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[1940 Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class]
Photograph of the 1940 Ahavath Sholom confirmation class standing around the altar of the synagogue located downtown on Taylor Street in Fort Worth, Texas. From left to right, the members of the photograph are: Front row: Bertha Haller, Gloria Sheinberg (Swann). Back row: Rabbi Philip Graubart, Margie Cohen (Levingston), Dorothy Bergman, Jennie Moses (Winkler)(teacher), Dorothy Cohen, Shirley Garston (Cohen), Annie Kaplan, Betty Daiches (Sher).
Date:
1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bob Gould with barometers]
Photograph of Bob Gould with barometers. Behind him, a weather map of the United States can be seen. Weather decorations are visible as well.
Date:
[1940..1955]
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Burlesque dancer]
Photograph of a woman dancing in a burlesque show.
Date:
[1940..1960]
Creator:
Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Byrd Williams Jr. at the Botanic Gardens]
Photograph of Byrd Williams Jr. at the Botanic Gardens in Fort Worth with an unidentified man. Williams is standing on the right side of the image in a light colored suit and the other man is wearing a dark colored suit. In the foreground of the image is a pond, and the men are standing in front of plant beds that are located on an incline. There are steps on both sides of the image that lead to the top of the incline where a gazebo is located.
Date:
[1940..1960]
Creator:
Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Certificate of Proficiency, Frank W. Gardner]
Certificate awarded to Frank W. Gardner. It reads: "Army Air Forces Combat Crew School, Tarrant Field, Texas. Pilot Transition Training. Certificate of Proficiency. This is to certify that Frank W. Gardner, 2nd Lt., A. C. has successfully completed a course of instruction in Pilot Training and Ground Technical Instruction on B-24 D type equipment and is awarded this certificate in testimony thereof." It is signed by Louis R. Hughes, Jr., Lt. Col., A. C., Director of Training, and James S. Stowell, Col., A. C., Commanding Officer.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
Army Air Forces Combat Crew School
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Collage of ballet portraits]
Collage of the portraits of the young boys and girls of the ballet school, where Byrd III would frequently photograph them in his studio.
Date:
[1940,1950]
Creator:
Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Cooks at Ernie's Big Burger Cafe]
Photograph of cooks working in the kitchen at Ernie's Big Burger Cafe. The kitchen is set up as a galley kitchen behind the counter and the stovetop is against the wall on the left side of the image. Two of the cooks are at the back of the kitchen and are visible in profile and one of the cooks is standing in the foreground of the left side of the image with his back to the camera. The cooks are all wearing long-waist aprons and white shirts and two of them are wearing soda jerk caps. There is a menu on the left wall that features an "Extraburger" and there is a sign over the kitchen that is advertising malts and shakes.
Date:
[1940..1960]
Creator:
Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Ernie in the kitchen with a cook]
Photograph of Ernie Morgan in the kitchen of his restaurant with a cook. Morgan is preparing food to be served at a counter on the left side of the image. He is wearing a white shirt with a white waist apron, light colored pants, and a soda jerk cap. The cook is dressed similarly to Ernie and is walking behind him, carrying a flat package.The kitchen is set up in a galley style with all of the appliances in a narrow space between the wall of the left and the counter top on the right. In the foreground of the left side of the image there is an ice cream freezer with drink dispensers over it. There is a sign hanging over the kitchen that is partially visible.
Date:
[1940..1960]
Creator:
Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Factors Associated with School Relationships
The problem of this investigation was to make a rating of the following factors which pertain to boys in three distinct residential districts of the W. C. Stripling Junior High School, Fort Worth, Texas: (1) intelligence quotient, (2) civic attitude, (3) academic achievements, (4) Sunday school attendance, (5) club membership, (6) after-school employment, and (7) the number of broken homes.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Conlee, R. C.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Golf Matches at the Colonial Country Club
Footage of two golf matches at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, TX. The first is an exhibition match featuring Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson vs. Toney Penna and Henry Ransom. The second is from the 1940 National Open. No sound.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Hall of Honor Article]
Article entitled "Hall of Honor" about Col. Valin Woodward, USAF, who is being inducted into the Military Science Hall of Honor by the University of Texas at Arlington, which he attended when it was the North Texas Agricultural College.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Article
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Harold Taft with the WBAP-TV weather radar]
Photograph of Channel 5 meteorologist, Harold Taft, standing next to the WBAP-TV weather radar.
Date:
1940~/1955~
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Hurst School (1940)
Large group of students with their teacher outside of Hurst School
Date:
1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hurst School, 1940 (close-up of front of school)
Front of Hurst School
Date:
1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hurst School Class (1940)
Hurst School children, c. 1940. in front of school
Date:
1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hurst School (Facing South)
Back of Hurst School
Date:
1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Image of a Special Police Badge issued by Chief Ott Cribbs]
Photograph of a Special Police Badge issued by Chief Ott Cribbs. The badge is made of brass-like material in an oval shape with scrolling, a star, other figures and "Arlington Special Officer" stamped into the metal. The badge is on a block of wood with a placard behind. The placard reads: "In the late 1940's and early 1950's, when extra police officers were needed, Chief Ott Cribbs distributed these Special Officer Badges to individuals he could trust. The practice ceased in 1954 when a Reserve Police Unit was created." The badge and placard are resting on blue fabric.
Date:
[1940..1954]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Image of frame containing Junior Police Badges with description]
Photograph of frame containing two different Junior Police Badges with description. Futher comments not in the image follow: "These badges were issued in the 1940’s. A few citizens were frequent riders with the Arlington Police. Riders did not carry guns, but did wear these badges when on patrol. Badges were returned to desk officer at the end of shift.
Date:
1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Industrial pipes]
Photograph of two industrial pipes. One lays on top of stilts on the ground while the other is elevated by stands. A warehouse sits in the background.
Date:
[1940..1955]
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[The Lake Worth dam]
Photograph of a view of the Lake Worth dam through barren trees. The water can be seen flowing down the curved dam. A vignette is present on the image.
Date:
[1940..1955]
Creator:
Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter Regarding Replacement of Ration Books]
General letter regarding the replacement of ration books, requesting that the family who has lost a book search for it thoroughly before requesting a new one.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
Tarrant County War Price and Rationing Board
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lower Rose Garden, Facing North, 1940]
Photograph of the eastern portion of the Lower Rose Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. At left is a rectangular reflecting pond with small flower beds containing pink bushes and round shrubs on each corner surrounded by a concrete footpath. On the corners of the garden, displayed at right, are arrangements of grass paths both containing several curved metal arches arranged in squares with drooping rose bushes. Multiple beds of roses are arranged throughout this portion of the garden, which is bordered with a latticed wooden barrier sitting on a short wall of stone bricks and rectangular hedges. Multiple observers are visible walking around the garden.
Date:
1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lower Rose Garden with Pool #2]
Photograph of the Lower Rose Garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. At center is the "rose ramp", a wide rectangular set rose arrangements bordered with short hedges and lined with concrete steps along both sides. Above the "rose ramp" are a set of stairs leading to a raised platform containing a wide pavilion containing square colonnades on both ends of the structure and a trapezoidal roof. Below the "rose ramp" is the lower portion of the rose garden, partially obscured by bushes. Along the bottom of the image is the rose garden's small lake, lined with grass and trees and covered in lily pads and leaves. The pavilion and the rose ramp are visible in the water's reflection.
Date:
1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Agricultural College
Photograph of the 1940 NTAC football team in uniform. Seven men are kneeling, with the center man holding a football. Four men are holding footballs, jumping over the others. The names of the players are listed on the back of the photograph.
Date:
1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History