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[Girl Scouts sitting on a floor looking at magazines and books]

Three Girl Scouts from Troop 26 sitting on a floor looking at books and magazines. They are in a school classroom at Bryker Woods School. They've collected games and magazines to donate to the Austin State School. Pictured L to R: Carol Massengale, Nancy Shaw, and Linda Myers.
Date: February 23, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Veterinarian Clinic]

Photograph of Northside Veterinarian Clinic in front of an empty street. The building is a mid-century design and features an abstract horse mural next to the building's sign. Three trees, an empty street, and power lines can be seen in the fore ground. Two cars can be seen in the background just behind the building.
Date: March 23, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ragsdale Terminal Exterior]

Photograph of the Ragsdale Terminal with an exterior facade that is dark with matching dark columns that can be seen on the left wall, along with a glass door entrance. The roof is a very light color and has a multi-arched scalloped shape to it that extends far past the edge of the building. The terminal sign can be seen to the right in a garden area with boulders and palm trees.
Date: August 23, 1962
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter from Witter Bynner to Mary (open access)

Letter from Witter Bynner to Mary

Correspondence regarding a book order from Doubleday.
Date: August 23, 1951
Creator: Bynner, Witter
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rosewood park bandstand]

Photograph of the empty Rosewood Park bandstand. The bandstand is surrounded by electric light posts, and a large tree offers shade to the left.
Date: August 23, 1939
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab., Austin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Children around USN sand sculpture at Sandcraft]

Photograph of a group of children around a sandbox with a sand sculpture of an anchor and the initials U.S.N. (United States Navy) imprinted over it at Sandcraft Park.
Date: June 23, 1943
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photography Laboratory
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from O. Henry to Belle Palm] (open access)

[Letter from O. Henry to Belle Palm]

Letter detailing programme for a musical event to be held on October 1, 1886, in which Belle Palm is on the program and O. Henry is the Musical Director.
Date: September 23, 1886
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The exterior of the Kress store]

The exterior of the Kress store. A sign in the front window of the store says "open." There is a car parked under a light to the right of the photo. There are also flags hanging over the parking lot and on the exterior of the Kress building.
Date: April 23, 1961
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bakery Worker]

Photograph of an Austin Baking Company factory worker operating the knobs for a machine. He stands to the right of the photo and is wearing a light colored shirt, apron at the waist, and a cap with the name of the bakery printed on the side. An industrial catwalk can be seen hanging from above in the background.
Date: December 23, 1959
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Plasterers Union]

Photograph of a group portrait taken outdoors of several people wearing name tags. The photo is taken at a slightly higher angle, looking down on the group. A few trees and a fenced in area can be seen just behind the group. In the background, an apartment or motel building can be seen, along with a Texaco sign seen behind it.
Date: July 23, 1983
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Language Class Example]

Photograph of a woman's hands resting on a desk with a sample of Spanish writing along with a Wireless Lab reel-to-reel tape player designed, for use in school language classes. Two wires can be seen plugged into the the tape player and the woman has a wedding band and engagement ring on her left hand.
Date: October 23, 1962
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wildcat Orchestra at Zilker Hillside Theater]

Photograph of Photograph of the orchestra from a summer musical "Wildcat" performed on stage at the open-air Zilker Hillside Theater in Austin. The orchestra sits on a raised platform while spectators sit on the ground surrounding.
Date: 1962-08-23/1962-08-25
Creator: Austin (Tex.). Department of Parks and Recreation.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wildcat performed on stage at Zilker Hillside Theater]

Photograph of a scene from a summer musical "Wildcat" performed on stage at the open-air Zilker Hillside Theater. Cast of men and women perform on stage and two actors climb a tower set.
Date: 1962-08-23/1962-08-25
Creator: Austin (Tex.). Department of Parks and Recreation.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease] (open access)

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

The third in a series of eleven letters to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Pease—in them he discusses, among other things, yellow-fever and typhoid epidemics.
Date: May 23, 1868
Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Richard Niles Graham from Maury Maverick, mayor of San Antonio] (open access)

[Correspondence to Richard Niles Graham from Maury Maverick, mayor of San Antonio]

A letter to Richard Niles Graham from Maury Maverick, mayor of San Antonio, who says that he is returning Graham’s copy of the book A Maverick American, which Maverick wrote, with his autograph.
Date: February 23, 1940
Creator: Maverick, Maury
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Tax receipts for E.M. Pease] (open access)

[Tax receipts for E.M. Pease]

Receipts for direct taxes in insurrectionary districts
Date: 1866-06-23/1866-06-27
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease, August 23, 1870] (open access)

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease, August 23, 1870]

The sixth in a series of eleven letters to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Pease—in them he discusses, among other things, yellow-fever and typhoid epidemics.
Date: August 23, 1870
Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Parade for Washington's Birthday in Laredo, Texas]

Photograph of a parade for Washington's Birthday. The crowd is watching uniformed men on horseback ride through the street. The photograph was taken from the second floor of one of the street's buildings.
Date: February 23, 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Parade for Washington's Birthday in Laredo, Texas]

Photograph of a parade for Washington's Birthday in Laredo, Texas. The parade-goers shown are on horseback, including the performing musicians. Crowds fill the sidewalks on either side of the parade route.
Date: February 23, 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Early computers and office

Photograph of two men in an early computing office. Two men observe a printer readout. One man sits in front of the machine, one stands behind the machine and leans over to read. The paper feeds from a shelf under the printer, through the machine, and into a box on the floor behind the machine. Reel-to-reel cabinets sit behind the men on the right, and a large IBM switchboard sits on a desk to the left. Exposed overhead ducts and vents are cooling the room.
Date: May 23, 1967
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Men at early computers]

Photograph of two men reading the printouts of an early dot-matrix printer. Reams of paper sit on a shelf underneath the printer and feeds into the machine from below. The printout feeds directly into a box that sits on the floor behind the printer. One man sits in front of the machine and the other looks over the printout from behind. In the rear of the image are reel-to-reel cabinets. On the desk at the front is an early IBM switchboard. Florescent lights are overhead, and exposed vents cool the room.
Date: May 23, 1967
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Simmons Motor Company [garage]

Photograph of the mechanics work area of the Simmons Motor Company garage. A myriad of mechanics tools and machines line the walls of the garage, but the floor is shiny and free of clutter. Signs hang above the work space reading "Austin's Largest Independent New Car Dealer / authorized to sell all makes" and "Interference makes a mechanic's work less efficient."
Date: October 23, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History