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[Children on Stage Holding Signs]

Photograph of children standing on a stage in the front of a room holding signs that say "candy," "cookies," "cake," and "pie," with people in rows of chairs facing them. A banner for 4-H is on the wall behind them.
Date: March 12, 1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group Portrait of Men and Women]

Photograph of a group of men and women, with some wearing straw hats, and a sign behind them that says "Mexico." This was possibly a Travis County Negro Extension Service educational event or program.
Date: March 12, 1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group at Dinner]

Photograph of a group of men and women sitting at a table with plates and cups in front of them. The woman on the far left is Mrs. Mildred Holliway and the second man from the right is Mr. Lloyd Kerley.
Date: March 6, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Children on Stage Holding Signs]

Photograph of a group children standing on a stage holding signs reading "Fruits," "Vegetables," "Cheese," and "Milk." One students holds a drawing of a tooth. A 4-H poster is on the wall behind them. Several people are in the audience in the foreground.
Date: March 12, 1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men Butchering Meat at Victory Food Show]

Photograph of give men butchering meat, with cuts of meat displayed on the walls behind them. A banner on the wall above the meat reads "First Annual Travis County Victory Food Show, March 17-18." According to a handwritten note on the back of the photo, the third man from the left is T. A. Mayes. About six people are on the opposite side of the table watching the men.
Date: March 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People and a Cow at the Food and Livestock Show]

Photograph of a woman with a cow, and four men standing on either side of them. A sign on the building behind them reads "Second Annual Food and Livestock Show, March 21 and 22, 1946." One man holds a sign reading "13." The show took place at Rosewood Park in Austin.
Date: March 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Beef Calves at Food and Livestock Show]

Photograph of people showing their beef calves. A handwritten note on the back of the photo describes it: "Fourteen heavy weight beef calves weighing 819 pounds and over showed in Travis County's Third Annual Food and Livestock Show on the 26th and 27th of March 1947. These calves were sold at auction in Austin for an average of 29 cents per pound." The livestock show took place in Rosewood Park.
Date: March 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Children on Stage]

Photograph of children sitting at a table on a stage with a young woman apeaking at a podium in front of them. A poster on the wall behind them has the 4-H logo and motto and reads "To Make The Best Better." Several people are in the audience in the foreground.
Date: March 12, 1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men Butchering Meat at Victory Food Show]

Photograph of men standing at a counter butchering meat, with many cuts of mean displayed on the wall behind them. A sign on the wall above the meat display reads "First Annual Travis County Victory Food Show, March 17th and 18th."
Date: March 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[4-H Group]

Photograph of a group of girls of various ages in a field, with some of them holding booklets with the 4-H logo on the covers.
Date: March 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group at Dinner]

Photograph of men and women sitting at a table with food and drinks on it.
Date: March 6, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Beef Calves]

Photograph of a row of young men standing with their beef calves. A handwritten note on the back of the photo describes it: "Fourteen heavy weight beef calves weighing 819 pounds and over showed in Travis County's Third Annual Food and Livestock Show on the 26th and 27th of March 1947. These calves were sold at auction in Austin for an average of 29 cents per pound." The livestock show was held at Rosewood Park in Austin.
Date: March 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Post Office Building]

Photograph of the United States Post Office building in Manor, Texas, with gravel in front of it. A house is visible in the background.
Date: March 29, 1963
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gildon Creek Third Baptist Church]

Photograph of a woman standing on the front steps of the Gildon Creek Third Baptist Church building. The sign above the door indicated the pastor was Reverend J. H. Penn.
Date: March 29, 1963
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group Portrait in a Church]

Photograph of a group of men and women dressed up and standing behind a table where two women are seated and writing on papers. A woman is sitting in the first row of seats facing them. They are in a church and on the wall behind them there is an image of Jesus as a shepherd.
Date: March 31, 1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man at a Post Office]

Photograph of a man in a suit standing at the entrance to the post office building in Manor, Texas.
Date: March 29, 1963
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman on a Porch]

Photograph of a woman standing on steps leading up to the porch of a house. The front wall of the house has been partially plastered, but has wood siding at the top.
Date: March 27, 1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jane Bartley to Medibel Bartley - March 23, 1960] (open access)

[Letter from Jane Bartley to Medibel Bartley - March 23, 1960]

Letter from Jane Bartley to Medibel (Meddie) Bartley, dated March 23, 1960, in which she writes about her disappointment with her grades and her upcoming participation in the Cherry Blossom Parade. It includes an envelope, postmarked March 24, 1960.
Date: March 23, 1960
Creator: Bartley, Jane
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from La Rue Tucker Grant to Rosa Walston Latimer - May 12, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from La Rue Tucker Grant to Rosa Walston Latimer - May 12, 1992]

Letter from La Rue Tucker Grant of Deer Park, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer in which she offers information about books, magazines, and museums related to Harvey Girls and Harvey Houses.
Date: March 22, 1992
Creator: Grant, La Rue Tucker
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Harvey L. Gibson to Rosa Walston Latimer] (open access)

[Letter from Harvey L. Gibson to Rosa Walston Latimer]

Letter from Harvey L. Gibson of England to Rosa Walston Latimer, in which he tells about his graduating class of 1929 having a luncheon in the dining room of the Temple Harvey House.
Date: March 11, 1992
Creator: Gibson, Harvey L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ruth Wilson Strawn to Rosa Walston Latimer - March 23, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Ruth Wilson Strawn to Rosa Walston Latimer - March 23, 1992]

Letter from Ruth Wilson Strawn (Mrs. E. J. Strawn) to Rosa Walston Latimer telling about her father, Charles Everett Wilson, a former Harvey House cook.
Date: March 23, 1992
Creator: Strawn, Ruth Wilson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Erma Koehn Johnson to Rosa Walston Latimer - March 26, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Erma Koehn Johnson to Rosa Walston Latimer - March 26, 1992]

Letter from Erma Koehn Johnson of Columbus, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer telling about her experience working as a Harvey Girl. On the back side of the letter is an article condensed from Texas Highways magazine about the Harvey Girls, as well as a picture of Erna Koehn Johnson and Bertha Hartman wearing Harvey Girl uniforms.
Date: March 26, 1992
Creator: Johnson, Erma Koehn
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Elda Henry Lawrence]

Portrait of Elda Henry Lawrence wearing a striped dress with a high, ruffled collar.
Date: March 29, 1897
Creator: Marken, J. R.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Fireman's Newsletter, Volume 5, Number 9, March 1966 (open access)

The Texas Fireman's Newsletter, Volume 5, Number 9, March 1966

Monthly magazine containing news related to the firemen of Texas, including addresses from the officials of the organization, photo collages, a ladies' page, and other firemen-related news.
Date: March 1966
Creator: State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association of Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History