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[Army Medical School Group Portrait]

Description: Photograph of 38 men wearing military-style uniforms that have dark coats and lighter slacks, posing together in four lines. The men in the front row are seated on the bench and the others are standing in three rows behind them. A sign on the back wall above them says, "Army Medical Service Meat & Dairy Hygiene School." Wendell Tarver is fifth from the right in the second row from the top.
Date: 195X
Creator: Q. M. Food & Container Institute. Graphic & Photographic Branch.
Partner: Private Collection of the Tarver Family

[Bridge Across Water]

Description: Photograph of a large body of water with a bridge spanning the visible portion (at left) and the ground on the other side is significantly higher than the level of the bridge.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of the Tarver Family

[Derrick and Tank in Field]

Description: Photograph of an oil or gas derrick with a truck parked behind it at right and a large storage tank at left. There is a large open field in the foreground and a forested area is visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of the Tarver Family

[Derrick and Truck]

Description: Photograph of an oil or gas derrick tower in the middle of a field that is bounded by trees. A large truck is parked to the right of the tower and there is a large mound of dirt near the right side of the image. There appears to be a person running toward the tower.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of the Tarver Family

[Derrick Near Dirt Road]

Description: Photograph of an oil or gas derrick in a cleared area in front of trees. There appears to be a truck parked behind the derrick and a second vehicle driving through the trees on the left side of the image.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of the Tarver Family

[Derrick Tower in a Field]

Description: Photograph of an oil or gas derrick and tower in a field. Two large trucks are parked behind the tower and there appear to be pipes or other equipment on the ground to the right of the tower. Trees are visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of the Tarver Family

[Equipment and Tools in Field]

Description: Photograph of pumping equipment in a large open field, including equipment attached to the back of a truck parked at the left side of the image with a shovel propped nearby. Poles are stacked on the ground near the right side of the image, and other equipment and a tall gas canister are visible near the center of the image.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of the Tarver Family

[Equipment in a Field]

Description: Photograph of a generator or other equipment along with a tall gas canister and a pile of hoses and a tire on the ground. It is in a cleared field area, with trees visible in the background and a wire is running from the equipment to something outside the image at right.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of the Tarver Family

[Football Player #33]

Description: Photograph of a young man wearing a football uniform with the number 33 on the front and a class ring on his left hand. He is posing in a field with his right arm propped on his right knee and his left hand on his hip.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of the Tarver Family

[Gene Jeckel Outside Briggs Hall]

Description: Photograph of Gene Jeckel, visible from the waist up, wearing a light-colored long-sleeved button-up shirt and eyeglasses, standing outside an entrance on the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Behind him, one of the double-doors (left) of the entrance is open, and a plaque at the left side of the entrance says "R. W. Briggs Hall." Handwritten text on the back says, "Gene Jeckel going to work."
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of the Tarver Family

[Girls with Pigs]

Description: Photograph of two young girls standing in a yard with two large pigs viewed from behind, facing the girls. A house is visible behind them on the right side of the image.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of the Tarver Family

[Graduation Photo of Wendell Tarver and Father]

Description: Photograph of Dr. Wendell Lee Tarver with his father John at his graduation. Wendell (left) is wearing a light-colored suit and tie under dark-colored graduation robes; John (right) is wearing a light-colored suit and patterned tie. Text on the back of the photo: "John & Wendell."
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of the Tarver Family

[Group of People Receiving Certificates]

Description: Photograph of a group of people at an award ceremony. They are posed together in two lines outside of a brick building and are holding certificates. A man on the far left is shaking the hand of the last man in line as he hands over a certificate. The man second from the left in the front row is John Agrippa Tarver.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of the Tarver Family

[Headshot of W. L. Tarver]

Description: Photograph of Wendell Tarver, visible from the shoulders up, looking toward his left. He is wearing a light-colored shirt, a suit jacket that is darker with heathering, and a patterned necktie.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of the Tarver Family

[James Walden Tarver Holding a Gun]

Description: Photograph of a young man (identified on the back as "Walden"), visible from the waist up, facing the left side of the image and looking toward the camera while holding cradling a rifle with the barrel pointed straight up. He is wearing a sleeveless T-shirt and large, dark sunglasses, standing in a grassy area with trees and brush in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of the Tarver Family

[Leta Joy and John Agrippa Tarver in a Yard]

Description: Photograph of a young girl wearing overalls and pigtails standing in a grassy yard with a man who is walking away from her, identified by a handwritten note on the back as "Leta Joy & Daddy." There is a small, dark-colored dog in the right side of the image and a stone fence surrounding the yard in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of the Tarver Family

[Letter from J. L. Wilbur, Jr. to W. L. Tarver, October 7, 1963]

Description: Letter from John L. Wilbur, Jr. inviting Wendell Tarver to join the Veterninary Administrator Development Program offered through Agricultural Research Service (U.S. Department of Agriculture). The program would require training at all of the different types of research stations over the course of a year.
Date: unknown
Creator: Wilbur, John L., Jr.
Partner: Private Collection of the Tarver Family

[Man with Serape]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified white-haired man outside a building with a window directly behind him. He has a striped blanket or serape over his left shoulder, which he is holding with his right hand.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of the Tarver Family

[Mary Jane and Wendell Tarver at Dining Table]

Description: Photograph of Mary Jane and Wendell Tarver seated at at a square table in the corner of a room with blind-covered windows. Mary Jane is seated sideways in a chair on the left and looking over the back at the camera; Wendell is seated in a chair to her right facing the camera and holding something in his hands. A lamp and dishes are visible on the table.
Date: 195X
Partner: Private Collection of the Tarver Family
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