[Portrait of C. M. Cureton]

Photograph of C. M. Cureton, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, as he was leaving the Bench at the close of the ceremonies celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the first meeting of the Supreme Court of Texas.
Date: January 13, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Elnora
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Julie Graham from Representative Lyndon Baines Johnson] (open access)

[Correspondence to Julie Graham from Representative Lyndon Baines Johnson]

A letter to Julie Graham from Representative Lyndon Baines Johnson, who congratulates her on graduating from high school.
Date: May 27, 1940
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon Baines
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Richard Niles Graham from Maury Maverick, mayor of San Antonio] (open access)

[Correspondence to Richard Niles Graham from Maury Maverick, mayor of San Antonio]

A letter to Richard Niles Graham from Maury Maverick, mayor of San Antonio, who says that he is returning Graham’s copy of the book A Maverick American, which Maverick wrote, with his autograph.
Date: February 23, 1940
Creator: Maverick, Maury
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Airplanes Flying Over Austin]

Photograph of C-47 airplanes flying over Austin in 1940.
Date: 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Basketball Team]

Photograph of a basketball team. Five men stand in the back row, four kneel in the front row, and the coach sits on the ground holding a basketball in front of them.
Date: [1940..1959]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of Military Personnel]

Photograph of a group of US Army Air Force personnel, standing next to a wire fence.
Date: [1940..1947]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men Preparing for Tokyo Raid]

Photograph of Lt. Hank Potter, Lt. Colonel James Doolittle, and their flight crew preparing a Tokyo raid.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Flying Over Highland Lakes]

Photograph of a plane flying over Highland Lakes.
Date: 1940~/1950~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Governor's Mansion behind trees and under snow]

Photograph of Texas Governor's Mansion grounds with snow, trees, greenhouse visible, south and front elevation. Seen from West 10th and Colorado Streets. The mansion was built by Abner Cook in 1855 and continuously occupied since 1856. The mansion was occupied by Governor W. Lee O'Daniel and his wife Merle in 1940 when this image was taken. The mansion was named a Texas historic landmark in 1962 and a National historic landmark in 1970.
Date: 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bathers at Barton Springs Pool]

Photograph of bathers standing and splashing in Barton Springs wading pool near the waterfall.
Date: [1940,1959]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Golfers putting on green at Municipal Golf Course]

Photograph of a man in suit putting while another golfer looks on. Golfers stand and sit in the shade under trees in the background. The Austin Municipal Golf Course, constructed originally by the Lions Club in 1928 at 2901 Enfield Road, has served its citizens since 1934 and has long been Austin's most popular course.
Date: February 1, 1940
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab., Austin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Golfers putting on green at Austin Municipal Golf Course]

Photograph of a man putting while a man in a suit looks on. Men are standing in the background. The Austin Municipal Golf Course, constructed originally by the Lions Club in 1928 at 2901 Enfield Road, has served its citizens since 1934 and has long been Austin's most popular course.
Date: February 1, 1940
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab., Austin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Golfers teeing off at Austin Municipal Golf Course]

Photograph of a group of men teeing off in front of the Municipal Golf course club house. The municipal Golf Course, constructed originally by the Lions Club in 1928 at 2901 Enfield Road, has served it's citizens since 1934 and has long been Austin's most popular course.
Date: February 1940
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab., Austin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women's gym class at the Austin Athletic Club]

Photograph of a women's gym class at Austin Athletic Club. These twenty-five women appear to range in age from their twenties to their mid to late thirties. They wear short-sleeved white blouses and dark colored shorts with high-top lace-up sneakers. They stand on the floor and first step of the wooden bleachers of the interior volleyball courts.
Date: [1940..]
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab., Austin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women's gym class stretching at Austin Athletic Center]

Photograph of a large women's gym class lying in three rows on the floor on their left sides with their heads propped on their left arms, right arm crossed in front of their torsos, legs straight and toes pointed: ready to stretch. Their coats and outer garments are strewn on the wooden bleachers on the right background. A basketball hoop and archery target is visible in the rear of the building.
Date: [1940..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History