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[Photograph of Unknown Road #9]

Photograph of unknown road. Within the image telephone poles line either side of the road as well as empty fields. On the right side there is a rail road crossing sign.

Date: November 29, 1940

Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.

Partner: Texas Department of Transportation

[Photograph of Barricades at West End of Project]

Photograph of barricades at the west end of a road construction project. On either side of the road telephone poles, and trees spaced out. Two wooded barricades are on opposite sides of the road with a sign to the right that reads "Slow" and "A WPA Project".

Date: November 29, 1940

Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.

Partner: Texas Department of Transportation

[Photograph of Chandler Creek Construction]

Photograph of construction on Chandler Creek. Two workers are visible around the construction with one to the right holding a flag. Along the left side there is construction equipment and two signs that read "slow".

Date: November 29, 1940

Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.

Partner: Texas Department of Transportation

40 PBYs on Lake Worth

Aerial photograph of forty airplanes floating on Lake Worth. According to Jeff Rhodes: "On 22 November 1940, Consolidated Aircraft Chief Test Pilot Bill Wheatley contacted newspaper publisher and Fort Worth, Texas, civic booster Amon G. Carter, explaining the company had been ordered to transfer 200 PBY Catalina patrol seaplanes (37 of the aircraft can be seen in this photo) from San Diego, California, to Britain and that the crews were in immediate need of a layover point. In just eight days, … more

Date: November 30, 1940

Location: 32.812158 -97.451343

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Dress]

Photograph of a woman is mostly a head shout from the shoulders up with no objects in the background. The dress is elegant with a decorative design in front of dress. There is a note on the back of the photograph in Spanish.

Date: November 19, 1940

Partner: Hispanic Heritage Center of Texas

[Group Photograph of "H" Battery of the 197th Coast Artillery]

Group photograph of members of "H" Battery of the 197th Coast Artillery, taken at Camp Hulen near Palacios, Texas. The men are arranged into six rows, all wearing their uniforms with their ties tucked into their shirts.

Date: November 20, 1940

Partner: Palacios Area Historical Association

[Photograph of an Armistice Day Parade in Palacios, Texas]

Photograph of Main Street during an Armistice Day parade in Palacios, Texas in 1940. The troops photographed here are those from Battery D 203 Coast Artillery, and from the federalized Texas National Guard.

Date: November 11, 1940

Partner: Palacios Area Historical Association

[Photograph of the 203rd Coast Artillery Band]

Group photograph, made up of three taped photos, of the 203rd Coast Artillery band. The photograph shows the drums of the band with the slogan "don't kick our dog," printed on the largest one.

Date: November 18, 1940

Partner: Palacios Area Historical Association

[Photograph of the 203rd Coast Artillery Regimental Band]

Photograph, made from two pictures taped together, of the 203rd Coast Artillery regimental band posing for a group picture at Camp Hulen. According to the text on the back of the photograph, this regiment is from the Missouri National Guard and had arrived after entering federal service.

Date: November 18, 1940

Partner: Palacios Area Historical Association

[Woman Holding Child]

Photograph of a woman holding a child and standing in front of a fireplace and mantel. The photographer wrote the name "Raymond Brooks" on the negative envelope.

Date: November 7, 1940

Creator: Douglass, Neal