[Elementary School Classroom]

Photograph of a classroom at Carver Elementary School. The children are seated in their desks and smiling towards the camera. There is a table with miniature buildings on it at the back of the room. The teacher is standing in the opposite corner of the room, behind the children.
Date: [1940..1950]
Creator: Briscoe
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Second Grade Elementary School Class]

Photograph of a second grade classroom at Carver Elementary School. The children are seated in their desks and facing the camera. The teacher is standing at the back of the room.
Date: [1940..1950]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Children Reading in Classroom]

Photograph of a small group of children reading in a classroom. Some of the children are seated in a semicircle, two of which are raising their hands. One child is writing on the chalkboard. The teacher is seated on the right side of the photograph, holding a book.
Date: [1940..1950]
Creator: Briscoe
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Dorothy Ingram Wearing Dress]

Portrait photograph of Dorothy Ingram. She is wearing a black, ruffled top and a star necklace. Her hair is short and pulled back. She is looking towards the camera with a neutral expression. The back of the photograph is a postcard.
Date: 1940~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Third Grade Classroom]

Photograph of a third grade class at Carver Elementary School. The children are seated in their desks and facing towards the camera. The teacher is standing on the opposite side of the classroom with her hands on the back of two students' chairs.
Date: [1940..1950]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Second Grade Classroom]

Photograph of a second grade class at Carter Elementary School. The children are seated in their desks and facing towards the front of the classroom. The teacher is standing in the back corner of the room and looking towards the camera.
Date: [1940..1950]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Elementary School Performance]

Photograph of a school performance at Carver Elementary School. There are children seated on a stage with various instruments. The background of the stage is painted with a landscape mural.
Date: [1940..1950]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Elementary School Program]

Photograph of a school program at Carver Elementary School. Children are seated on the stage with instruments, and a man in a black suit is standing in front of them conducting. There is a hand-painted mural in the background. The audience is partially visible in the bottom of the photograph.
Date: [1940..1950]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Third Grade Class at Carver Elementary]

Photograph of a third grade class at Carver Elementary School. The children are seated in their desks and smiling towards the camera. The teacher is standing at the back of the classroom behind the students.
Date: [1940..1950]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Scouts

Photograph of four young boys posing for the camera outside in front of a log cabin. A partially opened window is on the left side of the cabin. The boys stand shortest to tallest from left to right. They have been identified directionally in this manner as Irvin Wind, Kenneth Andersen, Kermit Harton, and Jack Hansen. They are all dressed uniformly in boy scout uniforms, which consists of belted, pleated shorts, a shirt with two pockets on each side, and a tied bandana around their necks. Hand-written text in pencil on the back of the photograph lists their names as well as the year the photograph was taken.
Date: 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boy Scouts Biting Into Watermelon Slices]

Photograph of the Boy Scouts of America standing before a single-story structure with the word "Douglass" written on it. The children, with the exception of a few who are in the back, are wearing traditional Boy Scout uniforms: shirts with button-flap pockets, caps, and neckerchiefs. They are all holding large slices of watermelons; some are biting into them. An adult female and an adult male are in the back on the right. Although names have been provided, they can only be applied with certainty to the first three children on the left - Kenneth Strarup, Donald Lykke, and Carl Hansen - and to the last five on the right - Lester Wind, Gertrude Hansen, Leroy Strarup, Lawrence Harton, and Carl Marius Hansen Sr.
Date: 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hansen Family Portrait]

Copy print portrait of the Hansen family in front of a blank backdrop. From left to right, the five individuals in the front row have been identified as Wilbert Hansen, Agnes Hansen, Johannes Hansen, Jack Hansen, and Louise Hansen. From left to right, those in the back row have been identified as Irene Hansen, Ellnora Hansen, and Cecelia Hansen. They are all dressed in formal attire.
Date: 1940/1970
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Peter A. Petersen]

Black and white photograph of a man wearing a three-piece suit, standing outside of a building near a bush. He is identified as Peter A. Petersen. The building's windows are partially visible behind him.
Date: 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Melvin Hansen Outdoors in Front of Bush]

