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[People at an Event]

Photograph of a group of men and women standing in lines in a community recreation center (most likely Doris Miller Auditorium in Rosewood Park in Austin) at an event of some kind. Some people are at a ticket window.
Date: September 1, 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Spotlight On Fashion" Show]

Photograph of a girl in a white dress standing on an outdoor runway. Hanging from the runway/stage is a sign that says "Spotlight on Fashion."
Date: September 1, 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A band called "The Mello-Tones"]

"The Mello-Tones" playing an array of musical instruments. There is a table to the right of the photo with musical instruments on it. The men are all wearing dark suits.
Date: September 12, 1957
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
"What You Want" (open access)

"What You Want"

A short story about a wealthy man and a hat-cleaner in New York City.
Date: September 1908
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
About New York with O. Henry (open access)

About New York with O. Henry

Article excerpted from a literature magazine providing a description of the places in New York that O. Henry used as settings for many of his short stories. The article is illustrated with photographs.
Date: September 1913
Creator: Maurice, Arthur Bartlett, 1873-1946
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Crucible (open access)

The Crucible

Three-stanza poem by O. Henry. "O. Henry's last poem...One of two poems found in a notebook after his death."
Date: September 1910
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
O. Henry's Last Story (open access)

O. Henry's Last Story

Partially finished short story about a criminal on death row. O. Henry was unable to complete this story before his death. Story illustrated with facsimiles of the original manuscript.
Date: September 1910
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calloway's Code (open access)

Calloway's Code

A newspaper staff tries to decipher a code sent by a reporter abroad.
Date: September 1906
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Octopus Marooned (open access)

The Octopus Marooned

Short story set in Texas.
Date: September 1911
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Looking at Aerial Map of Bergstrom]

Photograph of men and women sitting around a table with binders on it. There is a large aerial map of Bergstrom Air Force Base on the wall, and a woman to the right points towards it.
Date: September 3, 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Non-Commissioned Officer Academy Opens]

Photograph of students unloading furniture from the back of a moving van at the newly opened Non-Commissioned Officer Academy.
Date: September 25, 1975
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ribbon Cutting Ceremony]

Photograph of Lieutenant Colonel Glyndon Bruhl holding the ribbon as Colonel Charles P. Sloan, Jr. prepares to cut it to open the 62nd Tactical Reconnaissance Training Squadron flight operations facility.
Date: September 30, 1982
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Carl Franklin Receives Memento]

Photograph of Colonel Carl Franklin receiving a memento from Rowland Person after Franklin's last flight. General Blood, Bill Head, Jack Mouton, and Dorothy Rowland applaud in the background.
Date: September 18, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Day View of Train Wreck]

Photograph of workers inspecting the aftermath of a train wreck over a bridge. Three men can be seen on the left looking at the undercarriage of one of the train cars that remains on the railway. A fourth man can be seen to their right observing a train car that hangs precariously over the bridge's edge. Another train car can be seen on the road below, leaning up against the bridge. Two parked vehicles can be seen in the background
Date: September 2, 1958
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Law and Order (open access)

Law and Order

Short story set on a ranch in Texas.
Date: September 1910
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lonesome Road (open access)

The Lonesome Road

A short story set in Texas.
Date: September 1903
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter from Dudley Frasier to Charles Green (open access)

Letter from Dudley Frasier to Charles Green

Letter regarding the wife of an associate of O. Henry living in Austin.
Date: September 30, 1954
Creator: Frasier, Dudley
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Athol Estes Porter Autograph book (open access)

Athol Estes Porter Autograph book

Autograph album belonging to Athol Estes, includes 10-line two stanza poem. First letters of first five lines acrostically spell Athol (first letters of lines) and Estes (last letters of lines). Signed "W.S.P."
Date: September 25, 1885
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Independent: O. Henry and the Patriot (open access)

The Independent: O. Henry and the Patriot

"Mr. Steger [O. Henry's] literary executor, made a trip to Texas not long ago in search of the early work of O. Henry and some of the material he gathered is presented here."
Date: September 5, 1912
Creator: Steger, Harry Peyton, 1883-1913
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Student looking at University of Texas Main Building]

Photograph of student with backpack in foreground with U.T. Tower in background. Students are walking around the main campus in front of the main building. Several students are sitting in front of the steps. Several tables are visible in the background. An event is taking place.
Date: September 1975
Creator: Fluitt, Mike
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dillman's Farm at Austin Community Gardens]

Photograph of a section of garden at the Austin Community Garden. A wooden sign that says "Dillman's Farm" is in the foreground, indicating the plot as belonging to the Dillmans. Wooden stakes and leafy plants are visible in front of a chain-link fence running along the border of the garden. A hose snakes up into view at the back of the Dillman plot.
Date: September 1975
Creator: Fluitt, Mike
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Austin Community Garden near airport]

Photograph of Austin Community Garden looking towards the airport. Rows of plants and a string fence separating rows are visible in the foreground. The airport control tower, airplanes and gates are visible behind the chain-link fence in the background.
Date: September 1975
Creator: Fluitt, Mike
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Holly Street Power Station

Two men in the control room of the Holly Street Power Plant, Austin, Texas.
Date: September 27, 1963
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Rosewood Park for Negroes

Photograph of a group of black children watching a youth prepare to dive from the diving board into the public pool at Rosewood Park.
Date: September 8, 1938
Creator: Ellison Photo Service, Austin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History