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[Joe Clark, HBSS Relaxing in a Hammock (2)]

Description: Photograph of Joe Clark lying in a hammock at his home in Farmington Hills, Michigan. He is holding a rope to help rock the hammock. A poem titled "If You Want to Catch a Fish" is typed to the right of the image on a mat. Photo By: Bernice Clark. Clark PhotoFile: 8054-R1-21
Date: July 12, 1961
Creator: Clark, Joe
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Man holding a Falstaff can]

Description: Photograph of a slide depicting a cartoon illustration of a man resting on a hammock. He is wearing a shirt, pants, and shoes. He can be seen holding up a Falstaff can. Behind him, there is a house with fences. There are clouds in the sky.
Date: September 1, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Waddell's Ranch / People in Midland]

Description: Two sets of photographs, one with pictures of Waddell's Ranch (front) and the other with pictures of people around Midland (back). Ranching pictures on the front: (823) A herd of cattle, mostly stationary; (824) Several cowboys on horses grouped together; (825) Several cowboys on horses grouped together near a trough; (826) Cowboys and several women on the porch of a two-story wooden building posing for a photograph. Portraits on the back: (827) Four people standing together outside a house; (8… more
Date: 190X
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Partner: Midland Historical Society

[Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, June 10, 1902]

Description: Handwritten letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz, aboard the USS Indiana (BB-1), describes sleeping in a hammock and the crowded conditions aboard ship. He mentions there is a band aboard ship that plays concerts every morning and evening. Nimitz expresses relief to have his plebe year completed. This letter is on US Naval Academy stationery.
Date: June 10, 1902
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Transcript of Letter from Chester W. Nimitz to William Nimitz, June 10, 1902]

Description: Transcription of letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz, aboard the USS Indiana (BB-1), describes sleeping in a hammock and the crowded conditions aboard ship. He mentions there is a band aboard ship that plays concerts every morning and evening. Nimitz expresses relief to have his plebe year completed.
Date: June 10, 1902
Creator: Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Hammock or Swing.

Description: Patent for a new and improved hammock. This design consists in "the combination of a suspended canopy, consisting of a hoop provided with screw-eyes and having a textile covering and a mosquito-netting secured thereto and depending therefrom, with a basket consisting of a hoop, a suitably-constructed bottom, a cushion, and a guard . . . and supporting-ropes secured at their lower portions to the basket and to the guard, and having snap-hooks at their upper ends adapted to engage the screw-eyes … more
Date: April 24, 1888
Creator: Broderick, Martin
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hammock.

Description: Patent for a new and improved hammock. This design "is to provide a . . . hammock which is simple and durable in construction, very comfortable, and yielding to the motion of the body, at the same time avoiding the catching of buttons on the dress, as is frequently the case with hammocks having meshes. The invention consists of a number of slats, each provided at its ends with a transverse aperture, through which passes a cord or wire for holding the slats together to form the hammock" (lines 7… more
Date: October 2, 1888
Creator: Norris, Barry A.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Charles Stasny Photo Sheet-3]

Description: Page from scrapbook showing the travels of Charles Stasny during the war. The photo on the front is a man lying in a hammock. Another man leans against the hammock stand behind the man lying down. The back top photo is three shirtless men posing in front of a tent. The back bottom left photo is a path to a small house. The back bottom right is a man leaning against a frame covered in vines and bushes. The photographs are mounted on a piece of black scrapbook paper.
Date: 1943~
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Letter from Grover Barron Bishop to Grover Bishop, January 19, 1936]

Description: Letter sent by Grover Barron Bishop to his father discussing life at the Naval Training Station in San Diego, California. He discusses his daily schedule, meals, sleeping in hammocks, differences between Southerners and Northerners, the station's cleanliness, and the Navy's strict ways of doing things.
Date: January 19, 1936
Creator: Bishop, Grover Barron
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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