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[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
[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
[Dormmates South Hall]
Photograph of six women who were residents of South Hall Dorm at Arizona State College, posing in a line on the grass, facing toward the left. They are identified L-R: Lorna Fish, Barbara Barret, Anna Mabin, Glenna Pratt, Lucille Hansen, Vera Whetten.
Date:
Autumn 1946
Creator:
unknown
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
[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
[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
[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
[College Registration Day]
Photograph of Lucile Turley on the day that Lucile and Vera registered for college at Arizona State University. Lucile Turley is wearing a jacket and is holding papers, walking in front of a building on the campus.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Turley, Kathleen
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Waiting for the Train to El Paso]
Photograph of Vera Whetten Pratt standing in front of a pillar outside a depot while waiting for the train to visit El Paso for a Youth Conference. Vera is wearing a floral print dress with a ruffled collar and is holding a purse and luggage is visible at her feet, around the column. Other people and signs are visible in the background.
Date:
Summer 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara's First Horseback Ride]
Photograph of Barbara Barret seated on a light-colored horse. They appear to be in a yard, with a tree just to the right near a clothesline or small structure; other trees are visible 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
[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
[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
[Gleaners in Tempe, AZ Freshman Year of College]
Photograph of the Gleaners during their freshman year of college, posing in a line in front of a blank wall in the Institute Building at Arizona State College. The women are wearing long dresses with corsages pinned over their left breasts, and two of the women near the center are holding unidentified objects. Names (L to R): Vera Whetten (Pratt), Lucile Turley, Eloise Randal (leader), Barbara Barrett, Glenna Pratt, Lucille Hanson, Sister Turley and husband (behind), Lorna Fish, Ann Shumway, Freda White.
Date:
1945-03?
Creator:
Randal, Judge
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sorority Initiation Solo]
Photograph of Vera Whetten Pratt wearing a white sheet and sitting on top of a gate post during initiation into a sorority at Arizona State College. Trees are visible behind her.
Date:
September 1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Pre-Bull fight Parade]
Photograph of Madelyn Hatch (left), Valentin Valenzuela, and Vera Pratt (right) on horseback. They are setting up before handing the flags to women leading the parade as flagbearers. Fences are visible behind them.
Date:
[1946-09-15..1946-09-16]
Creator:
Fotos Soto
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Abre sus puertas el segundo Templo Mormón del país]
Newspaper clipping about the opening of a Mormon Temple (Colonia Juárez Chihuahua Mexico Temple), which is the second in Mexico. The article describes the construction (March 1998-February 1999) and describes the interior as well as the opening event with photos of the building entrance and one of the temple's elders with the Governor of Chihuahua. Portions of other stories are on the backs of the article clippings.
Date:
1999
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
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
[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
[Toni Marie Jones Kindergarten Photos]
Kindergarten school photos of Toni Marie Jones in a white frame, including an individual portrait in an oval frame at left and a full class portrait in a rectangular frame at right. In the individual portrait, Jones is visible from the chest up, wearing a white shirt decorated with flowers and she is coloring at a table. In the group portrait, there are 14 students posing in two lines with their teacher, in front of a bulletin board in the classroom.
Date:
[1992,1993]
Creator:
Calvillo Foto
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Toni Marie Jones Third Grade Photos]
Third-grade school photos of Toni Marie Jones in a white frame, including an individual portrait in an oval frame at left and a full class portrait in a rectangular frame at right. In the individual portrait, Jones is visible from the chest up, wearing a blue striped dress with a round lace collar and a large, matching bow in her hair. In the group portrait, there are 28 students and 3 teachers posing in four lines on steps in front of a red curtain; a boy in the front row is holding up an illustrated sign with the text 3 0/11.
Date:
[1995,1996]
Creator:
Calvillo Foto
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