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[Girl Holding Clothes]

Photograph of a young woman holding up shirts and dresses on hangers, with an open closet behind her. Shelves full of books are next to the closet. A school-room style chair with attached desk is in the foreground.
Date: June 22, 1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man near Airplanes]

Photograph of a man near a line of airplanes at an airport in Austin. The airplanes are mid 20th century models with two seats.
Date: October 22, 1937
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man near an Airplane]

Photograph of a man near a plane at an airport in Austin. The plane is a mid 20th century model with two seats.
Date: October 22, 1937
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Food Store]

Photograph of a grocery store called Town and Country, located on St. Johns Avenue, Austin Texas. The photo is taken from the side of a road, where a full view of the small store and its parking lot can be seen. A single car can be seen parked to the left of the lot, and further to the left a tall sign with the store name can be seen. A large field and several houses can be seen in the background.
Date: March 22, 1963
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sunday School Class]

Photograph of a group of children in a church classroom at Hyde Park Baptist Church. The kids can be seen from behind, seated in a half circle around a teacher in the background. A sign on the wall above the teacher reads, " Do unto others as you would have them do unto you". Student desks can be seen throughout the classroom in the foreground, and the room is decorated with cheerful imagery.
Date: May 22, 1983
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Railroad tracks near Austin]

Photograph of International and Great Northern railroad tracks outside of Austin. On the tracks in the distance can be seen the switch, and in the far distance, the city watertower is visible. Telephone poles and brush are dominant, though some houses and fences indicating residences are visible.
Date: July 22, 1966
Creator: City of Austin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

John Roberts Band

Photograph of nine members of the Mello-Tones playing instruments at a function. Several guests are sitting in the background at right.
Date: November 22, 1958
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Board Game]

Photograph of a game board of interlocking hexagons for a space-themed, strategy role-playing game. The card explaining the rules of the game and cards for player stats can be seen laid on top of the board.
Date: August 22, 1974
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed for sale of slave to E.M. Pease and John W. Harris] (open access)

[Deed for sale of slave to E.M. Pease and John W. Harris]

A deed for the sale of a slave ("one mulatto girl") from D.R. and E.B. Walker to E.M. Pease and John W. Harris.
Date: February 22, 1841
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Walker's Austex [beef stew pie display]

Photograph of Walker's Austex Beef Stew Pie display at a local retail fair. The display is a giant beef stew pie with cans of Austex beef stew lining the booth walls. Signs for the product claim "Austex Beef Stew Pie: It's Quick, It's Inexpensive, It's Easy to Serve. Just fill a pie shell with one can Austex Beef Stew" and "An Austex Budget Meal costs less than 50 cents to make an Austex Beef Stew Pie."
Date: March 22, 1952
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Southern Union Gas Company [servicemen]

Photograph of the 1952 Southern Union Gas Company servicemen. The team of 30 servicemen are arranged in two lines. They are flanked by a row of cars each on the left and right, parked all the way back to their garage.
Date: September 22, 1952
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sani-Products for Texas [employee and customers]

Photograph of a Sani-Products for Texas employee handing out products to customers in front of the company truck. A man and woman accept a bag of potato chips from the employee. The truck's rear doors are open, and the truck is packed to the roof with boxes of Sani-Products potato chips and corn chips boxes.
Date: January 22, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History