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Rubbing of WASP Plaque Names

Description: Rubbing taken by Rigdon Edwards from some of the name plaques at the WASP memorial in Sweetwater at the bequest of a WASP named "Rexy", with a note from her about the monument and those who helped create it.
Date: August 23, 1993
Creator: Edwards, Rigdon, Jr.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP Bookmark]

Description: Bookmark commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Women Airforce Service Pilots with an illustration of the Graduate statue designed by Dorothy Swain Lewis. The back of the bookmark includes a quote from the WASP and information about the event.
Date: 1993
Creator: Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Legal-Sized Envelope from the Women Airforce Service Pilots #1]

Description: Legal-sized envelope with the Women Airforce Service Pilots insignia in the upper left corner and a 50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication cancellation stamp form Avenger Field station on May 22, 1993, Sweetwater, Texas 79556 and a twenty-nine-cent U.S. stamp that reads "Allies land in North Africa November 1942."
Date: May 22, 1993
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Legal-Sized Envelope from the Women Airforce Service Pilots #2]

Description: Legal-sized envelope with the Women Airforce Service Pilots insignia in the upper left corner and a 50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication cancellation stamp form Avenger Field station on May 22, 1993, Sweetwater, Texas 79556 and a twenty-nine-cent U.S. stamp that reads "Allies decipher secret enemy codes, 1942."
Date: May 22, 1993
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[List of Avenger Field Buildings]

Description: List of several buildings at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, with some at the top crossed out and many with notes on their construction and renovation. Pencil notes can be seen in the right edge of the page about gathering "original shots" and "current shots" of all the buildings.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Historic Building Notes on Avenger Field]

Description: Partial list of building developments to the area around Avenger Field over time, with lines crossed off and estimated set of project completion dates seen at the bottom. The page is part of preparation notes for the application materials sent to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for Avenger Field, Sweetwater.
Date: unknown
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP Veteran Speaking at Event]

Description: Photograph of a WASP veteran speaking on stage at a major event for the Women Airforce Service Pilots. Several people are seated on stage behind the podium. A red, white, and blue banner lines the front of the stage and several people are visible on the ground floor.
Date: 1993-08?
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASPs on Stage at 50th Anniversary Reunion]

Description: Photograph of four WASP veterans standing behind the head table at the 50th Anniversary celebration in Sweetwater, Texas. There is a large "50" on the wall, to the right of which is a reproduction of the WASP mascot "Fifinella." Two younger women stand in the center foreground in front of the stage, and a man stands by a podium on the right.
Date: August 1993
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP 50th Anniversary envelope]

Description: An envelope printed by Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII for the 50th anniversary of the WASP and a monument dedication at Avenger Field. It features a drawing of an Avenger Field hangar and tower, a trainer aircraft, and a WASP wearing a flight cap. Included is a first class stamp commemorating World War II rationing.
Date: 1993
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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