Ford Lockett, 1939 - 1993

Creator

Identifier

BD0010-20140927-LockettFord

Files

Disciplines

Latin American History | Military History

Description

File 1: Ford Lee Lockett (4, left) and Perry Steele on Hays Street for Charro Days; taken in 1939 in Brownsville, Texas. 7" x 5"

File 2: Ford Lee Lockett (4, left) and his mother Isabel for Charro Days; taken in 1939; in Brownsville, Texas. 4.7" x 3.5"

File 3: Ford's father, Ford Smith Lockett and friends fishing in Mexico by the plane (BT trainer) they flew down; L-R: unknown, Bill Curry, George McGonigle (pilot), unknown; taken in 1945 (after WWII). 6" x 3.5"

File 4: Ford Smith Lockett (L) with large marlin caught at Port Isabel; Piggly Wiggly in background; taken before WWII; in Brownsville, Texas (813 East Elizabeth Street). 5" x 3.5"

File 5: Ford Smith Lockett's Sports Shop; he was a pharmacist as well as a sportsman; taken in 1945; in Brownsville, Texas. 4.75" x 3.5"

File 6: From right to left: Isabel Trahan Lockett, Jerry Steele, Ford L. Lockett, Virginia Curry, Perry Steele, and Ford Smith Lockett, pharmacist who went to work for shipyard; hospital rescue ship built at Port Isabel Brownsville Ship Building Cooperation; built for U.S. Army air Core; U.S. Army QS-47; taken in 1942-44; in Port of Brownsville. 5" x 7"

File 7: Portrait of Isabel Traham Lockett; taken around WWII; in Brownsville, Texas. 11" x 8.5"

File 8: Four men standing in front of a American Eagle biplane (airplane); Bruce Aiken, Brownsville Herald Plus newspaper article: Fort Brown airdrome; Mad dog's bite put Brownsville in the aviation history books; Saturday, March 6, 1993. 10.5" x 13.5" 8" x 10"

File 9: Summer Camp Capers; Episcopal at St. France Chapel; back row: L-R Ford Lockett, Bob Lattimore, Bishop Everest Jones, unknown, Ted Richardson; Front row: L-R Unknown, Marcia Wardon, Kathy Lewis, Anna May Kinder, unknown, Jane Maxwell, unknown; taken in 1950; in Boerne, Texas. 5" x 7"

File 10: The Brownsville Times article on The Eagle Pharmacy: Pharmacy closes after 106 years written by A.A. Champion; Thursday, July 20, 1967. 8.5" x 14"

Physical Description

.TIF, 15 files, 647MB

Recommended Citation

UTRGV History Harvest (BD-0010), UTRGV Digital Library, The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley. Accessed via https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/bhh2014/