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[Kilgore Brothers in Uniform]

Photograph of two uniformed young men, Joseph and Charles Kilgore, standing outdoors with their grandfather Chester Knight and an unidentified elderly woman. Behind them is a partially visible house with a wooden fence.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 14: A Preliminary Report Upon a Capital Expenditure Program (open access)

The Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 14: A Preliminary Report Upon a Capital Expenditure Program

Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report includes details concerning a capital expenditure program, such as the allocation of funds, selection of projects and a "[p]roposed 25 Year Program of General Fund Public Improvements. The second part of the report details an improvement program for the water and sanitary sewer systems. The appendix at the end of the report includes 17 tables providing empirical data about the proposed plans.
Date: February 1945
Creator: Harland Bartholomew and Associates
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Pre-Civil War Houses, Boerne, Texas]

Postcard of Texan houses built before the American Civil War. The postcard features four photographs of two one-story houses and two two-story houses, arranged in a grid on the front of the postcard with the caption "Early Texas Houses. Built Before Civil War." The bottom two photographs are of cabin style houses - one made from wood and the other from stones and wood. The photograph in the top left corner has a wooden staircase on the left side of the house, leading up to a doorway on the second story, and a covered garage with a gate on the front of the house. The back of the postcard is blank except for postcard markings.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Myrtle and Archie Hughes]

Photograph of Myrtle (1890-1987) and Archibald "Archie" Hughes Griffith (1890-1982) posing with a bull. Archie is sitting atop the bull. He is the maternal grandfather of Sandra Person Wyche.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1945-1946] (open access)

[Fort Worth Garden Club Scrapbook: 1945-1946]

Scrapbook for the Fort Worth Garden Club documenting activities, including newspaper clippings, photographs, event programs, correspondence, and other items.
Date: 1945/1946
Creator: Fort Worth Garden Club
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mother and Child]

Photograph of Irene (Cubine) Cheatheam kneeling next to Lannis Denton Cheatheam, Jr. A residential home is visible in the background.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas: Water and Sanitary Sewer Utilities (open access)

A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas: Water and Sanitary Sewer Utilities

Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report includes graphs, charts, and maps concerning the development of an improved water and sanitary sewer system; at the back of the report there are maps showing predicted urban development and the Dallas water distribution system.
Date: February 1945
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Water and Sewage Development Plan Prepared by Dallas City Water Works] (open access)

[Water and Sewage Development Plan Prepared by Dallas City Water Works]

Rough draft of a plan created by Dallas City Waterworks attempting to improve the "water and sanitary sewer utilities serving the Dallas Metropolitan Area." There are charts and graphs throughout the document, including five tables in the back.
Date: February 1945
Creator: Dallas City Waterworks
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fourth Cooperative Community Education Workshop, June 7-July 12, 1945 (open access)

Fourth Cooperative Community Education Workshop, June 7-July 12, 1945

This book describes the Fourth Cooperative Community Education Workshop in particular (including photographs) as well as giving a brief description of the history and philosophy behind the workshops. According to the Foreward, "The primary purpose of the workshop is to relate the responsibilities of the teacher to the total needs of the whole child, the whole school, and the whole community. This bulletin is an attempt to interpret the philosophy and purpose of the workshop through recorded facts and activities."
Date: 1945
Creator: Scott, J. Irving E.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scene from Patterson Clambake]

Photograph of a gathering at the Patterson family clambake. Various people are standing or sitting in a small area. The back of the photograph reads, "Dad at clambake."
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Waldo Patterson]

Photograph of Waldo Patterson beneath a tree. He is wearing a baseball hat and button-up shirt.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Patterson Family Clambake]

Photograph of Patterson's family gathering at a clambake. Various people are sitting on the ground or standing in groups.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group at Patterson Family Clambake]

Photograph of a small group of men lounging on the ground at the Patterson family clambake.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Marine, Volume 1, Number 2, February 3, 1945 (open access)

The Marine, Volume 1, Number 2, February 3, 1945

Monthly newsletter of the U.S. Marines' Fifth Regiment stationed in Nicaragua containing news and various information of interest to subscribers.
Date: February 3, 1945
Creator: Marine Corps Air Station-Cherry Point. North Carolina.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Deplaning]

Photograph of Aunt Belle Foutz and Barbara Barret standing on the last step of a small staircase, while deplaning in Casas Grandes, arriving from Nogales, Arizona. Part of the plane is visible at right, where the door is open, and a wing is visible just behind them, as well as a second plane in the background.
Date: Summer 1945
Creator: Pratt, Vera Whetten
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barbara's First Visit to Mexico]

Photograph of Barbara Barret getting into the passenger side of a pickup truck to go to Colonia Juarez. BShe is standing with her left leg on the running board and her right arm holding the door by the open window.
Date: Summer 1945
Creator: Pratt, Vera Whetten
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Train Finally Came]

Photograph of (L-R) Flora Jean Taylor, Maxell Romney, Rollabon Bluth, and Vera Whetten standing in front of an open door in the the caboose of a train. Rollabon has his foot resting on a step and Vera is resting her right side on his left leg. A man is visible behind them, looking out the opposite door.
Date: Summer 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Vera, Linden, and Demar Waiting for the Train]

Photograph of Vera Whetten, Linden Bluth, and Demar Farnsworth leaning up against a white wooden railing at a train depot. Vera Whetten is wearing a floral print dress and is holding a bag under her left arm. Linden Bluth is wearing pants and a white T-shirt that is rolled up on sleeves.
Date: Summer 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sister Romney and Boys Waiting for a Train]

Photograph of (L-R) Sister Romney, Maxell Romney, Maxell's nephew, and Lindon Bluth leaning up against a railing under a tree while waiting for a train.
Date: Summer 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barbara's First Trip to the colonies]

Photograph of Barbara Barret standing outside near a large hedge in a residential area of Colonia Juarez. The photograph is taken at at 45-degree angle and a house is visible across the street in the background.
Date: Summer 1945
Creator: Pratt, Vera Whetten
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barbara's Ride on the Horse Drawn Banana Cart]

Photograph of Barbara Barret and Vera Whetten standing to the left side of a horse hitched to a banana cart. Barbara has her left leg bent at the knee and her right hand is holding onto the horse harness. Several buildings are visible in the background.
Date: Summer 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sorority Initiation]

Photograph of new members positing together during part of their initiation into the sorority, wearing sheets for a week and green lipstick and green nail polish. Vera Pratt is sitting on top of the gate post. Five women are standing in front of the gate post are identified (L-R): Anna Maybin, Barbara Barret, Glenna Pratt, Lucile Turley, Ann Shumway.
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gleaners in Tempe, AZ Freshman Year of College]

Photograph of the Gleaners during their freshman year of college, posing in a line in front of a blank wall in the Institute Building at Arizona State College. The women are wearing long dresses with corsages pinned over their left breasts, and two of the women near the center are holding unidentified objects. Names (L to R): Vera Whetten (Pratt), Lucile Turley, Eloise Randal (leader), Barbara Barrett, Glenna Pratt, Lucille Hanson, Sister Turley and husband (behind), Lorna Fish, Ann Shumway, Freda White.
Date: 1945-03?
Creator: Randal, Judge
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sorority Initiation Solo]

Photograph of Vera Whetten Pratt wearing a white sheet and sitting on top of a gate post during initiation into a sorority at Arizona State College. Trees are visible behind her.
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History