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[Season's Greetings Card from Jimmie Rees]
A custom Season's Greetings card with a picture of WASP Jimmie Rees of class 44-W-3 on it.
Date:
1944~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Herman Fuchs and Two Men near Hangar]
Photograph of Herman F. Fuchs (right) standing with two men next to a hangar window. Fuchs and the man in the middle are wearing flight caps and parachutes; the man on the left is in plain clothes and sunglasses with a working man's cap.
Date:
October 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Herman F. Fuchs with Four WASPs on Snowy Day]
Photograph of Herman F. Fuchs (center) with four WASP trainees of class 44-W-5 crouching in front of a biplane on a snowy day. Three of the WASPs are wearing headwraps, while the fourth WASP and Fuchs are wearing flight caps. All have winter flying gear on.
Date:
1944-01~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[City-County Pioneer Museum brochure]
Brochure for the City-County Pioneer Museum in Sweetwater, Texas, briefly advertising its collection and contact/visiting information.
Date:
[1986..]
Creator:
City-County Pioneer Museum
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Herman Fuchs and WASP Student with Biplane]
Photograph of instructor Herman F. Fuchs seated in the rear cockpit of a Stearman primary trainer biplane as a student WASP boards the forward cockpit with her parachute. Both are looking back and smiling at the photographer, who is on the port rear side of the aircraft.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Fifinella]
Drawing of WASP mascot Fifinella on a card, signed by Walt Disney.
Date:
Autumn 1942
Creator:
Disney, Walter Elias
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Female Pilots Hold Reunion in Sweetwater]
Newspaper clipping discussing a WASP reunion in Sweetwater, Texas, with some advertisements on the back.
Date:
1986-09?
Creator:
A-J News Services
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Two men standing with cattle trailer]
Photograph of two men in coveralls and caps standing behind a cattle trailer.
Date:
1944~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Herman Fuchs with Five WASP Students and Biplane]
Photograph of Herman F. Fuchs (center) discussing flying maneuvers with five WASP students on the starboard side of a biplane.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cars Parked Outside Avenger Field Administration Building]
Photograph of various late-1930s and early-1940s cars parked outside of an administration building at Avenger Field. The building is lettered "Aviation Enterprises Ltd." and has a statue on top of it.
Date:
1943~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Christmas card from Marion Fuchs to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Fuchs, December 19, 1940]
A Christmas card and envelope from Marion Fuchs to Herman Fuchs and his wife. The card is printed by the Army Air Corps Flying Cadet Detachment and features an image of a trainer aircraft in flight.
Date:
December 19, 1940
Creator:
Fuchs, Marion
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Women of World War II reunited]
Newspaper clipping discussing the 1986 WASP reunion in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
October 5, 1986
Creator:
Redden, Gail
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Hangar Scoop from New Mexico]
Newspaper clipping from the Cross Country News, a newspaper for civilian aviation, discussing flying activity in New Mexico, including Herman Fuchs and his aerial hunting. On the back is a piece discussing flying license suspensions and revocations.
Date:
April 28, 1947
Creator:
Shockley, Wanda
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Image
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Biplane Flying in Formation]
Photograph of a Stearman primary trainer biplane flying on the port side of the photographer's plane. Two pilots are visible in their respective cockpits.
Date:
[1943..1944]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sweetwater Jaycees Rattlesnake Round-up brochure]
Brochure for the Sweetwater Jaycees Rattlensake Round-up with information for round-ups in 1986, 1987, 1988.
Date:
1986
Creator:
Sweetwater Jaycees
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASPs with Primary Trainer]
Photograph of a WASP in the cockpit of a primary trainer aircraft, while another stands next to the fuselage behind the wing.
Date:
[1943..1944]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sisters in the Sky advertisement and pre-order form]
An advertising pamphlet from Patrice Press for Sisters in the Sky Volume 1, an autobiography and history of the WAFS by WASP Adela Riek Scharr. The book's cover, a summary, and two photos of Scharr are featured.
Date:
1986
Creator:
The Patrice Press
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[WASP on Primary Trainer]
Photograph of a WASP standing on the wing of a primary trainer biplane, looking at something beneath the upper wing.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Flying Instructor's Course Certificate of Proficiency for Herman Fuchs]
A Certificate of Proficiency given to Herman Fuchs upon completion of the Flying Instructor's Course at Randolph Field.
Date:
August 11, 1943
Creator:
Daugherty, J. F.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
I Am Your Flag
A card from the Texas Bank and Trust Company with a soliloquy by an American flag, illustrated with an image of the flag and a drawing of the company's bank in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
1970~/1979~
Creator:
The Texas Bank and Trust Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Herman Fuchs and Six WASP Trainees]
Photograph of instructor pilot Herman F. Fuchs (center, standing) with six WASP trainees. From left to right, standing: Lila Moore, "McGinis," Margaret Neyman; kneeling: Virginia Mullen, Lynn McIntyre, and Margarete McGrath. All are in flying gear; behind them are two Stearman primary triainers.
Date:
1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Image of "Fifnella" on sheet]
Image of "Fifinella" by Walt Disney in the corner of a folded blank sheet of paper.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Disney, Walter Elias
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steele's Aid to Pilots: Regulations (Fifth Revised Edition)
Copy of Steele's Aid to Pilots: Regulations, a compilation of American civil aviation rules and regulations. Nearly all aspects of flying are covered, including reporting and record keeping, pilot ratings, aircraft identification, air traffic control, equipment, instruments, lights, flight patterns, and weather, as well as a question and answer section.
Date:
July 1, 1940
Creator:
Steele, C. Earl
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History