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[Lowry and Armadillo]

Photograph of a soldier identified as Lowry kneeling on the ground with a captured armadillo. Handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "Lowry and Captive (Armadilla) - Poker game to the right."
Date: January 26, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - January 26, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Joe Davis to Catherine Davis - January 26, 1945]

Letter from Joe to his wife Catherine discussing digging foxholes, going swimming, the mail service, and his looking forward to receiving the pictures she sent.
Date: January 26, 1945
Creator: Davis, Joseph Emmett
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - January 26, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Catherine Davis to Joe Davis - January 26, 1945]

Letter from Catherine to her husband Joe discussing news from home, including plans to go to a party that Corrine is throwing, housework to do over the weekend, the weather, and Baker's plans to build a tennis court and basketball court on their property.
Date: January 26, 1945
Creator: Davis, Catherine Dawe
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Soldiers in Snowy Street]

Photograph of a group of soldiers running in a snowy street, with a destroyed building in the background, and several other damaged buildings in the vicinity. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Schillerdorf, France, the 7th Army drove the Germans SS Troops out of this town in a vigorous counter attack."
Date: January 26, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 26, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, January 26, 1946]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing preparations for her return trip to the United States from Guam.
Date: January 26, 1946
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
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