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[Photograph of S. Omar Barker at Adobe Ranch posing with the deer he killed in a hunt]

Description: Photograph of S. Omar Barker at Adobe Ranch posing with the deer he killed in a hunt. His rifle is in front of him, the stock on the ground and the barrel across the deer. He has his right hand on the deer horns. Trees in background. Type written on back of photograph is this poem: "There are smiles that look too sappy, There are smiles not worth a shuck, But the smile that always proves you're happy Is that smile when you've bagged your buck! [signed] S. Omar Barker--Adobe Ranch, Oct. 12/44" a… more
Date: October 12, 1944
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Albert Peyton George with his trophy prong-horn antelope from a hunt]

Description: Photograph of Albert Peyton George with his trophy Prong-horn Antelope from a hunt on the Adobe Ranch. Mr. George is holding the horn of the antelope in his right hand. Mr. George is wearing pants, shirt, sweater, tie, jacket, and a cap. Typewritten in black on back of photograph: "To Albert George our hats we doff: He downed this buck from a fur piece off! Adobe Ranch, Oct. 12/44" . Also written in pencil: "22 6". The photograph has scalloped edging.
Date: October 12, 1944
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Photograph of Admiral Bryant and Captain Baker]

Description: Photograph of Rear Admiral Carleton Bryant standing with Captain Charles Baker on board the U.S.S. Texas in the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York. According to the photo, the large shell between the men was one that "penetrated the ship off Cherbourg." Both men are wearing their black dress uniforms, with the ship's large guns looming overhead.
Date: October 12, 1944
Creator: United States. Navy.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

[Letter from W. W. Overton to I. H. Kempner, October 18, 1944]

Description: Letter from W. W. Overton to I. H. Kempner responding to Mr. I. H. Kempner regarding a brochure about the University of Texas Medical School prepared by the Galveston Chamber of Commerce. He expresses their intent to forward the brochure's contents to Senator Graves and other influential Dallas members as requested, despite the limitations of their own acquaintanceship.
Date: October 18, 1944
Creator: Overton, W. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from The Committee of Correspondence, 1944]

Description: Letter from Students' Association (University of Texas). Committee of Correspondence discussing concerns about the policies of the Board of Regents of the University of Texas, alleging that they endanger the University's development by stifling freedom of thought and expression. It references a previous statement by President Homer P. Rainey and elaborates on instances where faculty members were reprimanded for their opinions, notably three economics teachers dismissed for actions during a patr… more
Date: 1944~
Creator: Students' Association (University of Texas). Committee of Correspondence.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, October 12, 1944]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing flying with poor weather from Louisville to Newark, seeing a play, riding an airliner, getting a hotel room, her dental health, and people she met. Written on Hotel Frances (Monroe, LA) stationary.
Date: October 12, 1944
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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