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Aerial View of Flood in Fort Worth in 1949

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

Item Type: Photograph

Location: None

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

B-32 on the Weighing Scales

Photograph of a B-32 on the weighing scales in a large warehouse.

Date: May 24, 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

B-58 #61 Bendix Trophy Winner

Four men stand beside the Convair airplane B-58 #61 that won the Bendix Trophy on March 5, 1962 for record flights from New York to Los Angeles.

Date: May 5, 1962

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[B-58 #64 Taxi]

Convair airplane B-58 #64 sits outside a run station. It was the first airplane taken to Bunker Hill AFB.

Date: May 11, 1961

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

B-58 Flight Crew preparing for flight to Paris

The B-58 flight crew writes down information for a flight from New York to Paris. This flight would win the Harmon and Mackay trophies. L to R: Maj. Payne, Capt. Wagener and Capt. Polhelmus. Patch on Capt. Polhelmus' flight suit is 64th Bomb Squadron of the 43rd Bomb Wing.

Date: May 26, 1961

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

B-58 Hustler Touching Down in Paris

The Convair B-58 Hustler touches down at Le Bourget Airport in Paris, France. At the time it was the Trans-Atlantic Record-Breaker.

Date: May 1961

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

B-58 No. 8 in Run Station

Convair airplane B-58 #8 sits in a run station.

Date: May 10, 1960

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[B-58 Primary Crew]

Major Payne sitting at a desk with documents, briefs the B-58 Primary Crew for a flight from New York to Paris.

Date: May 22, 1961

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Bleriot Trophy Speed Run Flight Crew

The Bleriot Trophy Speed Run Flight Crew stand beside their plane reading a notebook.

Date: May 10, 1961

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Bleriot Trophy Winners

Bleriot Trophy Winners next to their plane, the Firefly, a Convair B-58: Major Elmer E. “Gene” Murphy, Major Eugene F. Moses, Lieutenant David F. Dickerson with Colonel James K. Johnson.

Date: May 11, 1961

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[Board of Education in 1951]

Photograph some members of an unknown Board of Education. There is an unknown man holding a hat in the middle of the photograph.

Date: May 24, 1951

Creator: Williamson Studio

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Archives of the Central Texas Conference United Methodist Church

Champion Hereford Heifers, Ft. Worth Sale

Photograph of several Hereford heifers standing in a corral. Standing behind the cows in the corral are three all wearing cowboy hats. In the background are more corrals amongst the stockyard.

Date: May 10, 1957

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

Colonel O'Brien Recieves B-58 #64 from B.G. Reed

Colonel F.L. O'Brien shakes hands with B.G. Reed upon receiving the Convair airplane B-58 #64 "Hoosier Hustler." It is the first airplane taken to Bunker Hill Air Force Base.

Date: May 11, 1961

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Confirmation Bible of Rose Levenson, Beth-El Congregation

Confirmation Bible, Beth-El Congregation. Presented to Rose Levenson for Confirmation on Shevuoth, May 26, 1909 at Fort Worth, Texas by Rabbi George Zepin. Title page and inscription of the bible states that this volume contains "the Twenty-Four Books of the Holy Scriptures, carefully translated according to the Massoretic text, after the best Jewish authority by Isaac Lesser."

Date: May 26, 1909

Creator: Rabbi George Zepin

Item Type: Text

Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

Convair YB-60 in flight

The YB-60 in flight. This aircraft was an experimental bomber prototype for the United States Air Force.

Date: May 24, 1952

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Convair YB-60, third flight

Photograph of the YB-60 on its third flight. This aircraft was an experimental bomber prototype for the United States Air Force.

Date: May 9, 1952

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[Corn Flakes Test]

Two air force personnel perform a Corn Flakes test on a table in front of a turbine.

Date: May 12, 1960

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Couple doing the Jitterbug at Lockheed Martin performance by Frankie Masters' Orchestra

L.D. McCoy and Betty Glaze dancing the Jitterbug to the Frankie Master Orchestra on May 4, 1945. She wears a dress with a belt and decorative buttons and he wears an argyle sweater over a dress-shirt.

Date: May 4, 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Cowboys Having Dinner at Unknown Ranch

Photograph of ten cowboys having dinner on a ranch near Clarendon, Texas in May 1904. Most of them sit on the ground to eat.

Date: May 1904

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Cows Eating From Trough

Photograph of several cows eating from a trough through a fence. The cows are in a corral, and behind the corral is a large haystack.

Date: May 1984

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

Crew of the B-58 "Hoosier Hustler"

The crew of the Convair B-58 #64 "Hoosier Hustler" airplane stand together in the plane's cockpit.

Date: May 11, 1961

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

Crew of the B-58 "Hoosier Hustler"

The crew of the Convair B-58 #64 "Hoosier Hustler" stand next to the airplane.

Date: May 11, 1961

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

[Education building]

Photograph of a group of people near an Education Building. The photograph was taken at the time of the Dedication of the Siceloff Auditorium on May 18, 1950.

Date: May 18, 1950

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Archives of the Central Texas Conference United Methodist Church

Elayne Montgomery Bowling

Photograph of Elayne Montgomery tossing a bowling ball down a bowling lane. She is wearing a white shirt with a plaid skirt and braids in her hair. Behind her is a man wearing a jacket and necktie with a microphone and several people sitting on benches.

Date: May 9, 1942

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

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Aerial View of Flood in Fort Worth in 1949

B-32 on the Weighing Scales

B-58 #61 Bendix Trophy Winner

[B-58 #64 Taxi]

B-58 Flight Crew preparing for flight to Paris

B-58 Hustler Touching Down in Paris

B-58 No. 8 in Run Station

[B-58 Primary Crew]

Bleriot Trophy Speed Run Flight Crew

Bleriot Trophy Winners

[Board of Education in 1951]

Champion Hereford Heifers, Ft. Worth Sale

Colonel O'Brien Recieves B-58 #64 from B.G. Reed

Confirmation Bible of Rose Levenson, Beth-El Congregation

Convair YB-60 in flight

Convair YB-60, third flight

[Corn Flakes Test]

Couple doing the Jitterbug at Lockheed Martin performance by Frankie Masters' Orchestra

Cowboys Having Dinner at Unknown Ranch

Cows Eating From Trough

Crew of the B-58 "Hoosier Hustler"

Crew of the B-58 "Hoosier Hustler"

[Education building]

Elayne Montgomery Bowling