PHOTOS FROM THE DON BLAIR ARCHIVE COLLECTION
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Donald C. & Elizabeth M. Dickinson Research Center
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| The following thirty photographs were found at the National Cowboy Museum in Oklahoma City. I went there to view the part of the Don Blair archived collection that deals with Aruba. The people at the museum were just as nice as can be and I was shown all that I asked to see. I would also like to say it was an interesting museum, very large and well worth a visit if you are in Oklahoma City. I was a little disappointed in what little there was in the collection from Aruba, mostly small, 2 inch by 2 inch photos, and most of them were of the landscape of Aruba, cactus and coral. There were some photos and a few negatives of the Scottish troops who were in Aruba between 1940 and 1942, as well as a couple of photos showing the interior of the General Office Building and a few of the exterior of the GOB. These are among the 30 photographs I selected from the over 200 that covered Aruba. I hope you enjoy the photographs, I think they were well worth the trip. |
| While looking at the collection I got to thinking about why there was so little from the '40 to '45 time period. Don Blair was in Aruba during this time but there were no photos from this time. Then I realized, this was because this was war time and I am sure you could not purchase photographic film during this time. Lago was a vital war industry and the entire island was under a strict censorship, so film and photographs were a no-no. For this reason most of the photographs cover the period 1938, (the time Don Blair arrived in Aruba), to 1940, (beginning of censorship) and then again from 1945 (war's end) to 1946 when he left Aruba. |
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| Please note, while these photos are posted on the site, they are still the property of the National Cowboy Museum. If anyone cares to use them or copy them, they will have to obtain permission from the Museum, just as I did. This warning is part of the agreement to allow me to use the photos, that and giving credit for the photographs to the Donald C. & Elizabeth M. Dickinson Research Center of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. |
