Resource Type

[Portrait of Viola Dana]

Portrait of Viola Dana wearing a silk dress with a dropped waist and holding up a metal box in her hands. Half of her face is visible against a shadowy background.
Date: [1918..1920]
Creator: Hoover Art Studios
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Viola Dana]

Portrait of Viola Dana. In the photograph, Viola sits back in a chair. She looks up at a number of hanging vines.
Date: [1918..1920]
Creator: Hoover Art Studios
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Airport Facilities]

Photograph of an aerial view of Love Field airport facilities. Buildings include an aero repair shop, a dope house, a garage, a rest house, a mechanic shop, the YMCA, a canteen, hangars, barracks, and mess halls.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Airplanes on a Field]

Photograph of men pushing airplanes into position on a race track. People are visible in the foreground, and stables and other buildings are visible in the background.
Date: 1911
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aviator]

Photograph of an aviator standing in front of an airplane. The individual wears an aviator cap, goggles, a coat, and sweater.
Date: [1918..1920]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Clipping: Lieut. Ormer Locklear]

Photograph of a newspaper clipping from The Billboard, dated June 28, 1919. Text on the clipping reads: "The ONE Big Sensation in Aviation: Lieut. Ormer Locklear changing from one aeroplane to another while flying 80 miles an hour, and performing unparalleled feats of aerobatics, scampering to all parts of a flying plane as low as 50 feet from ground."
Date: June 28, 1919
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Close-Up Photograph of a Soldier]

Copy print of a photograph of a soldier in uniform and a part of a larger group photograph. According to the photo this soldier's name is Mooney.
Date: [1917..1919]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Close-Up Photograph of a Uniformed Soldier]

Copy print of a photograph of a uniformed soldier. This photo is zoomed in to only show this soldier's face, but he is a part of a larger group photograph. According to the photo this soldier's name is Ainsworth.
Date: [1917..1919]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd of people]

Photograph of a crowd of people waiting to see a performance by Ormer Locklear.
Date: 1919~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd of people]

Photograph of a crowd of people waiting to see a performance by Ormer Locklear.
Date: 1919~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[DeMille Field]

Photograph of DeMille Field. Text on the reverse reads: "DeMille Field No. 2 (Mercury Aviation CO.). Wilshire Blvd. & Fairfax Ave. (Crescent Ave.) Looking north to the Hollywood Hills up Fairfax. Wilshire runs right to left in the foreground. The Goodyear 'Pony' blimp is about to land on the field."
Date: [1918..1919]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Five Biplanes Flying in Formation]

Photograph of five Curtiss JN-4 Jenny biplanes flying in formation over the airdrome at Love Field, Texas.
Date: [1918-11-12..1918-11-13]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Flight Students in Classroom]

Photograph of flight students wearing headphones in a classroom at Love Field, Texas.
Date: June 29, 1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of men by plane]

Photograph of men standing in front of an airplane. Text on the reverse reads: "From left to right - Harry Rice, Universal Exploitation Manager, Lieutenant Ralph Diggins, pilot, Locklear himself, Fred Rochester, Publicity Manager Morris & Company, George W. Brow, General Sales Agent Curtiss Aeroplane Manufacturing Co., Jack Curran, former British Aviation Officer -- taken on the field just before plane left for Chicago's loop."
Date: [1918..1920]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group Photo of 136th Aero Squadron]

Photograph of the 136th Aero Squadron at Dallas, Texas in 1916. William G. Fuller sits in the front row, the fifth from the center on the left side. Two men in the back hold American flags, and there are trees in the background.
Date: 1916
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jeanie McPherson and horse]

Photograph of Jeanie McPherson with a horse. Text on the photograph reads: "This is 'me' and my horse! The first horse who fly. Jeanie McPherson."
Date: [1918..1920]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jeanie McPherson and Ormer Locklear]

Photograph of Ormer Locklear and Jeanie McPherson. In the photograph, Locklear stands next to a biplane. Jeanie McPherson sits inside the plane.
Date: [1918..1920]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Locklear and actress]

Photograph of Ormer Locklear and an actress. Locklear's head is bandaged. His left hand rests on her left hip. Behind the pair, a mustachioed man looks over Locklear's shoulder.
Date: [1918..1920]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Locklear and Short]

Photograph of Ormer Locklear and Shirley Short standing in front of a biplane. Both wear military uniforms. Short's arm rests on Locklear's shoulder.
Date: 1919~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Locklear climbing flag pole]

Photograph of Ormer Locklear climbing a flag pole. A number of individuals watch from the ground below.
Date: March 4, 1919
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Locklear over field]

Photograph of Ormer Locklear's plane flying over Barron Field.
Date: March 18, 1919
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Locklear publicity card]

Photograph of a publicity envelope. Text on the reverse reads: "Publicity envelope used by Locklear Flying Circus. Addressed to Ormer's father. Mailed from Grand Rapids, Michigan, while Circus performing at West Michigan State Fair. September, 15-18, 1919. Credit: Locklear Family Collection."
Date: 1919~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Locklear, Short, and Elliott]

Photograph of Ormer Locklear, Shirley Short, and Elliott. They stand in front of a biplane.
Date: 1919~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Locklear taking off]

Photograph of Ormer Locklear's plane lifting off from Barron Field.
Date: March 18, 1919
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History