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[Colonial Play with Actor Playing Guitar]
Photograph of two actors on stage performing a play. They are dressed in colonial-American attire, and behind them is a statue framed by a giant picture frame. The male actor is playing guitar while the female actress is sitting and watching.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
Foster, William Hague
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Machine with a Pulley]
Photograph of a metal machine with a pulley on the right side and a metal weight hanging from the left side. Underneath the weight is a metal cylinder. There is a gauge of something above the weight and a stopwatch below the pulley.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
Foster, William Hague
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Littlefield Fountain and University of Texas Tower]
Photograph of the University of Texas at Austin tower behind Littlefield Fountain.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
Foster, William Hague
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Man Speaking to a Room of People]
Photograph of a man speaking to a room full of people. Various men, women, and children are sitting in rows of wooden chairs while the man at the front of the room speaks.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
Foster, William Hague
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Pageant on Stage]
Photograph of a pageant being performed on stage. There are eleven girls on stage in ballgowns holding bouquets of flowers. Seven of them are standing on various levels of a platform with one girl in the middle at the highest point, and the other four are on the ground in front. People can be seen peeking out from behind the curtains on the left, and the orchestral pit is visible at the bottom of the photo.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
Foster, William Hague
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ballet Dancers Posing on Stage]
Photograph of ballet dancers posing on stage. There is one dancer in the middle standing en pointe with her arms in fifth position, and the rest of the dancers are kneeling on either side of her, resting their arms on each other and getting closer to the ground the further away they get from the center dancer. They are all wearing long tutus.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
Foster, William Hague
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Chemistry Glassware by a Window]
Photograph of a display of chemistry glassware and pipes connected to a metal framework. Some of the containers are filled with dark liquids, and the two at the bottom are resting on burners. The setup is in front of a window.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
Foster, William Hague
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Man Seated with Cat at a Party]
Photograph of a man sitting at a party holding a cat. In the background various people can be seen, most notably to the left of the photograph where a man is reaching towards the ceiling holding something in his hands. Photograph uses multiple exposures.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
Foster, William Hague
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Two Men Carry a Crate into Shelton Chapel]
Photograph of two men carrying a wooden crate into Shelton Chapel. They are both smiling and the man on the left is looking into the camera.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
Foster, William Hague
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A Small Group of Men]
Photograph of seven men in a small gathering on a sidewalk. Samuel Levinson Joekel is the second man from the left and Thomas White Currie is the man in the dark suit at the right of the photograph. The seventh man on the right is only half visible. To the left of the men are tall plants.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
Foster, William Hague
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Group Photo Outside a Building]
Photograph of a group of people out front of a building. The group is mostly men in suits, but there are a few women scattered throughout in dresses. There are thick trees to the left of the building.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
Foster, William Hague
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Man Sitting at Desk with a Woman and the UT Tower]
Photograph of a man sitting at a desk with his feet up. There is also a silhouette of a woman sitting on a windowsill. The photograph uses multiple exposure to overlay the UT Tower is and a faint image of a railing.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
Foster, William Hague
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Boys Swim Meet]
Photograph of boys diving into a pool for a swim meet. Along the back wall there are seated spectators, and an announcer in a suit with a microphone in front of him.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
Foster, William Hague
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Women on Stage Performing a Play]
Photograph of women and girls on stage performing a play. Most of them are standing to the right, behind one who is seated, looking at three girls on the left side who are standing in line doing a fifth position ballet stance with their arms. The backdrop is plain, and the front row of the orchestral pit can be seen at the bottom of the photo.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
Foster, William Hague
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Boys Sitting on a Hill Overlooking the Colorado River]
Photograph of a group of boys sitting on a hill overlooking the Colorado River. There is a man down in front of them reading off of a piece of paper. In the background, the Colorado River can be seen stretching into the distance.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
Foster, William Hague
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[People Eating at the Austin Seminary picnic at the Zilker Park Clubhouse]
Photograph of Austin Seminary students and faculty eating at the annual picnic. They are inside the Zilker Park Clubhouse. The people in the photograph are seated at a long table on benches sitting close to each other. There are multiple tables in the room. On the back wall there is a fireplace, and on the right side of the picture a piano is visible.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
Foster, William Hague
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Five Women Posing for a Picture]
Photograph of five women posing for a picture. The girl on the right is much younger than the rest, and the woman next to her is much older. The woman second from the left is making a silly face by sticking her tongue out. Behind them is the door to a house.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
Foster, William Hague
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[People Looking out over Austin]
Photograph of a large group of men, women and children looking out over Austin, Texas from the top of a hill outside the Zilker Park Clubhouse. The building has a flagpole in front of it. Some of the adults are talking while others are looking at the city. Some of the children are sitting on the ground playing. The University of Texas tower and State Capitol can both be seen in the distance.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
Foster, William Hague
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Nine Men in Front of Shelton Chapel]
Photograph of nine men standing in front of the doorway to Shelton Chapel. Some of them are looking up and smiling, while others are looking around. Two of the men are holding books, and one of those two is looking at his book. There is a hat on the ground on a step to the right of the men.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
Foster, William Hague
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Play with Statue and Baby]
Photograph of three actors on stage performing a play in colonial costumes. Behind the actors, there is a statue framed by a giant picture frame, and in front of them is a baby in a chair covered by a black blanket.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
Foster, William Hague
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Group of People Eating at a Banquet]
Photograph of people eating at a banquet. The men are all wearing suits and the women are wearing dresses. Two men can be seen on the right side of the picture waiting on the guests. There are signs on some of the tables with names and other information on them.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
Foster, William Hague
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Group of Men Standing in a Circle]
Photograph of a group of men standing in a loose circle, possibly at the groundbreaking for Shelton Chapel. They are all dressed in suits. All of the men are standing, except for a man in the bottom of the photograph who is seated. There are a few chairs visible in the background, as well as a hat on the ground.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
Foster, William Hague
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Large Group Posing for Photo on Steps in Front of Building]
Photograph of a large group of people posing for a photo on the steps in front of an archway. They are mostly men wearing suits, but there are a few women scattered throughout wearing dark colors. There is a small girl in the bottom left of the group standing in front of a smiling man and holding his hands.
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
Foster, William Hague
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Boy Getting Thrown into Water]
Photograph of a boy getting thrown into water by other boys. There is a large gathering of people in the background watching. There is a sign in the upper portion of the image that says "'B' Hall Duckin'."
Date:
1940~/1949~
Creator:
Foster, William Hague
System:
The Portal to Texas History