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[Image of frame containing Junior Police Badges with description]

Description: Photograph of frame containing two different Junior Police Badges with description. Futher comments not in the image follow: "These badges were issued in the 1940’s. A few citizens were frequent riders with the Arlington Police. Riders did not carry guns, but did wear these badges when on patrol. Badges were returned to desk officer at the end of shift.
Date: 1940
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Arlington Public Library

[Image of a Special Police Badge issued by Chief Ott Cribbs]

Description: Photograph of a Special Police Badge issued by Chief Ott Cribbs. The badge is made of brass-like material in an oval shape with scrolling, a star, other figures and "Arlington Special Officer" stamped into the metal. The badge is on a block of wood with a placard behind. The placard reads: "In the late 1940's and early 1950's, when extra police officers were needed, Chief Ott Cribbs distributed these Special Officer Badges to individuals he could trust. The practice ceased in 1954 when a Res… more
Date: [1940..1954]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Arlington Public Library

40 PBYs on Lake Worth

Description: Aerial photograph of forty airplanes floating on Lake Worth. According to Jeff Rhodes: "On 22 November 1940, Consolidated Aircraft Chief Test Pilot Bill Wheatley contacted newspaper publisher and Fort Worth, Texas, civic booster Amon G. Carter, explaining the company had been ordered to transfer 200 PBY Catalina patrol seaplanes (37 of the aircraft can be seen in this photo) from San Diego, California, to Britain and that the crews were in immediate need of a layover point. In just eight days, … more
Date: November 30, 1940
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.812158 -97.451343
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[War Ration Book One: James Steeley]

Description: Book of ration stamps belonging to James Harvey Steeley. These books were distributed to Americans during World War II. There are many stamps in the book.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[War Ration Book One: William Hughes, Jr.]

Description: Book of ration stamps belonging to William Lee Hughes, Jr. These books were distributed to Americans during World War II. There are many stamps in the book.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[War Ration Book One: Mary Lou Thop]

Description: Book of ration stamps belonging to Mary Lou Thorp. These books were distributed to Americans during World War II. There are many stamps in the book.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[T&P Train #717]

Description: Photograph of T&P train #717 in Fort Worth, Texas. There are other trains visible behind the first, and two water towers in the background. Written underneath the image are "[sic] Fort Worth Texas Mar 27 1940" and "H. E. Chelf."
Date: March 27, 1940
Creator: Chelf, H. E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Texas Engine #908 and Car]

Description: Photograph of train engine #908 and attached car on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "Texas & Pacific" and "908" are visible on the side. Additional tracks lay to the side in front. Part of another train sits on the tracks in the right background. Handwritten text below the image says, "Fort Worth, Texas 1940."
Date: 1940
Creator: Lorenz, Bob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Grace Museum

[1940 Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class]

Description: Photograph of the 1940 Ahavath Sholom confirmation class standing around the altar of the synagogue located downtown on Taylor Street in Fort Worth, Texas. From left to right, the members of the photograph are: Front row: Bertha Haller, Gloria Sheinberg (Swann). Back row: Rabbi Philip Graubart, Margie Cohen (Levingston), Dorothy Bergman, Jennie Moses (Winkler)(teacher), Dorothy Cohen, Shirley Garston (Cohen), Annie Kaplan, Betty Daiches (Sher).
Date: 1940
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[Three men working on a set]

Description: Photograph of three men working on a set. Two of the men are using a hammer while one is using a drill. The WBAP-TV van can be seen behind them.
Date: [1940..1955]
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[War Ration Book Number 3: Margie Bennett]

Description: Book of ration stamps belonging to Margie Marie Bennett. These books were distributed to Americans during World War II. There are many stamps in the book.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Hall of Honor Article]

Description: Article entitled "Hall of Honor" about Col. Valin Woodward, USAF, who is being inducted into the Military Science Hall of Honor by the University of Texas at Arlington, which he attended when it was the North Texas Agricultural College.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[War Ration Book Four: Arthenia Gardner]

Description: Book of ration stamps belonging to Arthenia Gardner. These books were distributed to Americans during World War II. There are many stamps in the book.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[War Ration Book One: Roxie Steeley]

Description: Book of ration stamps belonging to Roxie Mamie Steeley. These books were distributed to Americans during World War II. There are many stamps in the book.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum
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