["Presentation," party for Jewish Debutantes]

Photograph of the "Presentation" party for Jewish Debutantes of 1949 at the Beth-El Congregation's social hall at 207 W. Broadway in Fort Worth. The women are arranged in a curve away from the photographer and are holding bouquets of flowers and wearing formal ball gowns. The women from left to right: Charlotte Sue Louis (Alterman), Ruth Hendelman (Berkowitz), Marilyn Caughy (Raff), Harriet Friedson, Sara Kantrovich (Carr), Katherine Spiegel, Bessie Rutlader (Gaines), Rhoda Cohen (Schultz), Mary Sankary (Herman), Ellen Sankary (Smith), Idelle Engelberg (Luskey), Margie Weisblatt (Goone), Adele Nathan (Friedman).
Date: 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

B-36 No. 85 fuselage

Photograph of the fuselage of the B-36 plane No. 85 under construction in the warehouse in November 1949. The bomb bay door is open under the plane. It's RB-36D 44-92088. Modified to carry the "Boston camera" and re-designated ERB-36D, it was eventually scrapped at Kelly AFB in 1955.
Date: November 1, 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

RB-36 No. 85 fuselage

Photograph of the fuselage of the RB-36 plane No. 85 under construction in the warehouse in November 1949. The bomb bay door is open under the plane.
Date: November 1, 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aerial View of Flood in Fort Worth in 1949

Aerial photograph of flood waters in Fort Worth on May 17, 1949. The Montgomery Wards building is seen on the upper right. Many roads and buildings are under water.
Date: May 17, 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

XC-99 Delivery

XC-99 delivery between (L-R): Col. M.M. Hammack, Sgt. H.M. Covert, L. Rue, Col. Bryan B. Harper stand beside an airplane on the tarmac.
Date: May 26, 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

XC-99

Left 3/4 front view of an XC-99 taxing off the runway.
Date: April 29, 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bob Hope, Doris Day, and other performers writing their autographs on an airplane]

Bob Hope and other performers are writing their signatures on the body of a jet airplane.
Date: 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bob Hope and Doris Day prepare for a show at the Cowtown Coliseum]

Bob Hope and Doris Day look over sheet music in preparation for a performance at the Cowtown Coliseum.
Date: 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Coraline 28th, Champion Female Heifer

Photograph of Coraline 28th, a champion Hereford female wearing a harness. Written across the bottom margin is, "Corline 28th, Ch female Clifton Tex '49, Case Ranch, Eldorado, Texas."
Date: 1949
Creator: Winegar, Phil
System: The Portal to Texas History