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[Group at Patterson Family Clambake]

Photograph of a small group of men lounging on the ground at the Patterson family clambake.

Date: 1945~

Partner: Midwestern State University

[Kilgore Brothers in Uniform]

Photograph of two uniformed young men, Joseph and Charles Kilgore, standing outdoors with their grandfather Chester Knight and an unidentified elderly woman. Behind them is a partially visible house with a wooden fence.

Date: 1945

Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Patterson Family Clambake]

Photograph of Patterson's family gathering at a clambake. Various people are sitting on the ground or standing in groups.

Date: 1945~

Partner: Midwestern State University

[Waldo Patterson]

Photograph of Waldo Patterson beneath a tree. He is wearing a baseball hat and button-up shirt.

Date: 1945~

Partner: Midwestern State University

[Gleaners in Tempe, AZ Freshman Year of College]

Photograph of the Gleaners during their freshman year of college, posing in a line in front of a blank wall in the Institute Building at Arizona State College. The women are wearing long dresses with corsages pinned over their left breasts, and two of the women near the center are holding unidentified objects. Names (L to R): Vera Whetten (Pratt), Lucile Turley, Eloise Randal (leader), Barbara Barrett, Glenna Pratt, Lucille Hanson, Sister Turley and husband (behind), Lorna Fish, Ann Shumway,… more

Date: 1945-03?

Creator: Randal, Judge

Partner: El Paso Community College

[Barbara's First Horseback Ride]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Sorority Initiation]

Photograph of new members positing together during part of their initiation into the sorority, wearing sheets for a week and green lipstick and green nail polish. Vera Pratt is sitting on top of the gate post. Five women are standing in front of the gate post are identified (L-R): Anna Maybin, Barbara Barret, Glenna Pratt, Lucile Turley, Ann Shumway.

Date: September 1945

Partner: El Paso Community College

[Sorority Initiation Solo]

Photograph of Vera Whetten Pratt wearing a white sheet and sitting on top of a gate post during initiation into a sorority at Arizona State College. Trees are visible behind her.

Date: September 1945

Partner: El Paso Community College