Resource Type

Instrument Board BT-8

Flight instruction panel of a Seversky BT-8 at Randolph AFB
Date: May 11, 1936
Creator: United States. Army. Air Corps.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt making a whistle-stop campaign appearance in Austin]

Photograph of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt standing behind a podium, on a platform, at the end of a train car as he addresses the large, night-time crowd assembled before him. His outstretched arms grasp the podium. Roosevelt is surrounded by a group of people including his wife, Eleanor, and possibly John Nance Garner ("Cactus Jack"), the vice-president. A neon sign above the train car reads, "PROSPERITY'S ROSE BLOOMS AGAIN WITH ROOSEVELT." The crowd is standing shoulder-to-shoulder.
Date: June 11, 1936
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory, City of Austin
System: The Portal to Texas History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of basin listing on the contour. The dams or blocks are 8 feet apart. TX-140-039.
Date: February 11, 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph of Elvira Martinez Sitting on Chair]

Photograph of a girl, Elvira Martinez, sitting on a chair smiling wearing everyday dress. The chair is made of wood and the chair placed in the front of a portion of the house. There is a note on the back of the photograph in Spanish.
Date: April 11, 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History