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[Aqua Festival Land Parade #6]

Photograph of a group of children posing with a banner reading "Westenfield" at the Aqua Festival Land Parade.
Date: August 3, 1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View at the Aqua Festival Land Parade]

Photograph of the view at the Aqua Festival Land Parade in 1962.
Date: August 3, 1962
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People Walking in AIDS March]

Photograph of people walking down a street in a group while holding up signs and playing drums during an AIDS March.
Date: August 16, 1992
Creator: Davis, Lisa
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Close Up of Police Officer Accompanying Group at AIDS March]

Close-up photograph of a police officer visible from the shoulders up accompanying a group of people participating in an AIDS March.
Date: August 16, 1992
Creator: Davis, Lisa
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women Kissing at ACT-Up March]

Photograph of two women standing outside and kissing at an ACT UP March. A line of police officers are visible standing in the background.
Date: August 15, 1992
Creator: Davis, Lisa
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Performance Artist Tim Miller]

Photograph of queer performance artist Tim Miller posing in front of a marquee for his show, "My Queer Body". He is wearing a shirt that says "ACT UP Los Angeles" on the front.
Date: August 15, 1992
Creator: Davis, Lisa
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of People Playing Drums During AIDS March]

Photograph of a group of people walking down a street and playing snare drums during an AIDS March.
Date: August 16, 1992
Creator: Davis, Lisa
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Police Officers Walking Next to AIDS March Participants]

Photograph of police officers walking next to people walking and holding up signs during an AIDS March.
Date: August 16, 1992
Creator: Davis, Lisa
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

[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

[Wilford Hall]

Photograph of the exterior of Wilford Hall medical center, owned by the U.S. Air Force. The building can be seen in two parts, a lower single story building in the foreground, and a taller building with several stories in the background. Both buildings are fairly wide and can be seen centered to the left in the photo. On the tall building in the background, the words, "Wilford Hall USAF medical Center" can be seen.
Date: August 17, 1979
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Club Caravan Opening]

Photograph of a performer on stage during the opening night of Club Caravan, located at 2360 North Interstate 35. The performer is a singer in a light colored dress and a cowboy hat, smiling and pointing up with her finger. Behind her on stage, the Ken Ragsdale Orchestra can be seen.
Date: August 18, 1961
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pedunkel's Restaurant Interior]

Photograph of the interior of a restaurant called Pedunkel's, packed with tables and chairs. Several potted plants can be seen hanging from the exposed rafter beams on the ceiling. A striped awning can be seen in the background, hung over a food pickup counter. More plants can be seen on the floor throughout the space,as well in the room seen in the background to the right.
Date: August 19, 1983
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Julia Maria Pease from S.L. Whitley] (open access)

[Correspondence to Julia Maria Pease from S.L. Whitley]

A letter to Julia Maria Pease from S.L. Whitley, the child of a former slave.
Date: August 25, 1915
Creator: Whitley, S.L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Julia Maria Pease from Dave Pease] (open access)

[Correspondence to Julia Maria Pease from Dave Pease]

A letter to Julia Maria Pease from Dave Pease, a former slave.
Date: August 25, 1915
Creator: Pease, Dave
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Funeral receipt] (open access)

[Funeral receipt]

A receipt for printing and circulating funeral tickets (possibly for the funeral of Anne Marshall Pease, daughter of E.M. & Lucadia Pease).
Date: August 1862
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease] (open access)

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

The fourth in a series of eleven letters to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Peaseā€”in them he discusses, among other things, yellow-fever and typhoid epidemics.
Date: August 14, 1868
Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Julia Maria Pease from S.L. Whitley] (open access)

[Correspondence to Julia Maria Pease from S.L. Whitley]

A letter to Julia Maria Pease from S.L. Whitley, the child of a former slave.
Date: August 30, 1915
Creator: Whitley, S.L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History