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Aerial View of Flood in Fort Worth in 1949

Description: Aerial photograph of flood waters in Fort Worth on May 17, 1949. The Montgomery Wards building is seen on the upper right. Many roads and buildings are under water.
Date: May 17, 1949
Location: None
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

B-36 No. 85 fuselage

Description: Photograph of the fuselage of the B-36 plane No. 85 under construction in the warehouse in November 1949. The bomb bay door is open under the plane. It's RB-36D 44-92088. Modified to carry the "Boston camera" and re-designated ERB-36D, it was eventually scrapped at Kelly AFB in 1955.
Date: November 1, 1949
Location: 32.774992 -97.449530
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Coraline 28th, Champion Female Heifer

Description: Photograph of Coraline 28th, a champion Hereford female wearing a harness. Written across the bottom margin is, "Corline 28th, Ch female Clifton Tex '49, Case Ranch, Eldorado, Texas."
Date: 1949
Creator: Winegar, Phil
Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

["Presentation," party for Jewish Debutantes]

Description: Photograph of the "Presentation" party for Jewish Debutantes of 1949 at the Beth-El Congregation's social hall at 207 W. Broadway in Fort Worth. The women are arranged in a curve away from the photographer and are holding bouquets of flowers and wearing formal ball gowns. The women from left to right: Charlotte Sue Louis (Alterman), Ruth Hendelman (Berkowitz), Marilyn Caughy (Raff), Harriet Friedson, Sara Kantrovich (Carr), Katherine Spiegel, Bessie Rutlader (Gaines), Rhoda Cohen (Schultz), Mar… more
Date: 1949
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

RB-36 No. 85 fuselage

Description: Photograph of the fuselage of the RB-36 plane No. 85 under construction in the warehouse in November 1949. The bomb bay door is open under the plane.
Date: November 1, 1949
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

XC-99

Description: Left 3/4 front view of an XC-99 taxing off the runway.
Date: April 29, 1949
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

XC-99 Delivery

Description: XC-99 delivery between (L-R): Col. M.M. Hammack, Sgt. H.M. Covert, L. Rue, Col. Bryan B. Harper stand beside an airplane on the tarmac.
Date: May 26, 1949
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth
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