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Y.W.C.A. Sports Day

Description: Photograph of three young women in a candid scene from the Y.W.C.A. Sports Day. Two young women wear shorts and sneakers, and a third woman wears a skirt and heels. One young woman holds a bat and another holds a softball.
Date: March 26, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Y.W.C.A. 40th Anniversary

Description: Photograph of three women, depicting the multiple generations and diversity of the Y.W.C.A. on its 40th Anniversary. Two older women, including an African-American woman, stand on either side and behind a younger woman. The women appear to be standing in a large "Y" from a sign. L to R: Mrs. Van Williams, Chair of World Fellowship for the East Austin Branch of the Y.W.C.A.; Y-Teen Anne Murrow; and Mrs. Clark Cramer, Chair of the Young Adult committee.
Date: April 22, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Summertime Activities [at the Y.W.C.A]

Description: Photograph of three young women gathered around the back of a van at the Y.W.C.A. The women are dressed for summer in shorts and short-sleeved blouses. Two of the women carry portable canvas chairs, and one woman sits on the curb with a canvas duffel bag. Cars are visible driving and parked in the street behind them.
Date: July 1, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Bathing beauty]

Description: Photograph of a young woman posing on the riverbank. She is wearing a bathing suit and holding a beach towel over her head and shoulders. She is standing on a rocky river bank and smiling at the camera. A bridge and a dam are behind her.
Date: March 10, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Farmers Insurance Company secretary]

Description: Photograph of a Farmers Insurance Company secretary at her desk. She holds a document in her right hand, and her left hand is at her typwriter. Two stacks of papers sit on her desk to her right. She is smiling at someone who is out of frame.
Date: March 2, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Minister's Visit to St. David's Hospital]

Description: Photograph of a group of eight men standing around a birthing table at St. David's Hospital in Austin, Texas. Two of them men on the left, behind the table wear religious clothing, and one man on the right wears a doctor's white coat. A specialized light fixture hangs from the ceiling above the table.
Date: September 12, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Passengers on Board Trans-Texas Airways Plane]

Description: Photograph of a Trans-Texas Airways pilot and a family of passengers standing alongside the plane, as if about to board. The pilot holds a ticket which the father and one son look at. The mother and a younger son look on. "Trans-Texas Airways" and a logo are painted on the side of the plane.
Date: May 27, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Trans-Texas Airways passengers standing planeside]

Description: Photograph of a group of sixteen men and two women who are Trans-Texas Airways passengers standing planeside. The men wear hats but carry their coats slung over their arms. The sky is cloudy, but all are smiling. The TTA logo is visible on the side of the plane.
Date: February 18, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Trans-Texas Airways pilot and staff]

Description: Photograph of the flight crew for a Trans-Texas Airways flight in front of their plane. The pilot is smiling with his arms around two of the female cabin staff who are also smiling and holding bouquets of roses. It is the day after St. Valentine's Day.
Date: February 15, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Our Lady of Guadalupe [graduating class of 1953]

Description: Photograph of the graduating class of 1953 of Our Lady of Guadalupe School in Austin, Texas. The class is composed of twelve young women and five young men, all proudly holding their diplomas. They are posed in two rows, women seated in the front row and men and women standing in the second row. All wear dark gown and mortar board caps with white tassels.
Date: May 15, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[C.B. Smith Used Car Lot]

Description: Photograph of C.B. Smith Motors Used Car lot at 5408 Burnett Road. Several cars are visible in the lot, parked near the street. Strings of lights and bunting hang across the lot. The dealearship building is visible in the background behind the cars. A sign for Safeway is visible down the road from the car lot.
Date: June 24, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Adams Extract Open House]

Description: Photograph of a line of men, women, and children at the Adams Extract factory open house. Three factory workers stand at the machinery, while most men and women talk to each other in groups or wait for samples behind a rope.
Date: July 14, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Adams Extract display]

Description: Photograph of a D.G. Benjamin Advertising campaign for Adams Extract displayed at a local retailer. A grocer in a white shirt and apron and bow-tie holds up a box of Adams Best, priced fifteen cents. Adams Pure Almond and Pure Lemon extracts retail for twenty-nine cents. Adams Extract is a top-shelf item in the spice aisle above McCormick and Colman's spices and extracts.
Date: July 14, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Anderson High School [building exterior and students]

Description: Photograph of a group of students outside the entrance to Anderson High School. In the mixture of boys and girls, most students are exiting the building after school, while a few stand and talk to each other. One girl sits on the wall and reads from a notebook. The girls all wear long skirts, blouses, white socks and black shoes. The boys wears slacks and shirts, and one wears a jacket.
Date: March 1, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Gulf Service Station in Austin]

Description: Photograph of Anderson's Gulf Service Station and crew located on the 1700 block of East 12th Street. The four man crew poses around the front end of a car at the gas pump. A service station car is parked streetwise, in front of the station. A service pickup truck is parked on the right side of the station.
Date: February 13, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Anderson High School [basketball team]

Description: Photograph of the 1956 Anderson High School basketball team. The boys are lined up in one line according to height, facing left. They wear shiny warm-up track suits, which have numbers embroidered on the shoulders. Every other boy holds a basketball under his arm against his left hip. The photo was taken on the basketball court, under one of the baskets.
Date: March 1, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Simmons Motor Company [garage]

Description: Photograph of the mechanics work area of the Simmons Motor Company garage. A myriad of mechanics tools and machines line the walls of the garage, but the floor is shiny and free of clutter. Signs hang above the work space reading "Austin's Largest Independent New Car Dealer / authorized to sell all makes" and "Interference makes a mechanic's work less efficient."
Date: October 23, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Continential Airlines [storefront]

Description: Photograph of the storefront for Continental Airlines after store business hours. There is no one at the desk, which has a fresh potted plant on it. A map of the United States with Continental Airlines services indicated is on the wall behind the desk. In the window are a model aircraft and various advertisements.
Date: June 7, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Zale Jewelers Store Exterior

Description: Photograph of the exterior of Zale Jewelers located at 704 Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas. Three women stand outside the doors, looking in the windows. A bus passes on the left, and the street is wet. A trash bin on the sidewalk reads "Keep Austin Beautiful." The neighboring business is partially visible with a window displaying women's shoes.
Date: February 2, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

St. John's Nursery

Description: Photograph of a group of about 50 African-American children posing in front of a white-washed adobe building. The boys in the center hold a sign that says "St. John / Nursery". The girls all wear dresses and the boys wear shirts and slacks. Some boys also wear suspenders and bow ties. The building has a central door, windows on either side of the door with floral curtains visible, and vents above each window. A wood picket fence is visible in the foreground.
Date: 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Shiner's Parade

Description: Photograph of a scene from Shriner Ben Hur Parade with Marshall Jimmie Jones riding in the back seat of a white Chrysler New Yorker convertible. A sign with his name hangs over the side of the car. Spectators are faintly visible in the background standing in front of parked cars along the parade route. Behind the spectators the lit signs of various businesses are visible, including Russel Stover Candies, a hotel, a cafe, and a bank.
Date: March 23, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Libby Products Display with Hula Dancing Girl]

Description: Photograph of a young woman in a grass skirt and lei dancing in front of a display of Libby Hawaiian Week products at a local grocery store in Austin, Texas. Cans of Libby's pineapple juice are visible down the aisle behind the woman. Two young girls are visible at the far end of the aisle; one looks at the cans and the other looks at the dancing woman.
Date: April 4, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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