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TABLE OF CONTENTS


Descriptive Summary

Administrative History

Scope and Contents Note

Restrictions

Index Terms

Administrative Information

Description of Series

Brazil

Colombia

Peru

United States: Alaska

United States: California

United States: Colorado

United States: Laredo, Texas

United States: Washington

Unspecified Locations

The Benson Latin American Collection

U.S. Air Force 2nd Mapping Squadron Photograph Collection, 1939-1944



Descriptive Summary

CreatorUnited States. Air Force. 2nd Mapping Squadron.
TitleU.S. Air Force 2nd Mapping Squadron Photograph Collection
Dates: 1939-1944
AbstractWorld War II era photographs of South America, including Brazil, Colombia, and Peru-and the Southwest and Western United States.
Accession No.1996-72
OCLC Record No.N/A
Extent76 photographs
LanguageEnglish
RepositoryBenson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin

Administrative History

[No administrative history at this time]

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Scope and Contents Note

76 World War II era photographs. The collection is organized into series by geography, including Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Alaska, California, Colorado, Laredo (Texas), Washington state, and unidentified. Photographs are identified on the verso as taken by the U.S. Air Force 2nd Mapping Squadron.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Unrestricted.

Use Restrictions

Standard copyright restrictions apply.

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Index Terms

The U.S. Air Force 2nd Mapping Squadron Photograph Collection is classified under the following Subject Headings:
Boyle, Jack V.
Brazil--Travel and description--Photographs
Colombia--Travel and description--Photographs

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Administrative Information

Custodial History

This collection was previously known as the Jack V. Boyle Photograph Collection, named after the donor Sgt. Jack V. Boyle (retired).

Preferred Citation

Cite as: U.S. Air Force 2nd Mapping Squadron Photograph Collection, Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Libraries, the University of Texas at Austin.

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Box and Folder Inventory

 

Brazil

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11Snorter at Manaos, Brazil (23:8:43:0900-0310S-1)
Snorter at Manaos, Brazil
2Amazon River canoe, Manaos, Brazil (29:8:43:1230-0310S-2)
3Wash Day, Manaos, Brazil (1:8:43:0830-0310S-2)
4Casa de Esquilo, Manaos: Emery, Hayball, Brown, Light, Garrett, Derwinski, Mobley (23:8:43:0800-0310S-4)
Casa de Esquilo, Manaos
5Second Squadron, Manaos, Brazil: Light, Hayball, Garrett (23:8:43:0800-0310S-5)
6Cocoa pods, Amazon Valley (15:8:43:1000-0310S-5)
7Cashoeira Grande, Manaos, Brazil (5:12:43:1000-0310S-5)
8Water carrier, Manaos, Brazil (15:12:43:1000-0310S-5)
9Rio Negro minded, Manaos, Brazil (29:8:43:1345-0310S-6)
10Palm tree, Manaos, Brazil (5:8:43:1315-0310S-7)
11Teatro Amazonas, Manaos, Brazil (12:9:43:0945-0310S-1)
12Untitled [Teatro Amazonas, another view]
13Teatro Amazonas, Manaos, Brazil [arcade] (14:9:43- -0310S-1)
14Teatro Amazonas, Manaos, Brazil (12:9:43:1000-0310S-5)
15Teatro Amazonas, Manaos, Brazil [interior] (14:9:43:1000-0310S-5)
16Teatro Amazonas, Manaos, Brazil (12:9:43:1400-0310S-6)
17Teatro Amazonas, Manaos, Brazil [interior] (14:9:43:1000-0310S-6)
18Teatro Amazonas, Manaos, Brazil [balcony] (14:9:43:1000-0310S-7)
19Church bell, Igreja Matriz (21:8:43:1045-0310S-4)
20Igreja Matriz, Manaos, Brazil (12:9:43:1430-0310S-8)
21Praça de São Sebastião, Manaos, Brazil (14:9:43:1200-0310S-9)
22Palácio Rio Negro, Manaos, Brazil (5:9:43:1000-0310S-1)
23Palácio de Justiça, Manaos, Brazil (14:9:43:1200-0310S-11)
24Tropical cumulus, Manaos, Brazil (9:9:43:0930-0310S-3)

