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[Clipping: On the Other Hand]

Description: Newspaper clipping states that Virginian representative Harry Byrd has been nominated to join a commission that will oversee the Polish election to select their own democratic government.
Date: unknown
Creator: Mellet, Lowell
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Notecard with "Mrs. Hamilton" Underlined]

Description: Index card with handwritten names and 4-digit numbers in pencil, some of which are marked out or corrected. The text is written diagonally from the left to right, and the name Mrs. Hamilton, at far right, is heavily underlined in red pencil.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Handout for Fire Prevention and Protection School for East Coast Ports]

Description: Notes from a class discussing information about firefighting at east coast ports, with numbered steps and reminders related to operating pumps, forcible entries, ventilation, care of firefighting tools and equipment, using fire hoses, "overhauling" (completing firefighting activities at sites), using and maintaining ladders, and first aid.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Army. Transportation Corps.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: Political Cartoon and Fishing Article]

Description: Political cartoon created by Looey Graff depicting a plump and wealthy war plant striker with an arm wrapped around the shoulder of an injured World War II veteran yelling, “Well! We Won the War! Didn’t We Kid?”. The back of the political cartoon features an article touching upon fishing and the three different types of fishing activities: hobby, sportsman, and deep-sea. Two additional cartoons are at the bottom of the article.
Date: September 1945
Creator: Watkins, Nina E. & Graff, Looey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: Seven Steps to Personal Success]

Description: Magazine clipping giving advice on how to have a great personality by helping readers focus their energy on great decisions and good habits. The back of the first sheet (p. 29) has movie reviews, and there are several advertisements around the article.
Date: January 11, 1941
Creator: Pitkin, Walter B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Biographical Information about Alex Bradford and Family]

Description: Page providing background information about Alex Bradford including army and work experience, a list of relatives (wife, parents, two brothers, and two sons), and a brief statement about finances, as well as references from within and outside the Washington area. It appears to be a draft, with text on the back page that should line up with form questions that are not included.
Date: 1944~
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Flyer for Hale Universal Pumper]

Description: Flyer advertising the Hale Universal Pumper, sold by Hale Fire Pump Co., with a photograph of the pump engine in the center of the page. Stamp on the back says, "Tex Bradford, Phone 7274, Corpus Christi, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: Hale Fire Pump Co., Inc.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Correspondence between Alex Bradford and Louise Zoerner - September 1943]

Description: Letter from Alex Bradford to John Day Publishers asking for additional copies of the book, American Empire in Asia by Albert Viton. It is Mr. Bradford’s hope that these additional copies provide interested readers with the ability to read this well reviewed book. Letter from Louise Zoerner to Alex Bradford acknowledging his interest in acquiring Mr.Viton’s recently published book. After receipt of three dollars and 6 cents ($3.06) Ms. Zoerner will send a copy to Mr. Bradford. Letter from Alex … more
Date: 1943-09-11/1943-09-27
Creator: Bradford, Alex & Zoerner, Louise
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Brief Autobiographical Statement for Alex Bradford]

Description: Autobiographical information of Alex Bradford covering his life after being discharged from the United States Army in 1919 up to the early 1940 where he enlisted in the Canadian Army. At the bottom of the autobiographical brief is additional biographical information on Mr. Bradford's family including his two (2) sons military service, his wife’s name and address, and his two (2) brothers military service and physical address.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bradford, Alex
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: American Empire in Asia]

Description: Newspaper clipping that provides a brief preview on the book "Great Britain: An Empire in Transition" by Albert Viton. The book discusses the need to remove American Isolationism. The back of the page provides a preview for the book "American Counterpoint" by Alexander Alland.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

Paradise Blank-It Spray Fire Nozzles

Description: Pamphlet advertising the "blank-it spray" firefighting nozzle, sold by Paradise Manufacturing Company. It includes an overview of the product, specifications for various sizes, and an explanation of how it is used.
Date: unknown
Creator: Paradise Manufacturing Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

American Marsh Type PF-1 Centrifugal Fire Pumps, Gasoline Engine Driven

Description: Pamphlet advertising American-Marsh portable PF-1 water pump for firefighting. It includes information about the use of the pump, various specifications and maintenance requirements, and brief descriptions of other pumps sold by the company. There are handwritten notes in green ink on the inside pages.
Date: March 27, 1937
Creator: American Steam Pump Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[List of Names with Markings]

Description: Page containing a list of typed names, some of which include locations or other notes. Many of the names are stricken with blue pencil, and one name is circled in red with a red "X" next to it. Additional handwritten names are added on the back of the page, which also has letterhead for Hotel La Salle at the bottom (the text is written with the page upside down).
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: Dewey's April Choice]

Description: Newspaper clipping discusses Governor Dewey's inability to confront the U.S.S.R's communist regime in his speech. The back page features part of an article on modern technology.
Date: August 12, 1944
Creator: The Saturday Evening Post
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: Letter of Liberty]

Description: Newspaper clipping noting that the request for American newspapers by a Greek newspaper agency is a sign of freedom in postwar Europe. The clipping acknowledges that there are several European countries occupied by communist Russia.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran
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