Photograph of people at the post exchange in 1943.

Photograph of mechanics working on a C-47 radial engine in 1943. One of them stands on stairs, and the other stands on the ground and looks up at the propeller.

Photograph of two men, left, and a woman on phones in the central tower at Bergstrom Air Force Base.

Photograph of men sitting in a lounge. Three men sit around a table in the center, while another plays a piano to the left. Chairs are lined up against the right wall. An American flag is in the foreground.

Photograph of the Bergstrom Air Force Base headquarters. An American flag is positioned in front of the building.

Photograph of groups of Red Cross nurses prepare medical supplies at tables. There is a large poster on the wall in the back advertising "The Greatest Mother in the World, War Fund 1943."

Photograph of a group of soldiers in a few styles of uniform, with a few women and a pastor, possibly at Camp Mabry.

Photograph of interior view showing the scaffolding used in painting the interior of the Austin Athletic Club building and the condition of building before painting. Volleyball nets stretch across two courts, with empty bleachers visible in background. The first organized recreation center in Austin was the privately owned Austin Athletic Club, built in 1923, by William T. Caswell. In 1931. Mr. Caswell sold the club to the City of Austin for "a small remuneration". The name of the center was officially changed to the Austin Recreation Center in 1970. After substantial damage, due to the Memorial Day flood of 1981 that center was closed after the existing center was built and opened in 1986.

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.

Photograph of two men in uniform.