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[USS Shenandoah Passing Over Nolan County Courthouse #3]

Photograph of an airship or dirigible flying in the sky over a group of brick buildings, the tops of which are only just visible at the bottom of the photo. The building on the far right side is dark and multi-storied, and there are people standing on the roof.

Date: October 23, 1924

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Air Force Radar Station at Avenger Field #1]

Aerial photograph of the air force radar station at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. The photo shows a large group of buildings connected by paths and and roads, with a parking lot in the center. Two large hangars are visible in the foreground. Three student dorms for TSTC campus can be seen side by side in the background.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Pre-Parole Transfer Facility at Sweetwater, Texas #3]

Photograph of several buildings gated with tall fencing on a road side. A large sign on the grass in the front of the gates reads, "Sweetwater, Texas pre-Parole Transfer Facility CI Concept Inc." Another sign hanging on the fence in the background reads, "No Weapons".

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Pre-Parole Transfer Facility at Sweetwater, Texas #1]

Photograph of the gated entrance to a group of small buildings in Sweetwater Texas. A road leads up to the metal gate, which is attached to a small, wooden guard-house. A sign in the yard in front of the gate reads, "Pre-Parole Transfer Facility," and indicates the name of a company called Concept Inc.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Sweetwater Visitor Map]

Map of central Sweetwater, Texas, with streets and a compass rose seen on the front and a map legend seen printed on the back.

Date: unknown

Creator: Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce Convention and Visitors Bureau

Item Type: Map

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Jacqueline Cochran and Roy Ward Shaking Hands]

Photograph of Jacqueline Cochran shaking hands with Col. Roy P. Ward while Mary Boles Nelson, Ethel Sheehy, and Dede Deaton look on. A poem titled "Avenger Field" is hanging on the wall behind Ward's head. The back of the photograph includes handwritten notes and is stamped "D. Deaton from D. Strother."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of the Instructors and Tower Operator at Avenger Field]

Photograph of twenty-two men and one woman arranged in two rows in front of a building. The typewritten label taped to the photograph's bottom edge identifies them as "instructors and tower operator (Alberta Head) at Avenger Field." The back of the photograph includes a handwritten note that reads, "Property of Madge Minton 43-W-4."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Statue of WASP at Memorial #2]

Photograph of a WASP memorial statue that can be seen in the center of a courtyard. Two large memorial plaques can be seen on either side of the courtyard in the foreground.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Avenger Field and TSTC From Above #3]

Aerial photograph of TSTC campus taking shape on the grounds of the Air Force Radar Station at Avenger Field, with a tall silo seen to the right, and what appears to be an old airstrip seen in the foreground.

Date: 1996?

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Aerial Photograph of Sweetwater's Municipal Airport #4]

Aerial photograph a small airport with three airstrips that cross each other.

Date: 1937

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Rigdon Edwards]

Photograph of Rigdon Edwards, one of the instructors of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program at Avenger Field. He is visible from the waist up and is wearing a peaked cap, leather jacket, button-down shirt, dark tie, and light-colored trousers.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Aerial Photograph of Airport and Runways #1]

Aerial photograph of Avenger Field facilities that shows three major intersecting runways, a group of buildings at the top left, and another group of interconnected buildings and pathways in the bottom left corner. There are small yellow circles with numbers, pasted to different areas of the photo.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Winter Scenes at Sweetwater]

Scrapbook page with nine photos featuring Air Force and WASP personnel playing in snow around Avenger Field buildings in Sweetwater.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Margaret Boylan and Her Family]

Photograph of WASP trainee Margaret Kerr Boylan, her parents, and siblings taken at Avenger Field. Boylan is wearing a cap, white shirt, and light-colored trousers while her family is dressed more formally. Airplanes and a woman wearing a flight suit are visible in the background.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Avenger Airfield Buildings]

