[Country Band Performing on a Stage]

Photograph of six members of a country band standing on a stage, holding instruments. One is holding a violin, one is holding a bass, three are holding guitars, and the final one is singing.
Date: April 10, 1948
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mr. and Mrs. Tom Adams Square Dancing]

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Adams square dancing next to a brick wall. Mr. Adams is wearing a western shirt and dark-colored pants, and Mrs. Adams is wearing a light-colored dress. The wall has a poster advertising for the Texas Square Dancing Festival.
Date: April 10, 1948
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mrs. Lankford at St. Elmo School]

Photograph of Mrs. Lankford at St. Elmo School writing on a chalk board. She is wearing a light-colored dress, and visible from the waist up. The board reads, "Our Earth's Neighbors / Mercury," and is in the process of writing Venus.
Date: November 10, 1947
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Exterior of the Milam Cafeteria Building]

Photograph of the southwest corner of the Milam Cafeteria taken from across the street. It is a multi-story brick building with decorative stonework around the corners and quoins on the corners; the walls of the ground floor appear to be stuccoed. There are lines of cars on both sides of the building.
Date: September 10, 1947
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Interior of Austin Atheltic Club with scaffolding before painting]

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.
Date: February 10, 1943
Creator: Burea of Identification Photographic Lab., Austin
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Arch construction of the Negro Recreation Building, now Doris Miller Auditorium, in Rosewood Park]

Photograph of the construction of an arch at the Negro Recreation Building, now Doris Miller Auditorium, in Rosewood Park. A man in a fedora sits astride a semi-circular laminated wooden truss, working on joining it at the center. This truss, and two completed trusses in the background are framed against the sky. The trusses are supported by posts, and temporarily joined together with wooden cross braces. The top of a wooden scaffold is visible in the lower right corner of the image.
Date: December 10, 1943
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab, Austin
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Construction of the Rosewood Recreation Center, now Doris Miller Auditorium, in Rosewood Park]

Photograph of construction of the Negro Recreation Building in Rosewood Park. Three men stand on the back of a 1930s flat bed truck, as they use a crane mounted on the truck to lift half of a laminated wooden semi-circular arched truss into place. Two of the trusses are already completed in the background. The scaffolding used to support workers joining the trusses at their centers stands to the back of the truck. The trusses are joined by cross members, and the half truss erected to the left in the photograph is supported by a post, awaiting the other half of the truss. Two wooden saw horses and several stacks of bags of cement(?) are on the ground under and near the trusses. This photograph appeared in the 1944 Annual Report of the Austin Recreation Department, on page 48, labeled "New Gymnasium - Auditorium at Rosewood".
Date: December 10, 1943
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab., Austin
System: The Portal to Texas History

Community Chest

Group of women and the Mayor on the back of a fire engine. Back of the photo reads, "L-R: Mrs. Alden Davis, Mrs. Jess Walker (Ina). Mayor Tom Miller at right."
Date: October 10, 1941
Creator: Ellison Photo Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men at Austin National Bank]

Photograph of a group of men wearing suits at the Austin National Bank 50th anniversary party.
Date: May 10, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Men and Woman Standing]

Photograph of three men standing with a woman at the Austin National Bank 50th anniversary party.
Date: May 10, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Men Standing]

Photograph of two men wearing suits at the Austin National Bank 50th anniversary party.
Date: May 10, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Governor W. Lee O'Daniel, Bascom Giles and Veterans' Land Bill Group

Photograph of Governor W. Lee O'Daniel and the Veterans' Land Bill group. Bascom Giles has his hand on the back of the governor's chair.
Date: February 10, 1941
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Governor W. Lee O'Daniel with Indians in The Texas Legislature

Photograph of Governor W. Lee O'Daniel seated with a group of American Indians behind him. Photograph was taken in the chambers of the legislature.
Date: February 10, 1941
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Governor W. Lee O'Daniel with Indians in The Texas Legislature

Photograph of the governor entering the room with Indians standing.
Date: February 10, 1941
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Governor W. Lee O'Daniel with Native Americans in The Texas Legislature]

Photograph of a Native American child in full dress with another child and three men.
Date: February 10, 1941
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Governor W. Lee O'Daniel with Indians in The Texas Legislature

Photograph of two young Indian dancers performing before the legislature.
Date: February 10, 1941
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Governor W. Lee O'Daniel with Native Americans in The Texas Legislature]

Photograph of Governor O'Daniel and three other men in traditional Native American dress.
Date: February 10, 1941
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

D.H. Morris in Uniform

Photograph of man standing in uniform. David H. Morris was a salesman for The American Statesman.
Date: March 10, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Omicron P. Lockhart and Governor W. Lee O'Daniel]

Photograph of Omicron P. Lockhart, Chairman and Life Insurance Commissioner of the State Board of Insurance Commissioners, being sworn in. Governor W. Lee O'Daniel is standing next to him as he is sworn in.
Date: June 10, 1941
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Omicron P. Lockhart Seated at Desk]

Photograph of Omicron P. Lockhart, Chairman and Life Insurance Commissioner of the State Board of Insurance Commissioners, seated at his desk with several men standing behind him.
Date: June 10, 1941
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Nancy Kate Brown

Photograph of woman seated in chair with baby and bouquet of flowers.
Date: May 10, 1941
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexican Housing Units

Photograph of young girl seated outside one of the housing units knitting.
Date: July 10, 1941
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lt. Chapman and Family with B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber

Photograph of a B-17 "Flying Fortress" bomber parked in a field with people standing around under its wings. These planes flew under the auspices of The United States Army Air Corps.
Date: February 10, 1941
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Homer Riley at Desk]

Photograph of Homer Riley sitting at desk. The desk and room are covered with newspapers. His foot is in the desk drawer. There is a microphone on the desk with the letters "KNOW".
Date: July 10, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History