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[Interior view of a Home]
Photograph of a kitchen with a small stove and pots hanging on the walls, as seen from a bedroom. The door between the two rooms is made of a cardboard. Most likely this was the home of an African American family in Austin.
Date:
August 8, 1949
Creator:
Studtman Photo Service
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[View of a Kitchen]
Photograph of a small kitchen with a small stove, oven, and table. The walls are covered in newspaper. The floor is uneven and stained. This was most likely the kitchen in the home of an African American family.
Date:
August 8, 1949
Creator:
Studtman Photo Service
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Family Outside Their Home]
Photograph of a family with two small children and a dog outside of their wooden house. Laundry is hanging to dry on lines. Other wooden houses in the background. Dirt, patches of weeds, and small trees surround the houses.
Date:
August 8, 1949
Creator:
Studtman Photo Service
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[An external view of the Land Office Building]
A view of the corner of the Land Office Building. Cars are parked along the sides of the building. First Federal Savings is located to the left of the Land Office Building in this photo.
Date:
August 27, 1954
Creator:
Douglass, Neal
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Planes in V Formation]
Photograph of five Thunderbird planes in a V formation.
Date:
August 3, 1974
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Children's Day Parade Boulevard, Galveston
Photograph of Children Day Parade at Galveston. The parade is made up of girls with baby carriages. Crowds of adults are on the sidewalks on either side of the parade route. The ocean is visible in the background.
Date:
August 1, 1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Children's Parade, Galveston
Photograph of a Children's Day Parade at Galveston. The parade is made up of girls with baby carriages. Adults are on the sidewalk and the ocean is visible in the background.
Date:
August 1, 1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Convict Hill Interior]
Photograph of the interior of a restaurant named Convict Hill, once located at 6522 East U.S. 290. Many people can be seen at the tables throughout the space and in the background, three patrons can be seen at a salad bar. A waiter can be seen to their left wearing a shirt with the name of the restaurant. In the center left, a wooden support beam can be seen with small shelves wrapped around it to hold steak sauce, water pitchers, etc.
Date:
August 7, 1977
Creator:
Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Pan-Am Club Group Portrait]
Photograph of a group of men and women dressed in semi-casual attire and wearing leis. They are posed in front of a painted backdrop with tropical motifs and signs advertising to "Fly Pan-Am". The women are all wearing printed skirts and light colored, sleeve-less blouses, while the men wear an assortment of slacks, Capri pants, polo shirts, and Hawaiian shirts. Three of the men can be seen wearing chef hats.
Date:
August 28, 1959
Creator:
Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Carling Beer Ad]
Photograph of a woman named Mrs. Sheri Burton whom can be seen from the waist up wearing a light colored outfit. She is smiling and holding a cigarette in her right hand and a can of Carling Black Label Beer in her left. A typewriter can be seen to the right.
Date:
August 16, 1961
Creator:
Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Volkswagon Dealership]
Photograph of the exterior of a Volkswagen dealership. The left side of the building is a garage for repairs, where a car can be seen in the shade of the left-most garage door. An entrance can be seen with glass walls and an awning roof reaching out over the the entrance way. Four vehicles can be seen parked in the lot in the foreground and the Volkswagen logo can be seen on a large sign on the roof of the building. To the right another sign advertising services can be seen.
Date:
August 5, 1957
Creator:
Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Fashion Conspiracy]
Photograph of three women posed together outside of a clothing store called Fashion Conspiracy. The store has a wood paneled storefront, and signs can be seen inside among the clothing racks advertising "20% off all regular fall sweaters". Two of the women to the right are light haired and wearing dresses. The woman on the left is dark haired and wearing a light colored shirt and pants.
Date:
August 20, 1981
Creator:
Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Fishermen in Boat]
Photograph of a Glastron boat and fishermen on the water of Lake Austin. One man can be seen driving the boat, while a young boy in a cowboy hat rides in the front. Three men can be seen in the back of the boat with fishing poles in hand. The shore can be seen in the background.
Date:
August 5, 1961
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
[Zilker Hillside Theatre - Peter Pan]
Photograph of two actors of the Zilker Hillside Thearte summer musical "Peter Pan" in August 1971. The two actors playing Captain Hook and Peter Pan are crossing their swords.
Date:
August 1971
Creator:
Dougherty, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Effie Roach Hofer Autograph Album]
Autograph album belonging to Effie Roach Hofer. It includes page a 10-line verse poem entitled "Poetry," with drawing of fiddle and pointing finger and hand, signed "W.S. Porter/Secretary Jolly Brothers."
Date:
August 2, 1885
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin High [School] R.O.T.C., 1968
Photograph of Austin High R.O.T.C. in 1968. (This is a portion of a panoramic AR.U.006(235) Panoramic Collection; section 4 of 6). Austin High School opened in 1881 and was the first public high school in Texas. In 1968 the campus was located at 1212 Rio Grande Street.
Date:
August 1968
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Group of Men in Uniform]
Photograph of a group of soldiers in a few styles of uniform, with a few women and a pastor, possibly at Camp Mabry.
Date:
August 21, 1943
Creator:
Ellison
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rosewood playground pageant, August 1960]
Photograph of the Rosewood Playground Pageant at Rosewood Park. In this performance, two actors sit next to each other on folding chairs before a painted cityscape background. The male actor holds his arms apart and looks at the female actress as if he is showing her something. Lights are strung above the actors in the outdoor stage area. Three boys in the foreground watch the play. A woman sits at a piano on the far right.
Date:
August 1960
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
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 swimming at Rosewood Park]
Photograph of a group of African-American children swimming and splashing at the Rosewood Park for Negroes swimming pool. Extensive use of swimming pool and facilities demonstrates success of this recreation center.
Date:
August 19, 1938
Creator:
Ellison Photo Service
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Delta Sigma Theta members receive certificate]
Photograph of three women of the African-American sorority Delta Sigma Theta accepting a certificate from the Travis County Historical Survey Commission on behalf of the Rosewood Recreation Association. Pictured left to right are Ada Simond, Catherine Lamkin, and Betty Williams.
Date:
August 15, 1973
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jane Smoot to Trueman O’Quinn]
Letter referencing photograph of Lawrence Smoot at age twelve (12) that he witnessed the marriage of William Sydney Porter and Athol Estes.
Date:
August 17, 1975
Creator:
Smoot, Jane
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A man in a Sinclair uniform]
A man dressed in a Sinclair uniform. He is standing in front of many Sinclair automotive products.
Date:
August 17, 1955
Creator:
Douglass, Neal
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History