25 Matching Results

Explore Results

Results: 1 - 24 next

[WASP Bookmark]

Description: Bookmark commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Women Airforce Service Pilots with an illustration of the Graduate statue designed by Dorothy Swain Lewis. The back of the bookmark includes a quote from the WASP and information about the event.
Date: 1993
Creator: Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication Envelope #4]

Description: 50th Women Airforce Service Pilot Anniversary 1943-1993 Sweetwater, Texas envelope with a fifty-cent U.S. Air Mail stamp featuring Harriet Quimby the Pioneer Pilot. It shows a cancellation stamp from Avenger Field station on May 22, 1993, Sweetwater, Texas 79556.
Date: May 22, 1993
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication Envelope #5]

Description: 50th Women Airforce Service Pilot Anniversary 1943-1993 Sweetwater, Texas envelope with a twenty-nine-cent U.S. Air Mail stamp that features "Japanese invades Aleutian islands." It shows a cancellation stamp from Avenger Field station on May 22, 1993, Sweetwater, Texas 79556.
Date: May 22, 1993
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication Envelope #2]

Description: 50th Women Airforce Service Pilot Anniversary 1943-1993 Sweetwater, Texas envelope with a twenty-nin-cent U.S. Air Mail stamp featuring "Corregidor Falls to Japanese." It shows a cancellation stand from Avenger Field station on May 22, 1993, Sweetwater, Texas 79556.
Date: May 22, 1993
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[50th Anniversary WASP Historic Monument Dedication Envelope #1]

Description: 50th Women Airforce Service Pilot Anniversary 1943-1993 Sweetwater, Texas envelope with a fifty-cent U.S. Air Mail stamp featuring Harriet Quimby the Pioneer Pilot. It shows a cancellation stamp from Avenger Field station on May 22, 1993, Sweetwater, Texas 79556.
Date: May 22, 1993
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Big County Obituaries: 1993

Description: Compiled transcription of obituaries printed in the Abilene Reporter-News during 1993, collected by volunteers and personnel of the Abilene Public Library.
Date: 1993
Creator: Mount, Ann
Partner: Abilene Public Library

The Figure of a Woman

Description: Photocopy of article from Wineskins by Jack Welch entitled "The Figure of a Woman" (Wineskins, v.2, p. 27, May 1993). Extensive biography of Perry and description of the baptistry painting at the Church of Christ in Anson, TX. Article contains a photograph of the Anson baptistry painting which uses the theme "The Word of God and the Elect Lady."
Date: May 1993
Creator: Welch, Jack
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library

[WASP Anniversary Welcome Packet Envelope]

Description: Empty envelope from the Women Airforce Service Pilots' 50th anniversary memorial dedication in Sweetwater, Texas. The packet has Catherine Parker's name handwritten in the top right corner along with her class number, 44-9, and features the WASP diamond wings logo printed in the center.
Date: 1993
Creator: Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

The Women's Memorial 1994 Special Edition Calendar

Description: Calendar for 1994 featuring images of wartime posters paired alongside photographs and bios of active and veteran women in the military. At the front and back of the calendar, information and images are included of the Women's Memorial set to be constructed in Arlington National Cemetery. The calendar includes American holidays, as well as important dates from American military history.
Date: 1993
Creator: The Women's Memorial
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Rubbing of WASP Plaque Names

Description: Rubbing taken by Rigdon Edwards from some of the name plaques at the WASP memorial in Sweetwater at the bequest of a WASP named "Rexy", with a note from her about the monument and those who helped create it.
Date: August 23, 1993
Creator: Edwards, Rigdon, Jr.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Historic Marker Application: Women Airforce Service Pilots]

Description: Application material submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for Avenger Field, located on the Texas State Technical College campus in Sweetwater, Texas. The page contains the inscription text of the marker with asterisks indicating various letter sizing requests.
Date: 1993
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP 50th Anniversary Budget]

Description: Budget for the Women Airforce Service Pilots 50th anniversary dinner and luncheon. Notes and markings can be seen in pen on both pages.
Date: 1993
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[TSTC WASP Ceremonies Schedule]

Description: Schedule of events for Women Airforce Service Pilots ceremonies involving Texas State Technical College.
Date: 1993
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[50th Anniversary Program]

Description: Program for the Avenger Field memorial dedication at the Women Airforce Service Pilots 50th Anniversary reunion.
Date: 1993
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Minutes: WASP Monument Sub-Committee Meeting, April 1, 1993]

Description: Minutes for the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce WASP Monument Sub-Committee meeting including a list of members in attendance and a summary of business discussed.
Date: April 1, 1993
Creator: Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[50th WASP Anniversary Ticket]

Description: Meal ticket for the Women Airforce Service Pilots 50th anniversary reunion dinner in Nolan County.
Date: 1993
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[50th WASP Anniversary Ticket #2]

Description: Meal ticket for the Women Airforce Service Pilots 50th anniversary reunion dinner in Nolan County.
Date: 1993?
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[WASP 50th Anniversary envelope]

Description: An envelope printed by Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII for the 50th anniversary of the WASP and a monument dedication at Avenger Field. It features a drawing of an Avenger Field hangar and tower, a trainer aircraft, and a WASP wearing a flight cap. Included is a first class stamp commemorating World War II rationing.
Date: 1993
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots, WWII
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Jacqueline Cochran "First Woman to Fly Faster than Sound" envelope]

Description: A "first day of issue" envelope commemorating Jacqueline Cochran's supersonic flight on May 18, 1953, with a reproduction of a photo of Cochran posing next to a jet cockpit, and a drawing of a fighter jet flying over some mountains. A stamp also commemorating Cochran is in the top right.
Date: [1993?,1996?]
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
Back to Top of Screen