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[Woman Holding a Quilt]

Photograph of a woman standing in a room and holding up a quilt. Her face is only partially visible above it.
Date: July 15, 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[4-H Club Style Show]

Photograph of a girl in a dress smiling while walking down stairs from a stage. Next to her is a floral arrangement in the shape of the 4-H logo.
Date: May 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A man loading cotton cake into a car]

A man loading a large bag of cotton cake into a car. The cake is the solid that remains after the cottonseeds have had the oil pressed out of them.
Date: July 28, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Non-Commissioned Officers Club Lounge]

Photograph of the non-commissioned officers club lounge at the Bergstrom Air Force Base. Couches and chairs are organized around small tables. There is a television set in the back corner of the room.
Date: February 3, 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Officers Club]

Photograph of the interior of the officers club at the Bergstrom Air Force Base. Chairs are arranged around tables with napkin dispensers and salt and pepper shakers on them.
Date: February 3, 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Interior of the Officers Club]

Photograph of the interior of the officers club at the Bergstrom Air Force Base. Chairs are arranged around tables, and the bar is visible to the left.
Date: February 3, 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women at the Base Exchange]

Photograph of women shopping at the base exchange at the Bergstrom Air Force Base. Suitcases are visible in the foreground, and lamps in the background. A child stands to the right.
Date: February 3, 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Department Store Lunch Counter]

Photograph of the lunch counter inside of a department store. Visible behind the counter are various machines for soda and ice cream, as well as signs and advertisements. The store is located at 804 Congress Avenue.
Date: April 6, 1956
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Carr's Motor Sales Showroom]

Photograph of a 1957 Mercury Monterey on the showroom floor of Carr's Motor Sales. A group of men are lined up for a picture behind the car, and other cars are visible in the background. Carr's Motor Sales was located at 501 West 6th Street.
Date: November 28, 1956
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Exterior View of Carr's Motor Sales]

Photograph of the exterior of Carr's Motor Sales with advertisements for Lincoln and Mercury. There are cars parked near the building and a service entrance on the left side. A group of men are lined up for a photo in front of the store. Carr's Motor Sales was located at 501 West 6th Street.
Date: November 28, 1956
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Domestic Science Senior Cooking Class, Austin High School, 1908

Photograph of the 1908 domestic science senior cooking class at Austin High School. Bottom row (left to right): Annie Lou Puckett, Lily Ecklund, Lora Turner, Fannie Walker, Rosa Maas. Middle row (left to right): Katie Clark, Nettie B. Sullivan, Adele Barbisch, Clara Stovall, Alice Ramsdell, Lomie Layton. Top row (left to row): Miss Bell (teacher from Denton), Inez Slaughter, Nona Lewis, Janie Tannehill, Bessie Enlow, Mabel Maud, May Belle Robbins, Bessie Pate, Emma Seeker and Salome Anthony. Photo gift of Mrs. Mabel Maud Huckaby.
Date: January 7, 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Johnny Ramos - Boxer

Johnny Ramos, boxer. He has his hands taped up and is in a fighting stance. He is wearing boxing shorts and shoes.
Date: January 18, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas Supreme Court Building and Capitol]

Photograph of a reproduction of an artist's rendering of the Texas Supreme Court Building, drawn from a northern perspective. The state capitol building can be seen in the background behind the court building. The text seen at the bottom of the drawing shows the three architect firms that contributed to the building design.
Date: May 20, 1956
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas Supreme Court Building]

Photograph of a reproduction of an artist's rendering of the Texas Supreme Court Building, drawn from an eastern side perspective. The text on the bottom right corner of the photo shows the three architect firms that contributed to the design.
Date: May 20, 1956
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Church Gymnasium]

Photograph of the St. Cyril and Methodius Parish Gym. The gym can be seen in the center of the photograph and has a wing branching off to the right. A cross can be seen hung above the word, "Gymnasium", on the eastern wall to the upper right of an entrance. The foreground is an empty lot, and some small trees and buildings can be seen on either side of the gym in the background.
Date: May 25, 1956
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pan American Recreation Center, exterior, at opening]

Photograph of the exterior rear of the Pan American Recreation Center at the opening on 2100 East 3rd Street. The ground is not yet seeded and playground equipment is visible behind a fence in the right.
Date: September 1956
Creator: Austin (Tex.). Department of Parks and Recreation.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Opening of Pan American Recreation Center

Photograph of the side of the newly built Pan American Recreation Center at 2100 East 3rd Street. Swing sets are behind the building. The previous Pan Am Rec Center existed at 3rd and Comal Streets.
Date: September 1956
Creator: Austin (Tex.). Department of Parks and Recreation.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Opening of the Pan American Recreation Center

Photograph of the interior of the basketball court in the gymnasium at the opening of Pan American Recreation Center at 2100 East 3rd Street. A basketball hoop is visible on one wall and there are exposed metal beams along the ceiling.
Date: September 1956
Creator: Austin (Tex.). Department of Parks and Recreation.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Adams Extract Open House]

Photograph of a line of men, women, and children at the Adams Extract factory open house. Three factory workers stand at the machinery, while most men and women talk to each other in groups or wait for samples behind a rope.
Date: July 14, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Adams Extract display]

Photograph of a D.G. Benjamin Advertising campaign for Adams Extract displayed at a local retailer. A grocer in a white shirt and apron and bow-tie holds up a box of Adams Best, priced fifteen cents. Adams Pure Almond and Pure Lemon extracts retail for twenty-nine cents. Adams Extract is a top-shelf item in the spice aisle above McCormick and Colman's spices and extracts.
Date: July 14, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Anderson High School [building exterior and students]

Photograph of a group of students outside the entrance to Anderson High School. In the mixture of boys and girls, most students are exiting the building after school, while a few stand and talk to each other. One girl sits on the wall and reads from a notebook. The girls all wear long skirts, blouses, white socks and black shoes. The boys wears slacks and shirts, and one wears a jacket.
Date: March 1, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gulf Service Station in Austin]

Photograph of Anderson's Gulf Service Station and crew located on the 1700 block of East 12th Street. The four man crew poses around the front end of a car at the gas pump. A service station car is parked streetwise, in front of the station. A service pickup truck is parked on the right side of the station.
Date: February 13, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Anderson High School [basketball team]

Photograph of the 1956 Anderson High School basketball team. The boys are lined up in one line according to height, facing left. They wear shiny warm-up track suits, which have numbers embroidered on the shoulders. Every other boy holds a basketball under his arm against his left hip. The photo was taken on the basketball court, under one of the baskets.
Date: March 1, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Children near a pool]

Photograph of a group of children on the grass near a pool. Two men stand behind the children. The girls are dressed for summer and are enjoying their time outdoors.
Date: May 19, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History