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[Ann Richards speaking on stage]

Photograph of Governor Ann Richards speaking on stage at an event for the Women Airforce Service Pilots. Several people sit on stage behind her, with two uniformed WASP veterans on the right.
Date: 1993-08?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Avenger field sign]

Photograph of a sign at Avenger Field, reading "Avenger Field Sweetwater. Home of the WASP's 1942-1944. Built 1929 - Elev. - 2378." On top is the WASP mascot. There is a hangar in the background with some people around it, as well as two parked 1990s-style cars.
Date: [1993..2000]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Above and Beyond] (open access)

[Clipping: Above and Beyond]

Newspaper clipping from the LA Times with the article "Above and Beyond," which discusses the Women Airforce Service Pilots and their struggle to gain recognition for their service, as well as interviews with veterans. Excerpts from other articles and a Doonesbury comic are also included.
Date: October 2, 1996
Creator: Howlett, Susan
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: New Life Masters, December 1989] (open access)

[Clipping: New Life Masters, December 1989]

Newspaper clipping from a publication about bridge listing "masters" for December 1989. Gayle Snell is listed for Colorado Springs. On the reverse is part of a story about champion Zeke Jabbour.
Date: 1990-01~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd by WASP Statue at Avenger Field]

Photograph of a crowd of people around the WASP Memorial statue at Avenger Airport in Sweetwater.
Date: [1993-05-22..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Front of a Zio's Italian Kitchen]

Photograph of the front of a Zio's Italian Kitchen.
Date: 1990~/1999~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gayle Snell and other WASP Veteran]

Photograph of Gayle Snell (left) standing with a fellow WASP veteran in front of some bushes. Both are wearing blue suit jackets and nametags. There is a basketball hoop in the left background.
Date: [1990..2000]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gayle Snell posing with T-6]

Photograph of Gayle Snell posing with her hand on the propeller of a silver North American T-6 in a hanger. She carries a camera around her neck.
Date: 1990~/1999~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Jacqueline Cochran "First Woman to Fly Faster than Sound" envelope] (open access)

[Jacqueline Cochran "First Woman to Fly Faster than Sound" envelope]

A "first day of issue" envelope commemorating Jacqueline Cochran's supersonic flight on May 18, 1953, with a reproduction of a photo of Cochran posing next to a jet cockpit, and a drawing of a fighter jet flying over some mountains. A stamp also commemorating Cochran is in the top right.
Date: [1993?,1996?]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Julia Bartlett to Gayle Snell, November 30, 1993?] (open access)

[Letter from Julia Bartlett to Gayle Snell, November 30, 1993?]

Letter from WASP Julia Bartlett to Gayle Snell discussing a recent memorial event at Avenger Field. Typed on Women Air Force Service Pilots, World War II stationary.
Date: 1993-11-30?
Creator: Bartlett, Julia Lamm
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Pat Pateman to WASP veterans, August 1991] (open access)

[Letter from Pat Pateman to WASP veterans, August 1991]

Letter from Pat Pateman to WASP veterans enclosing a copy of a new informational brochure on WASP history, for use at museums, airshows, and elsewhere.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Pateman, Pat
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Memorial plaques with names of WASPs]

Photograph of a memorial with plaques featuring the names of WASP graduates and trainees.
Date: [1993-05-22..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Pamphlet: Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII: 50th Anniversary Historic Monument Dedication #4] (open access)

[Pamphlet: Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII: 50th Anniversary Historic Monument Dedication #4]

Pamphlet for the 50th WASP Anniversary celebrating a historic WASP memorial at Avenger Field. The pamphlet contains sketches of the statue to be built, along with the history of WASP, an inscription from a previous memorial, and information on where to send construction donations.
Date: 1993
Creator: {{{name}}}
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Plaque of Class 44-W-9 Graduates]

Photograph of a plaque listing graduates of WASP training class 44-W-9.
Date: [1990..2000]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Plaque of Class 44-W-9 Graduates and Trainees]

Photograph of a plaque displaying the names of WASP training class 44-W-9.
Date: [1990..2000]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Plaque of Class 44-W-9 Graduates and Trainees]

Photograph of a plaque listing graduates of WASP training class 44-W-9. Two women and a man are visible in the marble's reflection taking pictures.
Date: [1990..2000]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Plaque of Class 44-W-9 Graduates and Trainees]

Photograph of a plaque with the names of WASP training class 44-W-9 graduates and trainees.
Date: [1990..2000]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Plaque of Class 44-W-9 Graduates and Trainees]

Photograph of a plaque listing graduates of WASP training class 44-W-9. Four women and a man are visible in the marble's reflection taking pictures.
Date: [1990..2000]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[United States Air Force Academy WASP Memorial]

Photograph of a memorial statue at the US Air Force Academy commemorating the WASPs.
Date: [1997-09-04..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[United States Air Force Academy WASP Memorial Plaque]

Photograph of the plaque on the WASP memorial at the US Air Force Academy.
Date: [1997-09-04..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View of Old Depot Square]

Photograph of Old Depot Square in Colorado Springs. Various early-1990s style vehicles are parked around. Two men are visible reading a billboard on the depot to the right.
Date: 1990~/1999~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View of St. Mary's Cathedral Belfry, Colorado Springs]

Photograph of the southwest corner of the western belfry at St. Mary's Cathedral in Colorado Springs. Some leaves obscure the top of the image.
Date: 1990~/1999~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View of St. Mary's Cathedral, Colorado Springs]

Photograph of the southwest side of St. Mary Cathedral's faςade in Colorado Springs.
Date: 1990~/1999~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View of St. Mary's Cathedral, Colorado Springs]

Photograph of the southwest side of St. Mary Cathedral's faςade in Colorado Springs.
Date: 1990~/1999~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History