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Horse; Man with Horse; Man with Horse; Man on Horse

Description: Copy negative of four pictures. The first is of a saddled horse standing in an open area. The second is of a man wearing a coat standing with a saddled horse with a wagon in the background. The third is of a man standing near a horse. The fourth is of a person in light clothing riding a horse with mountains in the distance. One of the men is V. C. Perini Jr. They are Pershing's cavalry troops.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Men with Horses in Horse Corral; Men Saddling Horses by Fence of Horse Corral; Men on Truck; Three Men on Truck Loaded with Square Hay Bales

Description: Copy negative of four pictures. One is of horses and men in a corral with a hill behind them. One is of men saddling the horses in the corral with a hill behind them. One is of men in a truck in an open area. One is of a man standing on top of a load of square bales of hay on a truck while another stands on the ground facing him. They are Pershing's cavalry troops.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

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

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

Men in Military

Description: 1 copy negative of a group of men riding on a military vehicle. The men are located at the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Training unit in Abilene. There is a sign attached to the side of the vehicle.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Group at S. A. C. Headquarters

Description: Copy negative of a group of men at the United States Air Force Base, Headquarters Strategic Air Command. One man is identified as Elwin Skiles. In the background, there is a brick building that says "United States Air Force HQ Strategic Air Command."
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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