Photograph of Sheriff H. Warren (Rip) Collins and his staff. Collins served as Travis County Sheriff from 1940 until December 1948.

Photograph of two men standing. One man is standing on crutches.

Photograph of two men in uniform standing behind desk.

Photograph of Judge J. Harris Gardner being sworn in to the Travis County Fifty-third Judicial District Court by Judge Ralph W. Yarborough. Judges Harris and Yarborough are standing with their right hands raised.

Photograph of Homer Thornberry being sworn in as District Attorney of Travis County. He is standing and holding up his right hand as another man swears him in.

Photograph of Travis County District Attorney Homer Thornberry seated at desk holding a document. Two members of his staff are standing behind him.

Photograph of two members of the staff of Travis County District Attorney Homer Thornberry sitting in an office.

Photograph of man in uniform standing with woman and two boys.

Photograph of man (George Ferris) in uniform standing between two women.

Photograph of man (George Ferris) in uniform standing between an elderly man and woman.

Aerial view of the campus at The University of Texas at Austin. Robert A Welch Hall lower left, Hal C. Weaver Power Plant in the center and East Austin in the background.

Aerial view of the state capitol and surrounding neighborhoods. The view is looking south past the main fountain, South Mall and down University Avenue toward the capitol from the University of Texas Tower.

Aerial view of Memorial Stadium on The University of Texas campus at Austin.

Aerial view looking south from The University of Texas campus toward the state capitol with University Avenue in the center.

Aerial view. The large building in the center of the photograph is The Scottish Rite Dormitory at 201 W. 27th Street and to the top is Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Red River is the street running in the background from left to right. 32nd St intersects Red River on the upper right. Note the carline on Guadalupe and 27th St on bottom right. The neighborhood in the center left is Grooms Addition.

Aerial view of the Austin State Hospital grounds. The large white structure with two domes, or cupolas, on top is the first asylum built west of the Mississippi river.

Aerial View. Facing toward South Austin. Congress on far right, East Avenue on far left and San Jancinto and Trinity Streets in the middle. 14th Street in foreground running left to right (note Waller Creek and single road bridge). To the top is 12th St. (note double road bridge); the neighborhood to the right including Neches and up to Trinity St and from 12th to 14th will become Waterloo Park. The Austin Longitude Station is to the left of the Capitol (note double stacks). The first Austin High School campus is located between Neches and Trinity in the far center of the photograph.

Photograph of bare chested man standing with tattoo on his left arm.

Photograph of man standing

Photograph of man siting at desk

Photograph of scene in auditorium decorated with bunting and flags.

View of auditorium with convention attendees.

Photograph of man greeting convention attendees.

Photograph of a group of people outside of the Texas State Capitol building. In the front, a man wearing a dark-colored civilian suit is standing between two men in uniform; one is reading from a paper and the other is holding something before pinning it to the man.