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[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

Item Type: Photograph

[600 Block of Congress Avenue]

Photograph of businesses along the 600 block of Congress Avenue at Christmas: the Baptist Cervice Center, Zales, Rapp Brothers, Western Union, and McKinnon's. Cars line the streets and holiday lights stretch across the street. Men, including two sailors in discussion, stand on the corner of Congress Ave and West 6th Street.

Date: December 1946

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.268631 -97.743161

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

Item Type: Photograph

[2nd Infantry Division on Parade]

Photograph of two M8 Greyhound armored scout cars from the 2nd Infantry Division on parade through downtown Austin. Following almost a year of combat in the European Theater, the 2nd Infantry Division was stationed in Texas to train up for deployment to the Pacific, which never happened due to the war's ending.

Date: March 29, 1946

Creator: Allison Photograph Service

Item Type: Photograph

50th Wedding Anniversary

Photograph of couple standing behind fiftieth wedding anniversary cake.

Date: September 18, 1949

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

84th QM Co. - Picnic, Camp Mabry

Photograph of a group of soldiers and civilians pose during a picnic at Camp Mabry.

Date: December 7, 1941

Item Type: Photograph

T. A. Mayes

Photograph of Thomas A. Mayes, a Travis County Agricultural Agent with the Negro Extension Service.

Date: 1948~

Item Type: Photograph

[Acting governor Aikin in office]

Acting governor A. M. Aikin Jr. sitting and speaking at a desk in the Texas governor's office, surrounded by what appear to be reporters. An aide sits to his left smoking a cigar, while most of the rest are writing on notepads.

Date: January 17, 1943

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Activities at Blackshear School #1]

Photograph of a group of children playing in the water outdoors at the Blackshear School.

Date: July 5, 1945

Item Type: Photograph

[Activities at Blackshear School #2]

Photograph of a small group of children playing in the water at the Blackshear school in 1945.

Date: July 5, 1945

Item Type: Photograph

[Adolph Boeh Golfing]

Photograph of Adolph Boeh swinging a golf club on the golf course. There is a woman watching in the background.

Date: August 17, 1940

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

The aerial blimp Ranger: Austin area, boarding etc

Boarding the aerial blimp Ranger, which was one of five Goodyear blimps commandeered by the Navy to patrol the coasts during WWII. The blimp landed at the Municipal Air Port.

Date: April 5, 1949

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Aerial View of Austin, Texas]

Photograph of an aerial view of Austin, Texas from the south. University of Texas-Austin is visible to the north, and the Texas State Capitol Building is prominently visible in the center of the image.

Date: February 12, 1949

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

Aerial view of northeast Austin

Aerial photograph looking northeast at the future site of Maplewood Elementary. Closest road intersecting the railroad tracks is E. 38th 1/2 St. Maplewood bisects E. 38th 1/2 St. with Ashwood and Kirkwood Streets bisecting Maplewood and running parallel with E. 38th 1/2 St. The municipal airport runways can be seen in the background.

Date: January 27, 1949

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Location: None

[Aerial View of St. Edward's University]

Photograph of an aerial view of St. Edward's University from the south. The football field and Fieldhouse are visible at the top of the photo with the four-story administration building to the south.

Date: February 12, 1949

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: None

[Aerial View of St. Edward's University]

Photograph of an aerial view of St. Edward's University from the northeast. The football field and Fieldhouse are visible in the middle of the photo, with the four-story administration building to the south.

Date: February 12, 1949

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: None