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[Anton Backholt Outside Barracks]
Photograph of a young man, identified on the back as Anton Backholt, wearing a military-style uniform and standing outside the door to the barracks at A&M College of Texas. The area around the doorway is decorated with lettering that says "Welcome Mothers" over the door, with other messages on either side.
Date:
[1949..1954]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Army Medical School Group Portrait]
Photograph of 38 men wearing military-style uniforms that have dark coats and lighter slacks, posing together in four lines. The men in the front row are seated on the bench and the others are standing in three rows behind them. A sign on the back wall above them says, "Army Medical Service Meat & Dairy Hygiene School." Wendell Tarver is fifth from the right in the second row from the top.
Date:
195X
Creator:
Q. M. Food & Container Institute. Graphic & Photographic Branch.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Battalion (College Station, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 234, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 19, 1954
Daily student newspaper from the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas in College Station, Texas that includes campus news and information along with advertising.
Date:
May 19, 1954
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Baxter Honeycutt and William Thomas Outside Building]
Photograph of Baxter Honeycutt and William Thomas posing together on the stoop of an unidentified brick building, in front of double-doors. Bother of them are wearing military-style uniforms including garrison caps.
Date:
1948~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Baxter Honeycutt Seated Near Doorway]
Photograph of Baxter Honeycutt, wearing a military-style uniform including a garrison cap, seated on the steps of an unidentified building with his hands clasped in front. Behind him there is a brick building with a set of double doors; the right door is open.
Date:
1948~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Boy and Pig]
Photograph of a boy crouched behind a dark-colored pig, posing in a grassy field or yard. A tree and parked car are partially visible in the background.
Date:
April 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bridge Across Water]
Photograph of a large body of water with a bridge spanning the visible portion (at left) and the ground on the other side is significantly higher than the level of the bridge.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Burnet, Texas First Grade Class Photo]
Photograph of the 1938 first grade class in Burnet, Texas. The students are arranged in three rows outside of a stone building and have their hands around one another's shoulders. The boy in the far left of the photo is Wendell Lee Tarver. Writing on the front of the photograph says "First Gr., Burnet, Tex., 1938" in the lower-left corner and "'Mecca' San - Ant" in the lower-right corner. The name "Wendell Lee Tarver" is handwritten on the back.
Date:
1938
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Burnet, Texas Fourth Grade Class Photo]
Photograph of the 1941 fourth grade class in Burnet, Texas. The students are arranged in four rows outside of a brick building, seated in the front rows and standing in the back. Wendell Lee Tarver is in the front row, second from the right. Writing on the front of the photograph says "Fourth Grade, Burnet, Tex., 1941."
Date:
1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cadet Formations at Muster]
Photograph of several lines of men wearing uniforms standing in formation on a field; a number of U.S. and other flags are visible at various points along the lines. Spectators are visible in the foreground of the image. Handwritten on back: "Officers front & center."
Date:
April 21, 1946
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cadets Cleaning Barracks]
Group portrait of cadets dressed casually and posing with mops, brooms, and buckets inside the barracks. Handwritten on back: "Cleaning up for Fed Inspection."
Date:
1948~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cadets in Formation]
Photograph taken from bleacher seating of a large number of people arranged in lines far away on a large, open field including a number of flags visible in the group. Other spectators are visible in the foreground of the image. Handwritten note on back: "Officers front & center."
Date:
April 21, 1946
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cadets Passing for Review]
Photograph of a line of A&M cadets walking across an open field in front of a large number of other cadets standing in formation behind them. One young man in uniform is crouched on the ground in front of the line. Handwritten note on back: "Gail Brendrett 'B' QMC Passing in Review."
Date:
April 21, 1946
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Certified Copy: Birth Certificate of Wendell Lee Tarver [#1]
Certified copy of the birth certificate for Wendell Tarver who was born in Burnet on May 16, 1931.
Date:
June 7, 1954
Creator:
Burnet County (Tex.) Clerk.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Certified Copy: Birth Certificate of Wendell Lee Tarver [#2]
Certified copy of the birth certificate for Wendell Tarver who was born in Burnet on May 16, 1931.
Date:
November 1, 1963
Creator:
Warden, Johnnie Beth
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Charles Sebesta Outside Barracks]
Photograph of Charles Sebesta visible from the knees up, wearing a military-style uniform including a garrison cap, posing in front of a screen door with his hands behind his back and his elbows akimbo. Behind him, to the right, text appears to be chalked next to the door, but it is only partially visible.
Date:
1948~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Consul Mortuary Certificate for Wendell Tarver]
Official diplomatic packet authorizing the transfer of Wendell Tarver's remains from Monterrey, Mexico to Laredo, Texas for burial. The official consul certificate is signed and sealed with a ribbon that connects all of the accompanying paperwork required for the transfer: the official death certificate (in Spanish, documenting Tarver's death at age 40 from a suspected heart attack, "infarto del miocardio"), the affidavit from the embalmer documenting the preparation for transfer, and travel orders signed by the governor and the chief of public health services ("Servicios Coordinados de Servicios Publica") in Nuevo Leon.
Date:
July 15, 1971
Creator:
Parson, Wesley H.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cousins Fishing]
Photograph of Paula Daniels and her younger cousin, Lynn, seated with their legs over the edge of a dock, turning to look back at the camera. They are holding fishing poles and two jars are on the dock next to them. Handwritten note on the back: "Paula and Lina at 'La Ceja' April 1965."
Date:
April 1965
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Darwin, James, and Robert Outside Barracks]
Photograph of three young men -- identified on the back as Darwin Cargill, James Taylor, and Robert Tilson -- posing with their arms around one another, visible from the waist up outside a building with double screen doors. They are wearing military-style uniforms, but the boys on either end have their jackets open, with T-shirts underneath. Text is chalked around the doorframe behind them, including "Mothers" at the top and "P[...]ology Majors Inside" at the upper-right.
Date:
1948~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Derrick and Tank in Field]
Photograph of an oil or gas derrick with a truck parked behind it at right and a large storage tank at left. There is a large open field in the foreground and a forested area is visible in the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Derrick and Truck]
Photograph of an oil or gas derrick tower in the middle of a field that is bounded by trees. A large truck is parked to the right of the tower and there is a large mound of dirt near the right side of the image. There appears to be a person running toward the tower.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Derrick Near Dirt Road]
Photograph of an oil or gas derrick in a cleared area in front of trees. There appears to be a truck parked behind the derrick and a second vehicle driving through the trees on the left side of the image.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Derrick Tower in a Field]
Photograph of an oil or gas derrick and tower in a field. Two large trucks are parked behind the tower and there appear to be pipes or other equipment on the ground to the right of the tower. Trees are visible in the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Diario De La Tarde (Mexico City, Mexico), Vol. 7, No. 1867, Ed. 1 Friday, November 22, 1963
Newspaper from Mexico City, Mexico that includes local, national, and international news along with advertising.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History