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[Pamphlet About Army Headquarters in Deauville, France]

Description: Pamphlet outlining information related to the headquarters of the Ninth U.S. Army while it was located in Deauville, France. It includes background information about the city, locations of various amenities available to army personnel, and other relevant information.
Date: 1945-07~
Creator: United States. Army. Army, 9th.
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

S. D. Myres Saddle Company Catalog: [1944]

Description: Catalog listing items for sale by the S. D. Myres Saddle Company, including decorative leather gun holsters, belts and buckles, briefcases, and knife sheaths. Entries include descriptions of the items with prices, and photos of the items alone or worn by men in uniform.
Date: 1944~
Creator: S. D. Myres Saddle Company
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Drawing of Sam Myres]

Description: Drawing of Sam Myres in a cowboy hat and black neck tie. He has a white mustache, goatee, and shoulder length hair. On the bottom right of the drawing "Always" is written and signed by "Dad".
Date: 1944
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Sam Myres can recall the real west]

Description: Newspaper clipping detailing Sam Myres and his legacy as one of the last to be able to recall the real wild west. The article goes on to talk about how Myres was friends with "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Pawnee Bill, Will Rogers, and Pancho Villa. It also talks about how he started becoming involved in the saddle trade, learning the skill and then opening up his own shop at a mere twenty-two years of age. Myres also talks about his disdain for western films due to the fact that he feels they are not ve… more
Date: May 16, 1948
Creator: Myres, Sam
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Letter from S. D. Myres Saddle Company to Ernest Daniel, January 6, 1941]

Description: Letter from Ernest Daniel to the S. D. Myres Saddle Company discussing their interest in Daniel selling them his plot of land located near their manufacturing plant. Daniel, though appreciative of the offer, expresses a desire to keep the plot of land so he can eventually retire and move there.
Date: January 6, 1941
Creator: S. D. Myres Saddle Company
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Letter from Sylvia Marsili to Francis Duclos, August 15, 1945]

Description: Letter from Sylvia Marsili to Francis Duclos discussing that Duclos will be leaving on August 18, 1945 from the military HQ to Thionville, France, Landau, Bamberg, Freising, and Weisbaden, Germany on temporary duty for fourteen days. This letter is restricted and is issued by command of General Eisenhower.
Date: August 15, 1945
Creator: Marsili, Sylvia
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Photograph of Sam Myres posing with a man and two children]

Description: Photograph of Sam Myres wearing a black cowboy hat, a button up jacket, and a white button up shirt tucked in. He is also wearing dark pants and cowboy boots. To his right, there is a man wearing a white button up shirt with a tan cowboy hat. To his right, there is a young girl with short curly hair wearing a button up top, she is holding a white cowboy hat. Next to her is a young boy who is wearing a cowboy hat and striped button up shirt. There is a horse to the far right slightly in the back… more
Date: September 5, 1949
Creator: Myres, Sam
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Brochure of the Military Government in Germany]

Description: Book concerning the "Military Government [in] Germany" now that the allied forces had made their way into Germany. The Table of Contents shows each section dealing with the abrogation, dissolution, or altering of policies that had been set forth by the Nazi Party in 1933. The text on the front page says this book contains "Proclamation, Laws, Ordinaces and Notices. Directives and Instructions to German Police."
Date: November 7, 1944
Creator: United States. Army.
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Ration Book One with Certificate of Ownership]

Description: Certificate of ownership of a "War Ration Book One." The text on the front fold contains information about penalties one could receive for false information, and what to do if you find a lost book. To the left is the signature of the book holder, Lou Jane Wyatt, and on the reverse side of the top fold there is her personal information including: address, height, weight, hair color, etc.
Date: 1942
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Envelope from C. D. Dancer to Mrs. Wm. M. Brenner]

Description: Envelope addressed to Mrs. Wm. M. Brenner from C. D. Dancer. This envelope has three stamps on it in the upper right corner, two are of George Washington, and one is of Abraham Lincoln; the illustration on the bottom left corner shows a boot stepping on the heads of the three Axis Powers leaders: Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Emperor Hirohito.
Date: [1941..1945]
Creator: Dancer, C. D.
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Letter from Mrs. Sophie Gabrick to Captain Charles R. Griggs, May 17, 1945]

Description: Letter from Mrs. Sophie Gabrick - written by Mrs. C. R. Carlson - to Captain Charles R. Griggs thanking him for his letter regarding her son's death. She thanks Griggs and the other men and women for their service and hopes that the war will be over soon. Included, also, is the envelope the letter was delivered in.
Date: May 17, 1945
Creator: Gabrick, Sophie & Carlson, Mrs. C. R.
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Marjorie N. Forester's Ration Book Identification Stub and Application Card]

Description: Ration book application and identification stub belongingto Marjorie N. Forester in Roscoe, Texas. The identification stub has instructions that read: "After completing this application, tear off this stub and be sure to keep it until you get your war ration book no. 3." The application says it must be mailed between June 1 and June 10, 1943.
Date: June 9, 1943
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

[Report of the Account Balance for Company B 49th Armored Infantry Battalion]

Description: Report concerning the status of the financial account balance of Company B 49th Armored Infantry Battalion, signed by Charles R. Griggs and two other men. The statement shows that this company has $89.84 on hand, with no cash in the bank; the next section shows that these funds were transferred from Griggs to Walter E. Alroud, with a final certification signed off at the bottom of the page. The text at the top of the second page acknowledging that the company's funds were "audited and found c… more
Date: [1945-06..1945-07]
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum

War Ration Book No. 3

Description: Ration book issued to Marjorie N. Forester, a house wife of a soldier overseas; the front cover contains information about Forester's address, sex, weight, height, age, and occupation. This book has four sheets of stamps inserted into the middle.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration
Partner: Pioneer City County Museum
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