[Family Standing Outside of Ranch Cookshack]

Photograph of a family gathered outside of a ranch cookshack. From left to right: Lucile Brittingham; Sallie Judd; Watt Matthews; Susette Burns; Ethel Casey; Joe Matthews; and May Blanton. They are standing in front of a red building with white trim and screened windows.
Date: December 25, 1942
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Family Standing Outside for a Photograph]

Photograph of a family posing outside for a photograph. In the back row: Matt Blanton; Tom Blanton; Tom Brittingham; Joe B. Matthews; Minnie Bell Blanton; and Bill Blanton. In the front row: Louise Webb Matthews; Anne Blanton; Lucile Brittingham; May Blanton; and Watt Matthews.
Date: December 25, 1942
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Maxine Watts With Chickens]

Photograph of Maxine Watts standing by a car outside the teacherage building at Lower Valley School. There are several chickens on the ground near her feet.
Date: 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Maxine Watts]

Photograph of Maxine Watts standing outside the teacherage building at Lower Valley School. She is wearing a blouse and slacks.
Date: 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[War Ration Book] (open access)

[War Ration Book]

War Ration Book belonging to Roland Otto Mueller. It was issued in May of 1942 and was registered to Roland Mueller by his father, Adolph H. Mueller.
Date: May 4, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[War Ration Book Four] (open access)

[War Ration Book Four]

A book of war ration stamps. The book was issued to Roland Otto Mueller of Falls City, Texas on May 4, 1942.
Date: May 4, 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[School Play]

Photograph of seven Lower Valley School students on stage in a school play. They are each holding signs with letters on them, which together spell out, "Welcome." The stage is the back porch of the teacherage building.
Date: May 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[End of School Year Play]

Photograph of eight young girls in costume for an end of school year play. The girls are wearing light-colored, layered dresses and are each holding a flower-shaped sign. Each sign contains a letter and spell out 'Vacation.' They are on the porch of the teacherage building, which was used as a stage.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Girls on Bicycles]

Photograph of Annie Bell Wesch and Betty Jean Jonietz on bicycles. They are on an unpaved road and facing the camera, smiling.
Date: 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Students Watching Play Rehearsal]

Photograph of Lower Valley School students sitting on benches in the teacherage yard. They are watching a play rehearsal on the porch of the teacherage, which was used as a stage.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lower Valley School Students]

Photograph of Lower Valley School students standing on the porch of the school building. The students are from Mr. Watts' class.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mrs. Watts With Students]

Photograph of Mrs. Maxine Watts with her students. Mrs. Watts is standing behind eight students outside the school building.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cast of School Play]

Photograph of the cast of the school play, "Poor Father." The students are posed on and near the teacherage porch, which was used as a stage.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[End of School Year Play]

Photograph of Lower Valley Students in a school play. The children are in costume on the porch of the teacherage building, which was used as a stage.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Mabry -- Building #6

Photograph of the exterior of Camp Mabry Bulding #6.
Date: January 9, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Mabry -- Building #6

Photograph of the interior of Building #6 at Camp Mabry.
Date: January 9, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Swift -- Induction Ceremony of the Old 95th

Photograph of a large military group marching in a field and saluting to the right. During WWII Camp Swift was an infantry and medical training camp. It also served as a POW camp, primarily for Germans soldiers from Rommel's Afrika Korps.
Date: July 15, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Monument and Texas State Capitol Building]

Photograph of a monument across from the Texas State Capitol Building. It reads: "This Memorial to the Builders of the Great State of Texas Erected A.D. 1938 by the Texas Historical and Biographical Record." A list of names follows. The Texas State Capitol building is in the background.
Date: June 25, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Nazarene Church

Photograph of a church building. In 1942 there were two Nazarene churches in Austin. Central Church of the Nazarene was located at 4316 Alice Avenue. First Church of the Nazarene was located at 81 San Marcos Street.
Date: October 12, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Mabry - West End

Photograph of a line of seven buildings at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas. The buildings have stone walls on the ends and wooden or metal siding along their lengths. Text at the bottom of the image says "West End."
Date: January 9, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Bullis -- Colonel Wakefield

Photograph of two men in uniform standing behind desk.
Date: January 1, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Penick - Country Club Golf

Photograph of three people standing in front of a building. Harvey Penick was a professional golfer and golf coach at The University of Texas at Austin from 1931-1963. He was head pro golfer at The Austin Country Club from 1923-1973.
Date: June 3, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Penick - Country Club Golf

Photograph of a woman standing in a garden.
Date: June 3, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Capitol Monument to Builders of State of Texas]

Photograph of a monument across from the Texas State Capitol Building. It reads: "This Memorial to the Builders of the Great State of Texas Erected A.D. 1938 by the Texas Historical and Biographical Record." A list of names follows.
Date: June 25, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History