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T. A. Mayes

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

Date: 1948~

[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

Item Type: Photograph

[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

Item Type: Photograph

[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

Item Type: Photograph

[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

Item Type: Photograph

[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

Item Type: Photograph

[Boy with a Cow]

Photograph of a boy squatting next to a cow and holding a ribbon. Most likely he is at an annual Travis County Food and Livestock show in Rosewood Park in Austin.

Date: 1948~

Item Type: Photograph

[Women with Chairs]

Photograph of two women standing behind and looking two cushioned chairs. A brick building is visible behind them.

Date: June 1949

Item Type: Photograph

[Young Boy and a Show Pig]

Photograph of a young boy kneeling next to a show pig and holding a ribbon that reads "1st Place, Travis County Fourth Annual Food and Livestock Show, 1948, Swine, Sponsored by the Austin Negro Chamber of Commerce with Austin Chamber of Commerce Assisting." The boy wears a cap with the symbol for 4-H clubs. The event took place at Rosewood Park in Austin.

Date: 1948

Item Type: Photograph

[Beef Calves]

Photograph of a row of young men standing with 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 was held at Rosewood Park in Austin.

Date: March 1947

Item Type: Photograph

[Girls at 4-H Camp]

Photograph of a group of girls standing in rows in a field during a girls' 4-H camp. They all hold their hands above their heads, possibly as part of an exercise or athletic activity.

Date: July 1946

Creator: Ross Studio

Item Type: Photograph

[Boys with Beef Calves]

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

Item Type: Photograph