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Famous Aviator Pictures No. 8: Capt. Edwin C. Musick

Heinz "Famous Aviator Pictures" card number 8, featuring a color lithograph of Captain Edwin Musick, with a Pan-American Clipper pictured in flight behind him over a coastline. On the back is a blurb about Musick's role as the first pilot to fly the Clipper and information on how to obtain more cards from the series.
Date: [1936..1939]
Creator: H. J. Heinz Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Walking Past B-17]

Photocopy of a group of four Women Airforce Service PIlots in flight gear walking past a B-17 aircraft. Text printed in the top left of the image reads, "WASPS (Women's Air Service Pilots) walking past the B-17 flying fortress known as Pistol Packing Mama. In WW2 they shuttled airplanes from factories, served as test pilots and delivered supplies by air. They trained out of Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas, now the home of the WASP museum."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Drawing of a Bucking Horse]

Colored illustration of a bucking horse, partially cut out of the page. The names "Miss Bertha Foster" and "Mrs. Robert Foster" are written multiple times on the page along with the location, "Navasota, Tex."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photocopied Photos of Mary Ruth Rance with Planes]

Photocopy of three photographs of WOman Airforce Service Pilots, Mary Ruth Rance, posed with planes.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fifinella Drawing]

Drawing of a Fifinella gremlin in flight on a piece of paper that is cut into the shape of a heart. A faint map is printed on the back.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Drawing of Man and Woman Balancing Water]

Sketched drawing of a man and a woman walking with glasses of water balanced on their heads. The man is drawn struggling to maintain balance.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Seismograph Party in a Field. Illustrating the Path of the Reflection and Record

Drawing demonstrating how a seismograph records data in the field, portraying how vibrations moving through the ground, the equipment necessary to record seismographs, and labelling all the elements of the drawing.
Date: 1938
Creator: Independant Exploration Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Drawing of Square]

Drawing of a square with points inside it labelled, #1, 2, and 3. This is possibly related to the cause, Jake L. Hamon Jr. vs. United States Torpedo Company.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Diagram of Maude B. Johnson's Property]

Diagram of Maude B. Johnson's property, showing the boundaries of her land and related to an oil and gas lease.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photostat Copy of Seismograph Party in a Field. Illustrating the Path of the Reflection and Record]

Photostat copy of a drawing demonstrating how a seismograph records data in the field, portraying how vibrations moving through the ground, the equipment necessary to record seismographs, and labelling all the elements of the drawing.
Date: 1938
Creator: Independant Exploration Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Advertisement: We've Never Been Licked]

Advertisement for the film, "We've Never Been Licked", that features two women and two men in uniform walking on the left side of the title with their arms linked together. Rows of military men saluting are visible in the bottom half of the page.
Date: 1943~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Statue Information]

A sketch of the statue for the Women Airforce Service Pilots memorial in Sweetwater, seen in profile with suggested dimensions for the base and statue figure.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Avenger Field Patch]

Leather patch with an image of two birds flying on a blue sky background painted in the center. The border is painted with red stars and the words "Avenger Field" can be seen on the bottom edge.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Avenger Field Labeled Aerial Photo]

Photocopy of an aerial photo of Avenger field from the 1970 Texas State Technical College yearbook. The page has labels written at the bottom of the page pointed at locations and buildings in the photo. Notes about some of the buildings' eras can be seen on the back of the page.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cartoon by Marvin A. Krieger]

Photocopied cartoon of two Women Airforce Service Pilots with one pointing at the other and saying, "Psst- your chute's open!"
Date: unknown
Creator: Krieger, Marvin A.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Avenger Field Labeled Aerials]

Photocopies of two aerial photos of Avenger Field with red lines and labels marking different buildings and locations.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Army Air Force Patch on Woman Pilot]

Copy of a black and white photo of a woman sitting in the cockpit of a plane. A note can be seen written on the bottom edge of page that reads, "Note Army Air Force Patch on 'Woman Pilot'.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View 683rd ACWRON at Avenger Field]

Photocopy of two aerial images of the 683rd ACWRON at Avenger Field. The photos shows a group of small buildings and aircraft hangars interconnected by pathways and roads, seen from two different angles in the sky.
Date: 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Newsletter Cover]

Photocopy of a black and white WASP newsletter cover for February 1946 that features three WASP cadets marching outdoors with the U.S. flag.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Officers]

Copy of black and white photo of six women in WASP uniforms. A yellow sticker can be seen on the bottom left corner that reads, "They look like officers".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Female Pilot Working on Plane Instruments]

Copy of a black and white photo a woman pilot inspecting instruments in the cockpit of the plane. A note written at the the top edge of the page reads, "Please note officer's insignia".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fifinella Wings Card]

Card with the image of the Women Airforce Service Pilots' Fifinella gremlin positioned over the WASP diamond wings logo.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Diamond Wings Card]

Blank white card with an image of the Women Airforce Service Pilots diamond wings insignia printed in blue ink with a blue line border.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fifinella Print]

Art print of the Fifinella gremlin designed by Walt Disney for the Women Airforce Service Pilots flying on a red circle background with her name printed to the left.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History