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[View of a House]

Description: Photograph of a wood-paneled house with laundry drying on a line on the porch. Some buckets are in front of the house and a pile of firewood is under the porch. According to a handwritten note on the back of the photo, the house belongs to Cecil Hayes. It was located at 303 Orchard Street, Austin, Texas.
Date: December 30, 1939
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
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[Teacher and Students]

Description: Photograph of a teacher holding a microphone and standing next to a table and an American flag, with a group of students behind her. They are in a covered, open-air auditorium, and trees are visible in the background.
Date: July 20, 1963
Creator: Ellison Photo Service
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[Demonstration on Pelts]

Description: Photograph of a group of children sitting on the ground outside, with a man standing in front of them at a table covered with animal pelts. They are surrounded by trees and some cars are visible in the background.
Date: 19uu
Creator: Leon Studio
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[4-H Club]

Description: Photograph of a group of young men and boys from 4-H. They stand between a large tent and a row of cars in a large open field. Other tents are visible behind them. Trees are in the background.
Date: 194X
Creator: Ross Studio
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[Boy with a Cow]

Description: 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
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[Boys with Beef Calves]

Description: Photograph of young men and boys standing in a row with their beef calves at the 1949 Travis County Livestock Show at Rosewood Park in Austin. Spectators stand behind them and cars are visible in the distance.
Date: 1949
Creator: Ross Studio
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[Group Portrait of Men and Boys]

Description: Photograph of a group of men and boys posing in a field with a row of cars behind them. Two boys in the front row hold baseball bats. The fourth man from the left on the back row is identified as Thomas A. Mayes, Travis Co. Agricultural Agent.
Date: 194X
Creator: Ross Studio
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[Meat Display]

Description: Photograph of cuts of meat displayed on a butcher paper wall, with ribbons on some of them, and jars of preserved food on a table below them. Signs on the wall say, "Kill and cure the A&M way and save from waste," and "Hands off." According to a handwritten note on the back of the photo, it was taken at Rosewood Park in Doris Miller Auditorium, probably for the Travis County Annual Food and Livestock Show.
Date: 194X
Creator: Ross Studio
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[Men and Women at a Meeting]

Description: Photograph of two men and two women sitting at a desk in front of a room with people in rows of chairs facing them. Another man is standing and addressing the audience. The photo was taken at the Travis County Negro Extension Service building located at 1154 Lydia Street, Austin, Texas.
Date: 19uu
Creator: Ross Studio
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[Men with Award-Winning Beef Calves]

Description: Photograph of two young men standing with their beef calves, with a group of men and boys behind them. They are each holding ribbons, one of which says "Grand Champion Beef Calf" and the other of which says "Reserve Champion Beef Calf." One has a sign around his neck reading "13" and the other has one reading "11." A large group of men and boys is behind them.
Date: 194X
Creator: Ross Studio
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[Family Outside Their Home]

Description: 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
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[Group of Women]

Description: Photograph of young women standing in two rows facing each other, and one woman standing in the middle in front of a desk. They are at the Travis County Negro Extension Service building located at 1154 Lydia Street, Austin, Texas.
Date: October 21, 1955
Creator: Studtman Photo Service
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[Interior view of a Home]

Description: 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
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