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News Article on Air Base Plans

Description: Copy negative of a newspaper article titled "Abilene Pledges Land If Air Base Permanent. 3,500 Acres More Needed for Field". A picture in the article shows three men standing by each other at an air strip, including Dan Boone, C. E. Rylander and John Trommershausser. At the top of the newspaper it reads "Texas, Thursday Evening, January 17, 1952 - Twenty-Two Pages in Two Sections".
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of ROTC Extended Orders]

Description: Photograph of military personnel performing drills in a field at Simmons College in Abilene, Texas. Anna Hall can be seen in the background. Typed note below the photo reads, “Military, Extended Orders, Academy Military Drill - 1905.”
Date: 1905
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of ROTC Extended Orders]

Description: Photograph of military personnel performing drills in a field at Simmons College in Abilene, Texas. Anna Hall can be seen in the background. Typed note below the photo reads, “Military, Extended Orders, Simmons College, Abilene.”
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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[News Clip: Mount Pleasant]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: November 25, 1964
Duration: 1 minute 01 second
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Correspondence from J. P. Sewell]

Description: Indorsement correspondence from J. P. Sewell to the commanding officer at Abilene Christian College Unit, S. A. T. C., stating that a telephone will be placed in the men's barracks within a few days.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sewell, J. P.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Christmas Parade

Description: Photograph of a military float at a Christmas Parade in Abilene. A crowd is watching by the side of the street in front of Mack Eplen's Cafeteria and another building. There are cars parked on the street.
Date: 1956
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Men Peeling Potatoes

Description: Copy negative of a group of men (two of whom are identified as Jack Gressett and Fred Lee Hughes) preparing food for a Dyess Air Force Base picnic. In the foreground, three men in aprons are peeling potatoes over a metal trash can and a fourth man sits behind them. Another man wearing a jumpsuit is standing off to the right. In the background, there is a brick wall with a metal door and a 'No Smoking' notice painted on it; four more men in aprons are facing the wall and appear to be leaning o… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Man Serving Barbecue

Description: Copy negative of three people, inside a building, at a Dyess Air Force Base picnic. One man, wearing an apron appears to be serving food from a metal pan to a second man and a woman who are holding paper plates. Various objects are sitting on the table with the food pans and other objects (including a metal trash can) are visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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