Ma and Jim Ferguson are shown putting their votes into a ballot box during the 1940 election.

Letter from Harris L. Kempner, Jr. to J. Jeff Wood remitting a copy of the 1940 capital stock tax return. Kempner provides instructions on where the copies are to be sent after completion.

An unidentified man wearing all white holds a banjo at a reception.

Letter from Sayles & Sayles to Bascom Giles requesting a Certificate of Facts showing the sale of the property Survey 2 in Taylor County, Texas.

Photograph of a man at the control of a printing press.

Photograph of Homer Riley sitting at desk. The desk and room are covered with newspapers. His foot is in the desk drawer. There is a microphone on the desk with the letters "KNOW".

Photograph of a man sitting at a desk. He is wearing a suit and there is an open book in front of him. A painting of three men is on the wall behind him.

Photograph of men working on the construction of Zilker Park Club House addition.

Recorded copies of Travis County deeds, conveyances, and other muniments of title affecting ownership to real estate from July 1940 to October 1940, including warranty deeds, gift deeds, partition deeds, guardian deeds, quitclaim deeds, royalty deeds, various types of affidavits, appointments and resignations of trustees, trust indentures, transfers of liens, conveyances of liens, assignments of liens, subordination of liens, various types of partial releases, leases, easements, contracts of sale, bills of sale, homestead designations, various types of agreements, powers of attorney, revocations of powers of attorney, restrictions, removals of disabilities (minor, coveture), certified copies of probate proceedings, certified copies of divorce decrees (when real property is divided), extensions, options, rental divisions, and amended restrictions. Specific information includes instrument number, kind of instrument, date and place of execution, names of parties involved, amounts of principal and interest (when applicable), description of property, signatures of parties, and notarization. Also includes recording certificate, showing date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.