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[Women and Girls Doing Crafts]

Photograph of girls sitting at a picnic table outside doing crafts together. Women are sitting at a table behind them. Trees are in the background.
Date: July 8, 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of Young Men and Women]

Photograph of a group of young men and women standing together in a field in front of a fence. Some of them are holding textbooks.
Date: May 26, 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hellen Mae Davidson, Bertha Hutchins, and Mrs. Viola Andrews]

Photograph of three women sitting at a table sewing. A handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "Hellen Mae Davidson, left, Bertha Hutchins, center, and Mrs. Viola Andrews, all of Del Valle community, says leather craft is an enjoyable and profitable hobby."
Date: June 16, 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Green & White Grocery Store]

Photograph of the Green and White Grocery store building, taken from a building across the street. The store was located at 1201 East 7th Street in Austin.
Date: July 15, 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group Portrait of Young Men and Women]

Photograph of a group of ten young men and women standing in front of a house. One of the boys holds a basketball. Another young boy is partially visible at the edge of the photo.
Date: April 18, 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Teenagers on a Baseball Field]

Photograph of a group of six teenage boys standing in a field, with one boy wearing a baseball glove. Two other boys are behind them, playing.
Date: April 18, 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Girls Holding Leather Crafts]

Photograph of two girls standing together and holding leather crafts. Some supplies are visible on the table in front of them.
Date: June 16, 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mrs. Dena Collins with Turkeys]

Photograph of a woman kneeling down in a room full of turkeys. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Mrs. Dena Collins, Home Dem. Club member and poultry demonstrator, Pilot Knob Community, Travis Co."
Date: May 6, 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[4-H Group]

Photograph of a group of girls of various ages in a field, with some of them holding booklets with the 4-H logo on the covers.
Date: March 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women Tooling Leather]

Photograph of women sitting at a wooden table outside and tooling leather items. Various supplies are on the table. Trees are in the background.
Date: July 8, 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women Doing Crafts]

Photograph of women sitting at wooden tables outside and doing crafts together. Various tools and supplies are on the tables. Trees are in the background.
Date: July 8, 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bertha Hutchins and Hellen Davidson]

Photograph of two young women doing leather crafts, one sewing a shoe and the other a bag. A handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "Bertha Hutchins, left, and Hellen Davidson, right, of Del Valle Community, find their work in leather craft enjoyable and rewarding."
Date: June 16, 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mrs. Dena Collins with Turkeys]

Photograph of a woman kneeling in a wooden building with many turkeys around her. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Mrs. Dena Collins, Home Dem. Club member and poultry demonstrator, Pilot Knob Community, Travis Co."
Date: May 6, 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[4-H Members]

Photograph of a girl sitting at a desk and reading a book with the 4-H logo on the cover, and a boy standing behind her looking over her shoulder.
Date: February 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women Doing Crafts]

Photograph of three young women sitting at a table together making crafts with leather.
Date: June 16, 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Children in Rosewood Park]

Photograph of two young girls standing in a park with a group of children playing behind them. According to a handwritten note on the back of the photo, it was taken in Rosewood Park in Austin in 1958.
Date: May 26, 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Children on Playground]

Photograph of a group of children spinning on a roundabout at a playground.
Date: May 26, 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Streets, steps - 7th and Trinity

Street scene with vehicles. Sign on building for Austin Gospel Tabernacle.
Date: January 24, 1958
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four men wearing suits, standing behind a display for National Flower Week]

A group of four men standing behind a flower display. The display is for National Flower Week.
Date: October 27, 1958
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Austin plan.

Map shows land use, public facilities, schools, airports, and major roads. Includes key to symbols used. Scale [1:56,320].
Date: 1958
Creator: Pacific Planning and Research
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-344 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-344

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The effect of Section 17, Article I and Section 7a, Article VIII of the Constitution of Texas and your recent opinions numbered WW-45; WW-78; WW-125 and WW-236 on whether or not State and Federal Highway Funds can be legally used by the State Highway Department for the payment of the cost of removal, relocation or adjustment of the telephone facilities belonging to Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, the gas lines belong to South Union Gas Company and the water, electrical and sanitary sewer facilities belonging to the City of Austin which are located within the public right of way along East Avenue and the streets which intersect East Avenue in Austin, Texas.
Date: January 21, 1958
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-444 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-444

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the real property owned by Alcoholics Anonymous of Austin is taxable.
Date: June 4, 1958
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-505 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-505

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the General Land Office can pay registration fees for the Chief Appraiser, the Executive Secretary of the Veterans' Land Board and an attorney, to attend the Southwest Appraisal Conference to be held in Austin.
Date: September 22, 1958
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John W. Walton to T. N. Carswell - March 26, 1958] (open access)

[Letter from John W. Walton to T. N. Carswell - March 26, 1958]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Chairman, Taylor County Parole Board, from Vincent O'Leary, Director, Division of Parole Supervision, by John W. Walton, Supervisor, Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, dated March 26, 1958. Walton apologizes to Carswell for the error in their letter regarding the reporting intervals required of Subject No. Calif. 17095. In addition to reporting in person every six months he requests that Subject make a written report each month.
Date: March 26, 1958
Creator: Walton, John W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History