Photograph of multiple rows of air field buildings on either side of a dirt street or court yard. Two ambulance vans can be seen parked in the foreground with a third vehicle.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[U.S. Army Service, World Flight at Sweetwater, Texas #3]

Photograph of four men standing in front of the left side of a small plane, under the wing. The two men on the left are wearing pilots clothing, while the two men on the right are wearing suits and hats. The plane has the words, "New Orleans," on the left front side.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Aerial Photograph of 683rd ACWRON at Avenger Field #3]

Photograph of the 683rd ACWRON at Avenger Field, taken from the air. The photo shows a group of small buildings interconnected by pathways and roads, and two aircraft hangars seen to the right.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Sweetwater Municipal Airport Buildings]

Photograph of two buildings on opposite side of a dirt road, surrounded by large fields of short grass. A larger dirt road runs past the buildings, in the foreground. There is text at the bottom that indicates the photo was taken by the War Department in 1941. There is also handwritten text on the back of the photo, indicating that the building is a First Operations Building.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP Relaxing]

Photograph of six trainees of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program relaxing in a common area. A building is visible through the window in the background. The back of the photograph is stamped "D. Deaton from D. Strother and includes two sets of handwritten notes.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Aerial Photograph of the Sweetwater Municipal Airport #2]

Aerial photograph of Sweetwater's municipal airport, showing the runways and hangars. There is white text at the bottom of the photo identifying the location of the airport.

Date: unknown

Creator: Howell, Courtney Johnnie

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP in the Mailroom]

Photograph of six trainees in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program and a male officer in the mail room. The male officer reaches across the counter he's standing behind to hand a piece of mail to one of the trainees. The counter contains a scale and several rubber stamps.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Debbie Lauax and Marg Lowell-Wallace]

Photograph of two trainees of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) wearing mechanic's coveralls and walking down a long porch at Avenger Field. The typewritten label attached to the photograph's bottom edge and the writing on the back identify the women as Debbie Lauax and Marg Lowell-Wallace. The back of the photograph also contains stamps for the A.A.F. Training Command and the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Jacqueline Cochran Standing in Front of a Microphone]

Photograph of Jacqueline Cochran standing in front of a microphone with her hands behind her back. A label taped to the bottom edge of the photograph reads, "Miss Cochran speaking at graduation of 43-W2. The back of the photograph includes a list of names and the stamp of the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce.

Date: 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Postcard from the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce to Margaret Hill, August 28, 1996]

Postcard from the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce to Margaret Hill inviting her to the WASP Reunion Committee Meeting.

Date: August 28, 1996

Creator: Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

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[USS Shenandoah Passing Over Nolan County Courthouse #3]

[Air Force Radar Station at Avenger Field #1]

[Pre-Parole Transfer Facility at Sweetwater, Texas #3]

[Pre-Parole Transfer Facility at Sweetwater, Texas #1]

[Sweetwater Visitor Map]

[Photograph of Jacqueline Cochran and Roy Ward Shaking Hands]

[Photograph of the Instructors and Tower Operator at Avenger Field]

[Statue of WASP at Memorial #2]

[Avenger Field and TSTC From Above #3]

[Aerial Photograph of Sweetwater's Municipal Airport #4]

[Photograph of Rigdon Edwards]

[Aerial Photograph of Airport and Runways #1]

[Winter Scenes at Sweetwater]

[Photograph of Margaret Boylan and Her Family]

[Avenger Airfield Buildings]

[U.S. Army Service, World Flight at Sweetwater, Texas #3]

[Aerial Photograph of 683rd ACWRON at Avenger Field #3]

[Sweetwater Municipal Airport Buildings]

[WASP Relaxing]

[Aerial Photograph of the Sweetwater Municipal Airport #2]

[WASP in the Mailroom]

[Photograph of Debbie Lauax and Marg Lowell-Wallace]

[Photograph of Jacqueline Cochran Standing in Front of a Microphone]

[Postcard from the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce to Margaret Hill, August 28, 1996]