Photograph of a man, identified as Melvin Hansen, standing in front of a large bush. A flat, spacious landscape surrounds him. There appears to be a building very far away in the distance. Melvin wears a military style trench coat, trousers over a shirt and tie combination, and a tilted cap. His legs are slightly apart from one another.
Date: [1940..1950]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Jensen Family]

Copy negative of a black and white photograph of the Hans Peter Jensen family standing on the lawn of Ted Jensen's home. They are lined up in front of an exterior side of the house, where two windows are visible. Standing on the left are two men identified as H.F. Jensen and George Jensen. They are wearing suits and ties. H.F. is holding a hat at his side. Toward the middle of the group are three women identified as Elizabeth Jensen Juhl, Maren Jensen, and Lena Jensen Lauritsen; they are all wearing dresses and hats. On the right end is Theodore Jensen, who sports a tie and button-up shirt with pants. His right shirt sleeve is tucked into his pants; he seems to be missing that arm.
Date: 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women's society conference]

Photograph of a women's society conference on March 28, 1940.
Date: March 28, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hans

Copy negative of Hans Michaelsen, a World War II veteran in San Antonio, Texas. Hans is sitting down on a large rock platform, facing forward. He is dressed in a suit and a military hat. There is a house and a car visible in the background of the photograph.
Date: 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Marius Bram Family

Copy negative of Marius Bram's family, a Danish family of Wharton County, Texas. From left to right, top to bottom, the family members pictured are Carl Bram, Clarence Bram, Raymond Bram, Otto Bram, Emil (Jack) Bram, Walter Bram, Oscar Bram, Harry Bram, and Elve Bram on the top row and Johanna Bram, Marius Bram, Jakobina Bram, and Clara Bram on the bottom row.
Date: 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Maren Jensen

Copy negative of Maren Jensen on her 81st birthday in Danevang, Texas, which is located in Wharton County. In the photograph, Maren is sitting in a yard next to a large, three-tiered birthday cake. She is wearing a long dress with a floral pattern.
Date: June 15, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ingvard & Mary Andersen

Photograph of an elder couple standing outdoors near a bush. The woman, standing on the left, has been identified as Mary Hansen Andersen. She wears glasses and a button-up dress cinched at the waist. On the right, her husband, Ingvard Andersen, has his hand around her shoulders. He wears a suit jacket, shirt, dark pants, and glasses. A house can be seen in the distance across a narrow road.
Date: 1940/1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Birthday at Sam Brodsgaard's Home

Photograph of a group of people celebrating a birthday at a home belonging to Sam Brodsgaard. They are just outside of an entrance, on a lawn that has been cut short. The house has a shingled gable roof and light-colored siding. Four double-hung windows can be seen as well. Names have been provided by accompanying information, but have not been matched properly to the individuals pictured.
Date: 1940/1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Friends

Photograph of a group of people in front of several small pine trees. The woman on the far left has been identified as Kathyrn Nielsen. She wears a belted coat and holds a purse. A man next to her, identified as Andrew Andersen, has his arms around her and a second woman's shoulder, identified as Anna Hansen, who is on the right. A second man, identified as Ingvard Andersen, is kneeling down next to them on the far right. He wears a hat, suit jacket, and glasses.
Date: 1940/1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Maren Jensen And Her Birthday Cake on Her 81st Birthday]

Black and white photograph of Maren Jensen seated outdoors on a lawn, next to a table where a four-tier cake has been placed. Around the foot of the table near her feet are several bouquets of flowers. A few trees are visible in the background. Afternoon shadows are cast across the lawn behind her.
Date: June 15, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wedding photograph of Joe Castillo and his wife]

Wedding photograph of Joe Castillo and his wife, taken around 1940. The bride is wearing a white silk long dress, with white decorated band on her head and a veil. She holds a bunch of white flowers in her hand, wearing white gloves. The groom, Joe Castillo, is wearing a black suit and tie with a white flower boutonniere on his coat. He also is wearing white gloves.
Date: 1940
Creator: Barton Texas History Center, The University of Texas at Austin
System: The Portal to Texas History