[Penelope Peirce Garrett in Giza]

Photograph of Penny Peirce Garrett sitting on a wall at Giza with the sphinx and pyramids in the background.
Date: January 1985
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gayle Snell and Woman on Couch]

Photograph of Gayle Snell (left) sitting on a couch with another woman. Snell is wearing a blue shirt and the other woman a vertical striped one; both have blue pants.
Date: 1985~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from "Bill" to Gayle Snell, January 9, 1985] (open access)

[Letter from "Bill" to Gayle Snell, January 9, 1985]

Letter from a Bill to Gayle Snell discussing the new year, an attached copy of a news story on the WASP, the Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame banquet, and his retirement. Written on U.S. Air Force Academy stationary.
Date: January 9, 1985
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Subscription Application: The World's Greatest Locomotives (open access)

Subscription Application: The World's Greatest Locomotives

A subscription slip for The World's Greatest Locomotives, a series pewter sculptures of locomotives produced by the Franklin Mint at Franklin Center near Media, Pennsylvania.
Date: 1985
Creator: Railway and Locomotive Historical Society
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Gayle Snell Women Airforce Service Pilots identification card] (open access)

[Gayle Snell Women Airforce Service Pilots identification card]

Gayle Snell's Women Airforce Service Pilots ID card, issued to her as a veteran and member of Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII (aka the Order of Fifinella) and including her photo.
Date: April 30, 1985
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Early American Life Order Card]

Order card from Early American Life Magazine for the Christmas season.
Date: [1985..]
Creator: Early American Life Magazine
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lone Star: A Television History of Texas (open access)

Lone Star: A Television History of Texas

Pamphlet for an eight-part television series on the history of Texas, based on a book of the same title by T.R. Fehrenbach.
Date: 1985~
Creator: Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: WASPS inspired World War II bomb] (open access)

[Clipping photocopy: WASPS inspired World War II bomb]

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping of an article about how two WASP pilots inspired other male pilots to use B-29 bombs more, told from the perspective of General Paul W. Tibbets. On the back of the photocopy, there is handwritten text Alberta, about the article.
Date: October 15, 1985
Creator: Sisk, Mack
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Lost Airports] (open access)

[Clipping: Lost Airports]

Newspaper clipping of an article about the history of little-known airports in Dallas County, such as White Rock Airport, Dallas-Garland Airport, and Highland Park Airport. A large, full-page advertisement for home pools is included.
Date: February 10, 1985
Creator: Ramsey, Ross
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Plane Propeller]

Photograph of a wooden plane propeller hanging above a window with orange curtains and below a ceiling of white tiles. The wall behind the propeller is wood-paneled, and the propeller itself has two blades, each tipped with bronze-colored metal.
Date: April 1985
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History