Resource Type

[2012.201.B0363.0085]

Photograph is of a man in a baseball uniform with his baseball glove on in the infield ready to catch a ball.
Date: April 9, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0250.0098]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: April 26, 1940
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Yook, Sam Rayburn, and William P. Hobby

Photograph of Yook, Sam Rayburn, and William P. Hobby, seated on a couch and looking at the camera.
Date: April 5, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plaza Theatre

Photograph of the Plaza Theatre in Lubbock, TX.
Date: April 25, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Governor’s Mansion]

Looking west at the entrance of the Governor's Mansion.
Date: April 1, 1940
Creator: Ellison Photo Service
System: The Portal to Texas History

Livestock--Control and Maintenance

Photograph of cross fencing and water and salt distribution for controlled grazing land. This windmill and 2 fences have converted the 570 acre pasture into 3 pastures of 190 acres each. Livestock are more easily handled and with much greater and uniform utilization of grazing land may be had. Sheep traps in the foreground allow release of stock into any desired pasture. TX-60-317.
Date: April 20, 1940
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of cross fencing and water and salt distribution for controlled grazing land. The windmill and 2 fences have converted the 570 acre pasture into 3 pastures of 190 acres each. Livestock are more easily handled and much greater and uniform utilization of grazing land may be had. Sheep traps in the foreground allow release of stock into any desired pasture. TX-60, 317.
Date: April 20, 1940
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of cross fencing and water and salt distribution for controlled grazing land. This windmill and 2 fences have converted the 570 acre pasture into three pastures of 190 acres each. Livestock are more easily handled and much greater and uniform utilization of grazing land may be had. Sheep traps in foreground allow release of stock into any desired pasture. TX-60, 317.
Date: April 20, 1940
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph of Students]

Photograph of a group of students standing outside and leaning on a wire fence. Behind the students there is a set of bleachers and a tree and on the back of the photograph "APR 1940" and "R 5 8" is printed.
Date: April 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Students in a Wagon]

Photograph of Eanes Rock School House students on a field trip to San Antonio to see the Alamo. The students are piled into a wagon that is stopped at a gas station and on the back of the photograph "Eanes History Center" is handwritten in pen as well as "R70" is printed.
Date: April 1940
Creator: Eanes Rock School House
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Students Having Lunch]

Photograph of of Eanes Rock School House students about to eat lunch outside. The children are lined up and looking towards the camera and there are trees in the background of the picture.
Date: April 1940
Creator: Eanes Rock School House
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Students in a Wagon]

Photograph of Eanes Rock Schoolhouse students on a wooden wagon. One student is trying to climb into the wagon, while the others seem to be looking at something off frame to the left. There appear to be parents outside of the wagon holding onto the smaller children and in the background of the photograph there is a stone building and several trees. On the back of the photograph, "R70" is printed.
Date: April 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Students Having Lunch Outside]

Photograph of Eanes Rock School House students about to eat lunch outside. The children are lined up and looking towards the camera and in the background of the shot there are trees. On the back of the photograph, "R58" is printed as well as "APR 1940".
Date: April 1940
Creator: Eanes Rock School House
System: The Portal to Texas History

Water Spreading System for Blue Grama Grass Range

Photograph of a water spreading system, constructed from earth levees, to spread creek water evenly over a blue grama grass range to promote growth of grass and prevent erosion. A few heads of cattle are grazing in this field. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Water spreading system. System of earth levees for spreading creek water over blue grama grass range. These levees distribute water evenly over range and promote growth of grass. They also serve to reduce velocity of water and help prevent sheet and gully erosion."
Date: April 17, 1940
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Street car

Austin Street Railway Company street car.
Date: April 10, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Man next to street car (close up)

Man standing in front of street car. Coca-cola sign in background
Date: April 10, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Man next to street car

Man standing next to street car in front of house. There is another street car in the background.
Date: April 10, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men at Disch Banquet]

Photograph of a group of men at Disch banquet. The men are wearing suits. One man is holding a microphone. There is a baseball banner in the background.
Date: April 4, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Men at Disch Banquet]

Photograph of two men standing on stage at Disch banquet. A baseball banner in the background reads "SW Champions."
Date: April 4, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of Men Standing]

Photograph of a group of men wearing suits at the Disch banquet. They are standing in a line with their arms around each other.
Date: April 4, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Men around Microphone]

Photograph of two men speaking into a microphone. Another man is sitting on a table next to them. The photographer noted Disch banquet on the negative sleeve of this photo.
Date: April 4, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Men Standing in Office]

Photograph of three men standing in an office and looking at a document. There is a Topographic and Road Map of Travis County on the wall behind them. The photographer wrote the name "Guiton Morgan" on the negative envelope. Morgan was the City Manager of Austin.
Date: April 8, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Standing with Bicycle]

Photograph of a woman standing with a bicycle on a dirt path. The photographer wrote the name "Irby Lee Blalock" on the negative envelope.
Date: April 3, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jim Baird Sitting at Desk]

Photograph of a Jim Baird seated behind a desk, looking toward the camera. He is wearing a suit with a patterned tie and pocket square and he has his arms resting in front of him, on top of two stacks of papers on a blotter. A desk set with a pen is partially visible at the front of the desk (left).
Date: April 3, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History