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Colombia

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125Mission Bells (US2MS-9-5-43-1100-330-2)
26[Untitled view of building and monumental cross in background]
27How small we are [monumental cross] (6-11-43-2-251-38)
How Small We Are, photograph by Chester C. Szymczak
28Siesta (4-4-43-2-251-4)
29San Antonio de Pandua [sic], Cali, Colombia (4-4-43-2-251-5)
30Calle 1a, Cali, Colombia -4-43-2-251-6
Calle 1a, Cali, Colombia
31Parque de Jorge Isaacs, Cali, Colombia (4-7-43-2-251-11)
32A typical street in Cali, Colombia (4-23-43-2-251-29)
33Bamboo, grass, and mud -or- "so this is home" (6-23-43-2-251-43)
34A peaceful hacienda near Cali, Colombia (6-23-43-2-251-44)
35Can Can Girls of Colombia (6-23-43-2-251-47)
36Ford Tri Motor - photo plane for Colombian government (7-15-43-2-251-48)
37Town square, Cali, Colombia (9-3-43-1500-7630-3)
38La Ermita del Río, Cali, Colombia (11:1:43:1500-0330N-4)
39This is not China, Cali, Colombia (10-21-43-1400-7630-1)
40A native home, Cali, Colombia (8-15-43- -7630-7)
41A brahma bull, Colombia, S. A. (9-5-43-1100-7630-6)
42A native home in Vijes, Colombia (9-5-43-1100-7630-5)
43Town square, Yumbo, Colombia (8-31-43-1500-7630-3)
44Native farm huts, Yumbo, Colombia (9-1-43-1100-7630-2)
45Cayucos on Río Cauca near Yumbo, Colombia (9-1-43-1100-7630-3)
46Earthen bakery oven, Yumbo, Colombia (9-1-43-1100-7630-6)

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Peru

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147Back to nature, Lima, Perú (10:1:43-1415-1205S-2:0)
48Pizaros [sic] Cathedral, Lima, Perú (10:1:43-1430-1205S-3:0)

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United States: Alaska

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149Glaciers N...ley, Alaska (V2...2M 6...000, STEREO)
50Iliamna Volcano, Alaska (7-3-41-3:00P 12-9000)
51Alaskan storm
52Alaskan sunset

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United States: California

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153Treasure Island [On back: "San Francisco 1939"] (7-17-39-10:15 12-800)

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United States: Colorado

boxfolder
154Garden of the Gods, Colo. (16:1:44:1230 3851N-6:0)

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United States: Laredo, Texas

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155Foliage, Ft. McIntosh, Laredo, Tex. labelled "restricted"
56Guard house, Ft. McIntosh, Laredo, Tex. [On back: "1943"] labelled "restricted"
57Barracks porch, Ft. McIntosh, Laredo, Texas [On back: "1943"] labelled "restricted"
58N.C.O. Club, Ft. McIntosh, Laredo, Tex. labelled "restricted"
59Officer’s Club, Ft. McIntosh, Laredo, Texas labelled "restricted"
60Dedication Immigration Bldg. [On back: "Laredo, Texas 1943"
61Post Office, Laredo, Texas [On back: "1943"]
62Federal Bldg. and Hamilton Hotel [On back: "Laredo, Texas"]
63Under these flags [On back: "Laredo, Texas 1943"]
64[Southern Pacific Railway building] On back: "Laredo, Texas 1943"
65[Adobe dwelling in disrepair] On back: "Nuevo Laredo, Mexico 1942"

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United States: Washington

boxfolder
166The Thunder Bird, La Push, Wash. (6-18-39 G3-2E-91)

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Unspecified Locations

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167Sunrise, Paradise Valley (1-29-41 G529-36A-IF)
68[Untitled, unmarked; plane crossing mountain range]
69[Plane in flight; on back, "B-34 Vega Ventura"]
70"Rarin" to go [On back: "2nd Photomapping Squadron, U.S. Air Force"] (2-20-43 8115-1)
71[Untitled; two girls in bathing suits by plane; on back, stamped "Official Photograph U.S. Army Air Corps"]
72[Untitled, unmarked; fuselage of World War II aircraft "Memphis Belle"]
73[Untitled, unmarked; fuselage of "Memphis Belle"]
74Nuestra Señora de los Andes (8-15-43- -7630-2)
75Spanish architecture
76[Unidentified large building, perhaps a hotel]

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