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[T&P Train #414]

Description: Photograph of T&P train #414 moving near Lake Hayes, Louisiana. Written below the image are "Lake Hayes, La. 1943 'T&P #20' C. C. Hardee - engineer" and "Ed Robinson."
Date: 1943
Creator: Robinson, Ed
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engine #645 and Cars]

Description: Photograph of train engine #645 and attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "645" is visible on the front. Smoke billows back from the front. Electrical poles and trees line the grass on either side of the tracks. In the distance on the right, a man stands on the grassy area beside the tracks. Handwritten text below the image says, "West of Reisor, LA. 1943 T&P 'Main' Troop Train Sam Di Fulco - Fireman.'"
Date: 1943
Creator: Robinson, Ed
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Train Engine #702 and Cars]

Description: Photograph of train engine #702 and attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "Texas & Pacific" and "702" are visible on the side. The conductor leans out the window of the cab. Dark smoke billows out of the front chimney. Houses sit on the hill behind the train. Handwritten text below the image says, "Shreveport, LA. 1943 'T&P #27' Charles Currie - Engineer."
Date: 1943
Creator: Robinson, Ed
Partner: The Grace Museum

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes, November 3, 1943]

Description: Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes discussing a Navy pilot who crashed in a river, the Mississippi River and flying over Vicksburg, waiting with 29 ferrying pilots at a municipal airport, and getting dinner and a bath at a hotel while waiting for a flight. Written on Hotel Heidelberg (Jackson) stationary.
Date: November 4, 1943, 12:00 a.m.
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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