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[Birthday Greeting Card]
Birthday greeting card with a red ribbon running through it. The card has a picture of an older woman surrounded with a wreath of flowers, and includes text: "Greetings from 'Mama Sue' on her ninetieth birthday, December 25, 1948."
Date:
December 1948
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[1949 Inauguration Ticket]
Ticket to the 1949 inauguration ceremonies. The ticket reads: "President's Platform. Inauguration Ceremonies. January Twentieth, 1949. Admit the Bearer to the Senate Wing of the Capitol and through the Rotunda Door to the President's Platform" and is signed "Carl Hayden, Chairman, Committee on Arrangements." The back of the invitation is signed "Joseph C. Duke, Sergeant at Arms, U. S. Senate."
Date:
January 20, 1949
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[1949 Inauguration Event Schedule]
Card with a schedule of events for the 1949 inauguration written on it. The events range from Saturday, January 18 to Thursday, January 23, and include dinners at the Mayflower Hotel and a buffet luncheon at the White House.
Date:
[1949-01-18..1949-01-23]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Flower Label from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Sam Rayburn]
Label for flowers sent to Sam Rayburn in honor of his sixtieth birthday from President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The label has a picture of The White House and is addressed to "The Speaker of The House of Representatives." At the bottom of the label is text which reads "Perishable flowers. Keep from frost and extreme heat."
Date:
January 6, 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial View of Runways and Airport Facilities]
Photograph of an aerial view of runways and airport facilities at the USAAF Base in Midland, Texas, now the Midland Texas Regional Airport.
Date:
[1945..1946]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial View of Fort Worth Airport]
Aerial photograph of runways and a residential area near Fort Worth Airport's Meacham Field.
Date:
1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Easterwood Airport]
Photograph of an aerial view of the Easterwood Airport showing a ramp and a hangar at A&M College in Texas.
Date:
November 17, 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of William G. Fuller]
Photograph of William G. Fuller wearing a suit and tie.
Date:
July 10, 1942
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
[Boy with a Cow]
Photograph of a boy kneeling next to a beef calf and holding a ribbon which says "Grand Champion Beef." He is at the annual Travis County Food and Livestock show in Rosewood Park in Austin.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Ross Studio
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Interior view of a Home]
Photograph of a kitchen with a small stove and pots hanging on the walls, as seen from a bedroom. The door between the two rooms is made of a cardboard. Most likely this was the home of an African American family in Austin.
Date:
August 8, 1949
Creator:
Studtman Photo Service
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
1949 Livestock Show, Travis County
Photograph of young men standing in a row with their calves at the 1949 Travis County Food and Livestock Show at Rosewood Park in Austin, Texas. Two men with sticks appear to be inspecting the cattle. A group of spectators is in the background.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Ross Studio
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[View of a Kitchen]
Photograph of a small kitchen with a small stove, oven, and table. The walls are covered in newspaper. The floor is uneven and stained. This was most likely the kitchen in the home of an African American family.
Date:
August 8, 1949
Creator:
Studtman Photo Service
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
[Men Butchering Meat at Victory Food Show]
Photograph of give men butchering meat, with cuts of meat displayed on the walls behind them. A banner on the wall above the meat reads "First Annual Travis County Victory Food Show, March 17-18." According to a handwritten note on the back of the photo, the third man from the left is T. A. Mayes. About six people are on the opposite side of the table watching the men.
Date:
March 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Women in a Field of Crops]
Photograph of four women standing in a field looking at vegetable plants. Two women are pointing to plants. A car is parked alongside the field. Telephone poles are in the background.
Date:
May 25, 1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Man with a Pig]
Photograph of a man showing a pig in the to a crowd of people formed into a circle.
Date:
June 8, 1944
Creator:
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
T. A. Mayes
Photograph of Thomas A. Mayes, a Travis County Agricultural Agent with the Negro Extension Service.
Date:
1948~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Boys and Men with Beef Calves]
Photograph of men and boys kneeling next to their beef calves in front of wooden pens at the 1948 Travis County Food and Livestock Show in Rosewood Park in Austin. Doris Miller Auditorium is partially visible in the background.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Ross Studio
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Family Outside Their Home]
Photograph of a family with two small children and a dog outside of their wooden house. Laundry is hanging to dry on lines. Other wooden houses in the background. Dirt, patches of weeds, and small trees surround the houses.
Date:
August 8, 1949
Creator:
Studtman Photo Service
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
[Beef Calves at Food and Livestock Show]
Photograph of people showing their beef calves. A handwritten note on the back of the photo describes it: "Fourteen heavy weight beef calves weighing 819 pounds and over showed in Travis County's Third Annual Food and Livestock Show on the 26th and 27th of March 1947. These calves were sold at auction in Austin for an average of 29 cents per pound." The livestock show took place in Rosewood Park.
Date:
March 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Men Butchering Meat at Victory Food Show]
Photograph of men standing at a counter butchering meat, with many cuts of mean displayed on the wall behind them. A sign on the wall above the meat display reads "First Annual Travis County Victory Food Show, March 17th and 18th."
Date:
March 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History