[Wood and corrugated metal building]

People stand in front of a wood and corrugated metal building at a housing project. There is debris scattered on the dirt ground around them.
Date: January 20, 1940
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory, City of Austin
System: The Portal to Texas History

[University of Texas Dorm House]

Photograph of the exterior of a University of Texas dorm house on campus.
Date: February 20, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[University of Texas Dorm House]

Photograph of the back of a University of Texas dorm house on campus.
Date: February 20, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[University of Texas Dorm House]

Photograph of the front exterior of a dorm house on the University of Texas campus.
Date: February 20, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mayor Tom Miller and Two Poppy Girls

Mayor Tom Miller stands in an office with two unidentified Poppy Girls.
Date: May 20, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Removal of Railroad Tracks from E. 1st St.]

Photograph of East 1st Street, showing brick immediately after rails have been picked up and method of loading rails. Houses on either side of the street are visible on both sides of the street. Workers and their vehicles are in the background.
Date: May 20, 1940
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
System: The Portal to Texas History

Removing Street Car Tracks on East 1st

Photograph of two construction workers using jackhammers to remove the street cars tracks on East 1st Street.
Date: May 20, 1940
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
System: The Portal to Texas History

[James H. Pittsford Jr. Standing on Chair]

Photograph of J.H. Pittsford, Jr., standing on a chair at a table. A large jar sits on table. A woman is looking at the child. He is ten months old.
Date: June 20, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sing Song at Barton Springs]

Photograph of Sing Song Program at Barton Springs. An orchestra is on a small stage with an ivy-covered fence behind them. Children are visible sitting in the foreground, watching the concert.
Date: August 20, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Austin High Football Game with San Marcos High]

Photograph of Austin High School football players in a game with San Marcos High School players.
Date: September 20, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Airplane

Pierce with three unknown men in a small one-propeller plane. The plane's propeller is spinning and it is outside of a hanger. More planes and a few cars are visible in the background.
Date: January 20, 1941
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Beasley Family Group, 4 Generations

Three women and a baby.
Date: May 20, 1941
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mary McLanran

Man and woman in work setting. Woman using paper cutter.
Date: June 20, 1941
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mary McLaurin

Photograph of two young women. One is on a bicycle.
Date: June 20, 1941
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bee Creek Boys Camp]

Photograph of the view at a boys camp on Bee Creek by Austin Damp. A couple of tents are seen and some boys are seen standing by a small boat and others are seated by a bench.
Date: July 20, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boys at a Camp on Bee Creek]

Photograph of a group of boys gathered at a camp on Bee Creek by Austin Dam.
Date: July 20, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boys Camp on Bee Creek by Austin Dam #2]

Photograph of a boy grilling some food at a Camp on Bee Creek by Austin Dam.
Date: July 20, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boys Camp on Bee Creek by Austin Damp]

Photograph of a few male children preparing some burgers outdoors.
Date: July 20, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women sewing]

Photograph of women sewing in a room in the old Pan American Recreation Center on 3rd and Comal Streets. Most women sit at sewing machines while four women crowd together on a bench and sew or embroider by hand. four women stand at a table in the back for cutting fabric A young boy of a bout five sits on footrest in the foreground. There is Mexican art on the walls and the only door to the room is open. The Pan American Recreation Center was opened in June 1942 as the first Latin American Recreation Center in Austin and run under the auspices of the Federated Latin American Club and directed by the Austin Recreation Department. The name "Pan American Recreation Center" was chosen by the executive committee during a center naming contest. On September 7, 1956, a new Pan American Recreation Center was formally dedicated at 2100 East 3rd Street, just west of the old location and where it currently exists today. The building adjoins Zavala School and was built at a cost of $155,261. The Hillside Theater was later built and completed in June 1958.
Date: November 20, 1946
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab, Austin
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Party/Barbecue]

Photograph of men and women at a party.
Date: May 20, 1947
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Party/Barbecue]

Photograph of couples dancing.
Date: May 20, 1947
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Catholic Retreat at St. Edward's University

Group of men standing on steps. Priest stands at front center.
Date: August 20, 1947
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas State Capitol]

Looking north at the Capitol building from the roof of a building, possibly the Littlefield building at 6th and Congress. The photo shows the Travis County Courthouse in a state of disrepair at the corner of 11th and Congress.
Date: April 20, 1948
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Disch Field Aerials]

Disch Baseball Field Aerial. Austin, Texas.
Date: August 20, 1948
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History