[Jerome Boyd Collins, Sr. with a Cow]

Photograph of Jerome Boyd Collins, Sr. standing with a cow and holding a ribbon that says "Reserve Champion Beef Calf." He wears a cap with the 4-H clubs symbol. According to a handwritten note on the back of the photo, it was taken at the Third Annual Food and Livestock Show at Rosewood Park in 1946.
Date: 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[4-H Camp]

Photograph of large tents in a park surrounded with trees. According to a handwritten note on the back of the photo, it was taken during a 4-H camp.
Date: 1946~
Creator: Ross Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Girls' 4-H Campsite]

Photograph of tents in a field with a lot of trees. According to a handwritten caption below the image, it is the campsite for a girls' 4-H camp in Travis County.
Date: July 1946
Creator: Ross Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People and a Cow at the Food and Livestock Show]

Photograph of a woman with a cow, and four men standing on either side of them. A sign on the building behind them reads "Second Annual Food and Livestock Show, March 21 and 22, 1946." One man holds a sign reading "13." The show took place at Rosewood Park in Austin.
Date: March 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Girls at 4-H Camp]

Photograph of a group of girls standing in rows in a field during a girls' 4-H camp. They all hold their hands above their heads, possibly as part of an exercise or athletic activity.
Date: July 1946
Creator: Ross Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Class Photo 1946]

Photograph of a young woman sitting behind a desk with three young children sitting on either side. The note in the lower left corner reading "6 years" means this is most likely a Kindergarten class. Their names are Alfred Gann, Gene Wilbert Hansen, unknown girl, Mrs. Bell, Billy Allen Hermansen, Norman Thaysen, and unknown boy.
Date: 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Good Street Baptist Church]

Photograph of a group of firemen operating or overseeing the operation of a hose on the street level in a residential area.
Date: December 29, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firemen Manning Hose]

Photograph of a long line of firemen holding a hose to a house fire.
Date: December 29, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wreck at Colonial and Hatcher]

Photograph of a black and white truck wrecked at a residential block of Colonial and Hatcher, with policemen and three firemen in Engine 24.
Date: November 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[4 Alarm Parking Garage Fire]

Photograph of a three story brick building with ladders and firemen leading hoses inside the windows.
Date: December 25, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Smoke Break at Grand and Second Avenue]

Photograph of three firemen sitting on the ground, two smoking a cigarette. The three are members of Engine 10, their names are Wayne Morgan, Bill Peters, and Joe Gideon.
Date: July 25, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[3 Alarm Fire at Second and Grand]

Photograph of six firemen and four civilians wading through the remains of a fire at the corner of Second and Grand street.
Date: July 24, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Good Street Baptist Church Fire 2]

Photograph of a two story brick building with three ladders leading to the second floor with hoses leading through the windows.
Date: December 25, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Good Street Baptist Church at Live Oak and Bryan]

Photograph of a two story brick church engulfed in smoke with firefighters on the street level operating hoses.
Date: December 29, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Firemen in Break Room]

Photograph of a large group of firemen gathered around a card table.
Date: November 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Good Street Baptist Church Fire Street Scene]

Photograph of firemen in black coats manning the hoses in a residential area.
Date: December 29, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Car Fire at Central Romine]

Photograph of a car with the cab full of smoke while three firemen examine it.
Date: December 26, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[4 Alarm Fire at Ervay and Pacific Fire]

Photograph of a three story building decorated with ladders that lead to charred windows.
Date: December 25, 1946
Creator: Martin, Linwood J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Good Street Baptist Church Fire]

Photograph of a two story brick building with three ladders leading to the second floor with hoses leading through the windows.
Date: December 25, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Kenneth Smith by Stone School Building]

Photograph of young Kenneth Smith standing in front of the double doors of a stone school building.
Date: 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Georgetown School]

Photograph of the Georgetown School, a rural school in Greyson County, Texas. Girls of various ages stand behind a group of seated boys. An adult male in a suit stands behind the girls. A handwritten note on the back reads, "Front row, sixth from left George W. Clountz."
Date: 1946~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard to Dwaine and Thurman Maxwell, May 6, 1946]

Postcard sent to Dwaine and Thurman Maxwell. On the reverse side of the postcard is a poem wishing good cheer and a scripture from Psalms at the bottom.
Date: May 6, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[State Fair of Texas Exhibitor's Ticket for Nora Maness] (open access)

[State Fair of Texas Exhibitor's Ticket for Nora Maness]

Exhibitor's ticket for the State Fair of Texas. The green ticket bears the signature and photograph of Nora Maness. In the photo, Maness wears a dark blouse and stands in front of a painted lake scene. Squares on the top of the ticket are filled with numbers from five to twenty. The letters "SFT" have been punched into the card and a red stamp pressed into its back.
Date: 1946
Creator: State Fair of Texas
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Paul Wedel to Mr. U. D. Maxwell, November 14th, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from Paul Wedel to Mr. U. D. Maxwell, November 14th, 1946]

Letter with envelope flap to Mr. U. D. Maxwell from Paul Wedel, a former German Prisoner of War at Camp Hood, Texas. Wedel discusses his activities in England after having left the United States.
Date: November 14, 1946
Creator: Wedel, Paul
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History