.
Date: January 4, 1944
Creator: Thivierge, Yvonne & Bradford, Alex
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Membership Dues for the International Association of Fire Chiefs, 1944] (open access)

[Receipt for Membership Dues for the International Association of Fire Chiefs, 1944]

Receipt for fire chief Alex Bradford’s membership dues to the International Association of Fire Chiefs for $3.00. Membership for this organization will last from January 1, 1944, to December 31, 1944. Payment has been received by the secretary-treasurer, Daniel B. Tierney.
Date: January 7, 1944
Creator: International Association of Fire Chiefs
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alex Bradford Discussing Firefighting Technology - January 14, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Alex Bradford Discussing Firefighting Technology - January 14, 1944]

Letter from Alex Bradford to Ed (Last Name Unknown) discussing both the creation of an aluminum combination nozzle and the Riepling Universal Nozzle. In addition to the nozzles, Mr. Bradford mentions a recent demonstration of a carbon dioxide crash truck extinguishing a test fire.
Date: January 14, 1944
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History