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[Grandma Grover Four Generation Photo ]
Photograph of four generations of Grandma Grover's family, including three adult women and two young boys, seated in a living room. They are identified from left to right Blanche Grover Kirkham (Carol's Mom), holding Travis Hatch on her lap; Elnorah Grover, holding Trent Hatch on her lap; and Carol Hatch. They are seated in front of a curtain, and a television set on a stand is partially visible at right.
Date:
1973
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
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
[Flute Performance]
Photograph of Toni Marie Jones playing the flute in the living room of the Jones family home. Toni is wearing a red long sleeved button-up sweater and a black floral skirt and has her hair in a pony tail with a red hair tie. A woman wearing a floral skirt is playing the brown grand piano at right. There are numerous photographs on shelving behind Toni and the walls in the living room, including two images of Jesus Christ on the wall.
Date:
1996
Creator:
Jones, Christine
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ranch Life Photo]
Photograph of a group of boys watching while two men hold a calf on the ground; one man (kneeling behind) is holding the calf's left front leg and a second man (standing at left) is holding a metal rod against its mouth. Curtis Whetten is sitting on the ground at right and holding the calf's left hind leg stretched out. The boys who are watching are identified as: Pablo Quintana, Arturo Ordaz, and Luis Fimbres.
Date:
[1978..1979]
Creator:
Brown, Joyce
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Shawn's Birthday Party Photo]
Photograph of six children standing outside the Wetten's house at a birthday party for Shawn. Curtis Whetten is standing at the front, wearing an oversized hat, jacket, pants, and boots; his mother LaVon is standing at the right helping him and the other children are standing behind.
Date:
1979
Creator:
Whetten, Relva
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
[The Moon over Rancho Santa Sofia Photo]
Photograph of four people standing next to a truck parked on a dirt road at Rancho Santa Sofia, Mexico. The road and the desert are visible behind them, under a full moon. Left to Right: Unknown Female in front of truck, David Pratt leaning on truck, Chris Evans, Bert Whetten with head turned to the side). David Pratt and Bert Whetten are wearing white cowboy hats.
Date:
Summer 1987
Creator:
Whetten, Robert
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Roundup at Santa Sofia Photo]
Photograph of people sitting on a wooden and cement fence at a roundup at Rancho Santa Sofia, Mexico. Back row: Pres Gerald Pratt, Unknown, Unknown, Evans Brother, Chris Evans. Front Row: David Pratt, Aunt Vera Pratt, Bert Whetten. The head of one horse is visible on the left side and the left flank of a horse is visible on the right side.
Date:
Summer 1987
Creator:
Whetten, Robert
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
[The First Bull Fight in Casas Grandes]
Group portrait of nine women posing together in front of building with wood siding. Seven unidentified women standing in a line are dressed in long Spanish dresses including mantillas (traditional veils) and they are holding small bouquets; two are also holding open fans. Madelyn Hatch and Vera Pratt kneeling in front of them, wearing cowboy hats and western wear.
Date:
[1946-09-15..1946-09-16]
Creator:
Fotos Soto
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
[Graduating Class of 1944 from Academy in Colonia Juarez]
Photograph of the graduating class of 1944 from Academy in Colonia Juarez, Mexico posing outside the school. They are posing in alternating rows of women and men, with the first two rows kneeling or seated on the ground and the others lined up behind them. A large gate and a number of trees are visible behind them.
Date:
May 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lucile and Vera at College Registration]
Photograph of Lucile Turley and Vera Whetten (Pratt) standing side-by-side outside at the Arizona State University campus. A building and cars parked on the street are visible n the background.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Turley, Kathleen
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Program: Anniversary of El Paso Ward Church, October 11, 1938]
Photocopy of a weekly newsletter special issue from the Church of Latter-Day Saints in El Paso, containing information and order of events for their 20th anniversary celebration along with "A Brief History of the El Paso Ward." It includes copious handwritten notes.
Date:
October 1938
Creator:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. El Paso Ward.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
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
[Kindergarten Class Picture]
Photograph of the kindergarten class at Escuela Manuel during 1992-1993. There are fourteen children posing in two lines inside their classroom, with the children in the first row seated on chairs and the second row standing behind with their teacher at the center of the group. A bulletin board is partially visible on the wall behind them including images of two children below the word "carefully" at left and animals with numbers and crayons below the text "[Let's] Coun[t]" at right.
Date:
[1992,1993]
Creator:
Calvillo Foto
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Kindergarten School Picture]
Photograph of Toni Marie Jones sitting at a table coloring in front of a bulletin board, which is partially visible on the white-brick wall behind her. She is wearing a pink ribbon in her hair and a white shirt with pink flowers.
Date:
[1992,1993]
Creator:
Calvillo Foto
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Third Grade Class Picture]
Class photo of the Escuela Manuel third-grade class for the 1995-1996 year. There are 28 children posing in four lines on the steps in front of a stage where a red curtain is drawn closed behind them. Teachers are standing with them, on either end of the last row and the left end of the third row. A boy in the center of the front row is holding up a sign that has an illustration of a dog reading a book with the text 3 0/11.
Date:
[1995,1996]
Creator:
Calvillo Foto
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A Visit to the Caves]
Photograph of Toni Marie Jones standing inside a cave with openings behind her and to her left side at the Cueva de la Olla site. The wall above her is covered with names and text that have been scratched into the stone.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Jones, Christine
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Folklorico Dance Recital with Castanets]
Photograph of Tony Marie Jones wearing a black leotard with a long yellow skirt edged in black tulle, dancing with castanets in each hand during a recital. Another dancer is partially visible on the right side of photo wearing the same costume with a blue skirt. They are dancing on a wooden floor inside the school gymnasium in front of decorative set elements including a trellis and a column topped by flowers in an urn (at right) and a structure resembling a well (at left).
Date:
June 1998
Creator:
Jones, Christine
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Band Trip]
Photograph of a group of female band members during a tour, posing in the bed of a truck; most of them are standing together and two women are seated on the edges. Lucile Turley and Vera Whetten (Pratt) are standing next to the truck, at left, and both are wearing sombrero-style hats with pom-pom fringe. There were boys in the band but they aren't included in the picture.
Date:
1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History