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[World War One Small Box Gas Mask]

World War One-era "small box respirator" gas mask, consisting of a canvas or cloth face piece, with inset glass or resin eye lenses, and straps that wrap around the back of the head. The front of the mask has a valve located behind a cloth-covered tube that goes over the mouth and attaches to a small yellow metal box containing activated charcoal (made of peach pits or the pits from other stone fruits). The wearer would have breathed only through the mouth, inhaling air scrubbed clean by the ch… more

Date: [1914..1918]

Item Type: Physical Object

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[World War One Doughboy Helmet]

Doughboy helmet owned by Alvin Mansfield Owsley during World War One, made of steel with an anjustable leather chin strap. Officially known as the M1917 Helmet, it was also known colloquially as the dishpan hat, tin pan hat, washbasin, battle bowler, and Kelly helmet.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Physical Object

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Soldiers in the Field; Soldiers with Cannon

Copy negative of two pictures. The top picture is of a group of soldiers in World War I in a building recuperating in 1914 or 1915. There is a caption and information in French under the photograph. The bottom picture is of two men working with a canon in 1918, also with a caption under it.

Date: [1914..1918]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Small Boats Under Bridge; Panorama of Countryside

Copy negative of two pictures from World War I with captions in French under them. The top picture is of the bridge at Chemin de Fer with a line of boats passing under it and larger boats on the right and in the background. The second picture is a view of Quincy Basse.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

World War I Scenes

Copy negative of two pictures from World War I with captions in French under them. The top picture is of the ruins of the town of Bapaume with destroyed buildings. The bottom picture is of a bridge over a river with mountains at a park.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

World War I Scenes

Copy negative of two pictures from World War I with captions in French under them. The first is of a German Howitzer in 1914 with other equipment and a building in the background. The second picture is of a destroyed church and a vase still intact.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

The world: prepared expressly for the National Geographic Magazine, showing the political divisions, including those established after the World War

Atlas map of the world showing international and states boundaries after World War I. The map includes insets of the north polar region (upper-left), south polar region (upper-right), density of population and prevailing winds (lower-right), and natural vegetation and ocean currents (lower-left). Scale [ca. 1:39,600,000] (625 miles to the inch).

Date: 1922

Creator: Grosvenor, Gilbert

Item Type: Map

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of Military Review]

Photograph of a military review in Fort Worth, Texas, perhaps during World War One. Spectators watch the military as they parade down the street.

Date: unknown

Creator: Jernigan

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Calendar: 1996 Special Edition Calendar]

Calendar for 1996 containing photographs, illustrations, and facts about the women who served during World War One. It includes American holidays as well as important dates from American military history.

Date: 1995

Creator: The Women's Memorial

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Photograph of Daniel Franklin Draper in Brackenridge Park]

Photograph of Daniel F. Draper on stone stairs in Brackenridge Park in San Antonio, Texas. The text on the back reads: "Daddy D.F. Draper Brackenridge Park San Antonio Daniel Franklin Draper b. July 9 1896 WWI."

Date: unknown

Creator: Fischer's Drug Store

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of D. F. Draper Reclining on a Rock Wall]

Photograph of D. F. Draper leaning with his right foot on a wall built of stones and a cigarette in his mouth. On the back is writing that states his year of birth.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Daniel Franklin Draper and Winnie Seated in Front of a Rock Wall]

Photograph of Daniel Franklin Draper and Winnie Pearl Gilreath Draper. There is text on the back that reads: "Mother & Daddy Brackenridge Park... 45 WW1 Photo 3.00...Daniel Franklin Draper..Winnie Pearl Gilreath Draper.. San Antonio."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Four Soldiers in Front of a Rock Wall]

Photograph of four enlisted soldiers wearing full uniforms, standing at ease in front of a loose stone wall in France. The men are identified as (left to right): Sergeant E. W. Koerth, Sergeant C. C. McKee, Sergeant Joe Herman, and Sergeant U. C. Erwin.

Date: December 15, 1918

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Floyd Arnold "Jim" Crow]

Photograph of Floyd Crow from the abdomen and up. Text on the back reads: "Floyd Arnold 'Jim' Crow 1893 - 1968...joined Baylor Univ. coaching staff 1919...graduate of Stephen A. Douglas Select School Waco...education Texas A&M College...served in World War I".

Date: unknown

Creator: Gildersleeve

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Carter J. Harris, 1918]

Photograph of Carter J. Harris, a World War One veteran.

Date: 1918

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Infant Carter J. Harris]

Portrait of infant Carter J. Harris dressed in white, seated on a fur blanket, and looking to his left. Text on the back says that he was a World War One Veteran.

Date: unknown

Creator: Deane

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Clipping: "Missileer, 45th Space Wing"]

Copy of the 44th issue of the 44th volume of Missileer. Included are articles about celebrating Veteran's Day, World War One, spacecraft launching programs, action being taken on Air Force Space Command's credit card abuse, identity theft, the Red Cross sending care packages to soldiers, and the WASP and a recent visit to fly on the HC-130 orientation flight.

Date: November 8, 2002

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: "Special Souvenir Edition Sweetwater Reporter", November 1990]

November 1990 issue of the Sweetwater Reporter of significant historical events from the 20th century.

Date: November 1990

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

John Dungan and Other Soldiers Returning from War

Photograph of uniformed soldiers returning from France at the end of World War I, walking down the ramp of a docked ship. One of the soldiers is identified as John Dungan. Partially-visible text in the lower-left corner says: [...]rking. Pier 5. Newport News, Va.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room

John Dungan Returning from France in 1919

Photograph of a large group of soldiers in rows coming down a ramp out of a multi-story building at Newport News, Virginia. They are disembarking from France after returning WWI. One of the soldiers is identified as John Dungan, cousin of Lloyd Booth.

Date: 1919

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room

Stirpes, Volume 32, Number 4, December 1992

Quarterly publication containing unpublished records and other material of interest to genealogists. "Its purpose is to stimulate and support research and teaching on the genealogical aspects of history." This issue includes a name index for Volume 32 starting on page 256.

Date: December 1992

Creator: Texas State Genealogical Society

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: Texas State Genealogical Society

[Portrait of a Private]

This photograph is a portrait of a young man (visible from the waist up) wearing the uniform of a private in World War I. The jacket of his uniform has pins on the collar and the buttons have an imprint on them. The uniform also includes a hat that has cords knotted around the brim. The photograph is mounted in a dark-colored frame which has a name handwritten on the back "Graves Bogel."

Date: 1914~/1918~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Brownwood High School WWI Veterans Monument]

Glass lantern slide plate of a monument erected by the 1921 Senior class of Brownwood High School to honor those who served in WWI. The monument was dedicated in May, 1921. The inscription reads: "To those men from Brown County who rendered valiant service in the World War; who feared not, who believed in the sacred principles upon which this Republic is founded, who preferred death to slavery, who signified a willingness to give their lives and to perpetuate Democracy, this monument is reveren… more

Date: 192X

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Howard Payne University Library

Oral History Interview with Bob Schmerbeck, December 4, 2018

Edited transcript of an interview with Bob Schmerbeck discussing his childhood, and talking primarily about family members who were significant to the history of Kerrville, particularly his relative Earl Garrett who died during World War I. Ahead of the transcript, there are copies of photos, clippings, letters, and documents.

Date: December 4, 2018

Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Schmerbeck, Robert L., III

Item Type: Text

Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission