Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Celebrating in Downtown Commerce, TX
A celebration in downtown Commerce takes place in the form of a parade once the news that World War II is over was announced. Many young people cling to the sides of a truck as it drives through the street.
"World War II Victory Parade" Historic ET Collection. Northeast Texas Digital Collections, James G. Gee Library, Texas A&M University-Commerce. 08/1945.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Garages: Where Stories Are Told
"We went out to the garage, an old wooden structure behind the house that looked like it was in a perpetual state of falling over. When I was younger and we would go to visit, I would spend a lot of time out beside the garage because there was always a hearty colony of doodle bugs there in the dirt... Pampaw had a chair at the back of the garage... He opened a drawer, took out a gray, boxy-looking thing with a crank, and set it on the workbench. He cranked it, flipped a switch, twisted a dial on the front of the box, and crackling country music began to tinkle out of the speaker." (pg. 6).
"ASTP Cadet Napping in Jeep" Historic ET Collection, Northeast Texas Digital Collections, James G. Gee Library, Texas A&M University-Commerce. 1943.
Busby, Mark. Cedar Crossing. Fort Worth: TCU Press, page 6, 2013. Print.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Young Couple Visits Commerce Movie Theatre
"Young Couple Visits Commerce Movie Theatre"
This image was taken in 1944. The year before, in 1943, E.T. (as Texas A&M University-Commerce was titled at the time) was chosen out of many colleges "to host a unit of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and a company of men from the Army Specialized Training Program." The couple shown above is unknown, but this image does much to tell us about who they might have been. The young woman is a member of the WAAC, and the young man is a member of the ASTP. Here we see that they were able to enjoy some time off from their extensive training to see a moving picture.
The theatre where they are posing was located in downtown Commerce.
References
“WAAC and ASTP Students.” 1944. Digital Collections: Historic ET Collection. Jpg. January 30, 2014.
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