[Men Digging Sweet Potatoes at Victory Garden]

Photograph of men digging sweet potatoes in Victory Garden at Sewage Treatment plant. Farm trucks and other vehicles are visible in the background.
Date: October 31, 1942
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
System: The Portal to Texas History

Armistice Day Parade

Bands marching up Congress Avenue in the Armistice Day parade.
Date: November 11, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Arnold Chote and Buggy

Man sitting in a horse-drawn buggy on a city street. Arnold Chote was the County Commissioner for Precinct 1 according to the Austin City Directory for 1942.
Date: February 3, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Arnold Chote and Buggy

Photograph of two men riding in a buggy. Arnold Chote was Travis County Commissioner, Precinct 1.
Date: February 3, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Austin Country Club Golf

Couple standing on the golf course. Identified by community member as Harvey Penicks’ parents.
Date: June 3, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Beauford Jester

Photo of Beauford Jester standing at a podium. A small boy seems to be waving at the audience. Jester later served as Governor of Texas 1947-1949.
Date: July 1, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Betty Zoe Garza -- May Queen at St. Ignatius Martyr Catholic Church

Photograph of Betty Zoe Garza dressed as May Queen.
Date: May 18, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bishop Reicher Anniversary Party

Group of people seated around a banquet table. Bishop Louis J. Reicher stands behind the microphone.
Date: April 21, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Bullis - Colonel Wakefield

Photograph of two soldiers doing martial arts. They are on a lawn and there is a tent in background.
Date: January 1, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Camp Bullis - Colonel Wakefield]

Soldiers making explosives with nails and cans.
Date: January 1, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
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
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Mabry - Building #5

Photograph of a building #5 at Camp Mabry.
Date: January 9, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
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
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
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
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Swift -- Induction Ceremony of the Old 59th

Photograph of men in uniform with civilians standing in the background.
Date: July 15, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Swift -- Induction Ceremony of the Old 59th

Photograph of soldier standing before microphones. Others stand at ease in the background.
Date: July 15, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
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
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
System: The Portal to Texas History

Charles Coburn

Photograph of three men standing. Charles Coburn is in middle holding a paper of some kind.
Date: April 16, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Chote and Templeton

Two men at an open ledger. One man is seated and one is standing. December 1942 calendar in background.
Date: December 14, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Confederate Reunion at Camp Ben McCulloch, Driftwood, Texas

Photograph of a group of eight people at a picnic table.
Date: July 1, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Confederate Reunion at Camp Ben McCulloch, Driftwood, Texas

Photograph of Ralph Yarbrough speaking with an elderly man on crutches.
Date: July 1, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Confederate Reunion at Driftwood

Photograph of two women and a man posing at a reunion of descendants of Civil War veterans at Camp Ben McCullough. The man is wearing a ribbon.
Date: July 1, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History