Where the West Begins: Capturing Fort Worth's Historic Treasures - 10 Matching Results
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- [B-58 Justler Scramble Photo]
- Scramble photo of a Convair B-58 Hustler airplane.
- [B-58 Anniversary Flight]
- B.A. Erickson, C.P. Harrison, and J.D. McEachern get into the crew stations of a Convair B-58 airplane on the B-58 Anniversary Flight.
- [Crew of Last Flight of B-36 #51]
- The crew of the last flight of Convair airplane B-36 #51 stand next to the nose of the plane. Standing Left to Right: J.D. Taylor, J.C. Lucas, J.L. Blackmaon, L.N. Slayton, A.C. Lewis, Kneeling: M.L. Brooks, F.B. Petty, J.E. Gonsalves
- Delivery of First Sam Sack Airplane
- Photograph of the delivery of the first Sam Sack airplane in July 1953.
- Delivery of First Sam Sack Airplane
- Photograph of the delivery of the first Sam Sack airplane in July 1953.
- 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, Carter, with the help of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, arranged for fuel, food, lodging for the flight crews, and moorings for the aircraft in Lake Worth. To keep the mission secret, the public was told the planes were in Fort Worth to weather out a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. The quick response from Carter and the Chamber of Commerce later helped convince Consolidated Aircraft to build a manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, which is still in operation and today is home to a completely different breed of Cat-- the F-35."
- [Letter from W.J. Johnson to Mrs. Isaac Zachary Taylor Morris]
- Letter from W.J. Johnson to Mrs. Isaac Zachary Taylor Morris (Isabella Waters Morris). The letter was written October 30, 1914.
- Lena Ellis on her 5th Birthday, 1894
- Studio photograph of Lena Ellis on her fifth birthday. Her hair is short, dark and parted in the middle. She is wearing a large, long white dress with a sash and poofy sleeves. Her shoes are black with buckles and she holds a bouquet of flowers in her right hand. She is standing on top of a grass pile with a wooden fence behind her. Printed beneath the photograph is, "Works, Cor. 3rd and Main Streets. Fort Worth. Tex." Written is, "Lena Ellis".
- [Letter from H. Howard to J.F. Higgason, March 30 1888]
- Letter from J.F. Higgason to H. Howard. The letter is dated March 30, 1888.
- [Letter to Milton Parks from cousin, March 30 1865
- This letter written to Milton Parks by his cousin "Bub". The letter is dated 03-30-1865