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[Band Trip]

Description: Photograph of a group of female band members during a tour, posing in the bed of a truck; most of them are standing together and two women are seated on the edges. Lucile Turley and Vera Whetten (Pratt) are standing next to the truck, at left, and both are wearing sombrero-style hats with pom-pom fringe. There were boys in the band but they aren't included in the picture.
Date: 1941
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Graduating Class of 1944 from Academy in Colonia Juarez]

Description: Photograph of the graduating class of 1944 from Academy in Colonia Juarez, Mexico posing outside the school. They are posing in alternating rows of women and men, with the first two rows kneeling or seated on the ground and the others lined up behind them. A large gate and a number of trees are visible behind them.
Date: May 1944
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Barbara's First Horseback Ride]

Description: Photograph of Barbara Barret seated on a light-colored horse. They appear to be in a yard, with a tree just to the right near a clothesline or small structure; other trees are visible in the background.
Date: Summer 1945
Creator: Pratt, Vera Whetten
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Barbara's First Trip to the colonies]

Description: Photograph of Barbara Barret standing outside near a large hedge in a residential area of Colonia Juarez. The photograph is taken at at 45-degree angle and a house is visible across the street in the background.
Date: Summer 1945
Creator: Pratt, Vera Whetten
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Barbara's First Visit to Mexico]

Description: Photograph of Barbara Barret getting into the passenger side of a pickup truck to go to Colonia Juarez. BShe is standing with her left leg on the running board and her right arm holding the door by the open window.
Date: Summer 1945
Creator: Pratt, Vera Whetten
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Barbara's Ride on the Horse Drawn Banana Cart]

Description: Photograph of Barbara Barret and Vera Whetten standing to the left side of a horse hitched to a banana cart. Barbara has her left leg bent at the knee and her right hand is holding onto the horse harness. Several buildings are visible in the background.
Date: Summer 1945
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Deplaning]

Description: Photograph of Aunt Belle Foutz and Barbara Barret standing on the last step of a small staircase, while deplaning in Casas Grandes, arriving from Nogales, Arizona. Part of the plane is visible at right, where the door is open, and a wing is visible just behind them, as well as a second plane in the background.
Date: Summer 1945
Creator: Pratt, Vera Whetten
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Sister Romney and Boys Waiting for a Train]

Description: Photograph of (L-R) Sister Romney, Maxell Romney, Maxell's nephew, and Lindon Bluth leaning up against a railing under a tree while waiting for a train.
Date: Summer 1945
Partner: El Paso Community College

[The Train Finally Came]

Description: Photograph of (L-R) Flora Jean Taylor, Maxell Romney, Rollabon Bluth, and Vera Whetten standing in front of an open door in the the caboose of a train. Rollabon has his foot resting on a step and Vera is resting her right side on his left leg. A man is visible behind them, looking out the opposite door.
Date: Summer 1945
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Vera, Linden, and Demar Waiting for the Train]

Description: Photograph of Vera Whetten, Linden Bluth, and Demar Farnsworth leaning up against a white wooden railing at a train depot. Vera Whetten is wearing a floral print dress and is holding a bag under her left arm. Linden Bluth is wearing pants and a white T-shirt that is rolled up on sleeves.
Date: Summer 1945
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Pre-Bull fight Parade]

Description: Photograph of Madelyn Hatch (left), Valentin Valenzuela, and Vera Pratt (right) on horseback. They are setting up before handing the flags to women leading the parade as flagbearers. Fences are visible behind them.
Date: [1946-09-15..1946-09-16]
Creator: Fotos Soto
Partner: El Paso Community College

[A Visit to the Caves]

Description: Photograph of Toni Marie Jones standing inside a cave with openings behind her and to her left side at the Cueva de la Olla site. The wall above her is covered with names and text that have been scratched into the stone.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jones, Christine
Location: 30.152958 -108.325798
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Photo of Gerald and Carol Hatch, 1974]

Description: Photograph taken around Halloween-time of Gerald and Carol Hatch, visible from the chest up, standing together in front of a beige curtain. Carol is wearing a beige blazer and Gerald is wearing a grey pinstripe suit.
Date: Autumn 1974
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Photo of Gerald and Carol Hatch, 1975]

Description: Full-length photograph of Gerald and Carol Hatch posing together in front of a black curtain, in a gym or area with wooden flooring at Juarez Stake Academy. Gerald is seated in a wooden chair and is wearing a grey suit with a darker, patterned necktie. Carol Hatch is standing behind him, angled toward the left side of the image, wearing a long-sleeved, floor-length red plaid dress with ruffles around the collar, cuffs, and bodice.
Date: 1975
Location: 30.307376 -108.080931
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Tub Time Photo]

