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Petticoat

Description: Petticoat of maroon taffeta with two tiers of 1-3/4" black horsehair braid. One inch waistband. Center back opening closed with hook & eyes. Two curved panels at hips are gathered at the hem. Unlined, with 3-1/2" band of black stiffened net at interior hem line. Combined designer/retailer label on inside seam: "Neiman-Marcus Dallas / Traina-Norell"
Date: 1945/1949
Creator: Norell, Norman, 1900-1972
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Suit

Description: Late day three-piece suit of black velvet. a) Jacket in modified bolero style with squared bottom corners. Long sleeves with 5" wide cuffs of heavy, white, open cut lace. Lined in cream satin. Combined designer/retailer label at center back neckline: "Neiman-Marcus Dallas / Traina-Norell" b) Blouse of white linen. Sleeveless. Collar of 6-1/2" wide lace matching cuffs of jacket. Tie of black ribbed silk attaches to collar with hook & loops. Center front opening with 5 small, circular white pe… more
Date: 1941/1949
Creator: Norell, Norman, 1900-1972
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Grand Central Terminal in New York City]

Description: Photograph of Grand Central Terminal, New York, May 1943. Facing south on 42nd Street, the building sits squarely in the middle of Park Avenue and motor traffic goes around it by means of two elevated roadways running from 41st Street to 46th Street. The terminal has 123 tracks, 66 on the upper level and 57 on the lower. The upper level has 18.8 miles of track and the lower 14.9 miles making a total of 33.7 miles of railroad track in the terminal and its yard. There are 31 platform tracks o… more
Date: 1943
Creator: Nowak, Ed
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Soldiers on Tank]

Description: Photograph of soldiers posing on a tank. Those in the top row are, from left to right, Pvt. Jake Cohen, Pvt. Bud Thomas, and Pvt. Tom Brennan. The soldiers in the bottom row are Sgt. Emmett Greeley, Pvt. Bill Witrey, Sgt. Louis Gagnon, and Pvt. Buck Everett.
Date: 1941
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Entering New York Harbor]

Description: Photograph of three ships entering New York Harbor. The ship in the foreground is decked out with streamers and banners, one of which reads: "Welcome Home - Well Done", and a band is visible on the ship's deck.
Date: October 10, 1945
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Rifle Drill Team]

Description: Photograph of Pvt. Jake Cohen looking at a rifle drill team at Pine Camp in New York. The drill team includes Sgt. John Storms, Sgt. Carl Edmunds, Sgt. Bill Musir, PFC Ed Tungate, Sgt. Ed Smyth, Sgt. Ed Presley, Sgt. Louis Ganon, and Sgt. Bill Riley.
Date: 1941
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Soldiers in the Snow]

Description: Photograph of Carlisle, James, Moore, Cpl. Jimison, Young, Carothers, Knoch, and Blankenship kneeling in the snow at Pine Camp, New York. Buildings and a car are visible in the background.
Date: [1941..1942]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to Sallie L. Willis, December 6, 1944]

Description: Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to Sallie L. Willis, on December 6, 1944, thanking her for the Christmas box she sent him. He talks about the weather, and says that the food is getting bad because it's all canned, so her box is very welcome. He expresses hope that a relative made it safely to France.
Date: December 6, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Telegram from T. N. Carswell to Fulton Lewis, Jr. - January 28, 1942]

Description: A Western Union telegram sent to Fulton Lewis, Jr., Radio Station WOL, Washington, D. C., from T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, dated January 28, 1942. Carswell requests information from Lewis on sugar restrictions pertaining to the manufacture of alcohol. The reverse side includes Western Union terms, cost, and information regarding The Western Union Telegraph Company, Incorporated. R. B. White, President.
Date: January 28, 1942
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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