Travis County Negro Extension Service Program Photograph Collection - 257 Matching Results

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[Group Portrait in a Church]

Description: Photograph of a group of men and women dressed up and standing behind a table where two women are seated and writing on papers. A woman is sitting in the first row of seats facing them. They are in a church and on the wall behind them there is an image of Jesus as a shepherd.
Date: March 31, 1962
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Group Portrait of Girls on Stage]

Description: Photograph of a large group of girls in dresses standing on a stage. A big basket of flowers is in front of them and a painted backdrop of a forest is behind them. A banner hanging from the stage is partially visible and reads, "Tour T---."
Date: 19uu
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[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
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Group Portrait of Men and Boys]

Description: Photograph of a group of men and boys in a park, with some wearing ties with the 4-H logo. The eleventh man from the left on the back row is identified as Thomas A. Mayes, Travis County Agricultural Agent.
Date: unknown
Creator: Howard, Edward C.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Group Portrait of Men and Women]

Description: Photograph of a group of men and women dressed up and standing in front of a house. One man is wearing a chef's hat, and another man and two women are wearing all-white suits. Two men in the front row have ribbons on their lapels, though the text on the ribbons is not legible. The address number if the house is 1510.
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Group Portrait of Young Men and Women]

Description: Photograph of women in white outfits sitting in chairs, with young men in white shirts and ties standing behind them. The group is in front of a building, possibly a restaurant, with a sign reading "Magnolia." A patch on one man's shirt is possibly the symbol for 4-H.
Date: October 1954
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Group Seated in Chairs]

Description: Photograph of a group of men and women sitting in rows of chairs and laughing. Likely taken in the Travis County Negro Extension Service Building located at 1154 Lydia Street, Austin, Texas.
Date: October 1954
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Handmade Clothing Display]

Description: Photograph of a display with handmade clothing. A poster on the display reads, "Be thrifty, sew it yourself," and has a drawing of a woman sewing. A sign below the display reads, "Texas Blind Deaf and Orphan School."
Date: May 24, 1960
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[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
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Jerome Boyd Collins, Sr. with a Cow]

Description: Photograph of Jerome Boyd Collins, Sr. standing with a cow and holding a ribbon that says "Reserve Champion Beef Calf." He wears a cap with the 4-H clubs symbol. According to a handwritten note on the back of the photo, it was taken at the Third Annual Food and Livestock Show at Rosewood Park in 1946.
Date: 1946
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Man and a Boy]

Description: Photograph of a man opening a freezer inside of a building, with a child standing next to him. The interior walls of the building are not finished.
Date: October 1954
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Man and Boy with Turkeys]

Description: Photograph of a man and boy standing in a pen with turkeys. The boy is holding a turkey's tail feathers and spreading them apart. A small wooden coop is next to them. Fields are visible in the background.
Date: 19uu
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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