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Lena Ellis on her 5th Birthday, 1894

Description: Studio photograph of Lena Ellis on her fifth birthday. Her hair is short, dark and parted in the middle. She is wearing a large, long white dress with a sash and poofy sleeves. Her shoes are black with buckles and she holds a bouquet of flowers in her right hand. She is standing on top of a grass pile with a wooden fence behind her. Printed beneath the photograph is, "Works, Cor. 3rd and Main Streets. Fort Worth. Tex." Written is, "Lena Ellis".
Date: August 30, 1894
Creator: Works
Partner: Private Collection of the Ellis and Blanton Families

[Crew of Last Flight of B-36 #51]

Description: The crew of the last flight of Convair airplane B-36 #51 stand next to the nose of the plane. Standing Left to Right: J.D. Taylor, J.C. Lucas, J.L. Blackmaon, L.N. Slayton, A.C. Lewis, Kneeling: M.L. Brooks, F.B. Petty, J.E. Gonsalves
Date: August 30, 1957
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth

40 PBYs on Lake Worth

Description: Aerial photograph of forty airplanes floating on Lake Worth. According to Jeff Rhodes: "On 22 November 1940, Consolidated Aircraft Chief Test Pilot Bill Wheatley contacted newspaper publisher and Fort Worth, Texas, civic booster Amon G. Carter, explaining the company had been ordered to transfer 200 PBY Catalina patrol seaplanes (37 of the aircraft can be seen in this photo) from San Diego, California, to Britain and that the crews were in immediate need of a layover point. In just eight days, … more
Date: November 30, 1940
Partner: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth
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