Description: Photograph of baby Curtis Whetten sitting in a silver washtub on a sidewalk outside, next to Shawn Whetten who is standing slightly behind and to the right of the tub. Part of a yard and a building are visible in the background.
Date: 1975
Creator: Whetten, LaVon
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Ranch Life Photo]

Description: Photograph of a group of boys watching while two men hold a calf on the ground; one man (kneeling behind) is holding the calf's left front leg and a second man (standing at left) is holding a metal rod against its mouth. Curtis Whetten is sitting on the ground at right and holding the calf's left hind leg stretched out. The boys who are watching are identified as: Pablo Quintana, Arturo Ordaz, and Luis Fimbres.
Date: [1978..1979]
Creator: Brown, Joyce
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Shawn's Birthday Party Photo]

Description: Photograph of six children standing outside the Wetten's house at a birthday party for Shawn. Curtis Whetten is standing at the front, wearing an oversized hat, jacket, pants, and boots; his mother LaVon is standing at the right helping him and the other children are standing behind.
Date: 1979
Creator: Whetten, Relva
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Fun at the Ranch Photo]

Description: Photograph of Curtis Whetten, as a child (around age 3 or 4), sitting on a brown horse named Josco. They are standing in a barren desert area and mountains are visible in the far background.
Date: December 13, 1979
Creator: Whetten, Larayne
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Halloween Fair Photo]

Description: Photograph of Curtis Whetten (left) aged 7 and Shawn Whetten (right) aged 8, wearing costumes and seated in a decorative wooden bench in front of a black curtain at a Halloween Fair. Both of the boys are wearing large sombrero-style hats and bandanas over their faces. Curtis is wearing a striped sarape over his right shoulder and draped on his lap; Shawn Whetten is wearing a brown bandolier belt over his right shoulder and across his chest over an oversized black jacket.
Date: October 1981
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Fourth Grade Class Photograph Juarez Stake Academy]

Description: Photograph of the 1984-1985 fourth grade class at the Juarez Stake Academy in Colonia Juarez, Mexico, posing together on the steps in front of the entrance to La Primaria, the old elementary school. There are 21 children standing in three lines, along with the principal, George Tur (left) and their teacher, Myrna Salgado (right) standing with the back row. The students include Garret Hatch (front row, far left, wearing a green-and-white striped shirt), Denise Hatch (second row, center, wearing… more
Date: 1985
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Colonial Centennial School Program Photo]

Description: Photograph of Curtis Whetten and Denise Hatch in the Colonial Centennial Culture Night School program. Curtis Whetten is wearing a brown velvet charro suit with gold trim. Denise Hatch is wearing a sombrero with red trim, white and blue embroidered blouse, multicolored shawl as a belt, and green and red long skirt with beadwork. They are walking out on a wooden floor in front of a black curtain.
Date: August 1985
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Curtis Whetten and Tammy Ruvalcaba in Costume]

Description: Photograph of Curtis Whetten and Tammy Ruvalcaba posing together during Colonial Centennial Culture Night School program. Curti is wearing a brown velvet charro suit with gold trim and is kneeling on his left knee, with Tammy sitting on his right knee. Tammy is wearing a sombrero with red trim, a white blouse with pink and green embroidery, a red and green long skirt with beadwork and has a multicolored shawl wrapped around her.
Date: August 1985
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Photo of Gerald and Carol Hatch, 1986]

Description: Studio portrait of Gerald and Carol Hatch, visible from the waist up, standing in front of a textured brown backdrop. Gerald (right) is wearing a brown suit and Carol (left) is wearing a long-sleeved striped blouse; they are angled slightly toward one another while facing the camera.
Date: 1986
Creator: Photo-Soto Studio
Partner: El Paso Community College

[Hanging from the Train to Colonia Chuichupa Photo]

Description: Photograph of 4 people hanging out the side of a yellow train car while traveling from Casas Grandes to Chuichupa, Mexico. They are identified (left-to-right) as unknown, Nina Taylor, Katrina Whetten and Joey Gaspar de Alba, who is holding onto a handlebar on the side of the train. There are rocky mountains and vegetation visible in the background and on the right side of the image, near where the train is passing.
Date: Summer 1987
Creator: Whetten, Robert
Partner: El Paso Community College
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