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[Adam R. Johnson at his desk]

Photograph of Adam R. Johnson, the Director of the Texas Relief Commission, at his desk in his office. A portrait of Franklin Roosevelt is on the desk behind him. Photograph is signed and dated 5/19/1936.

Date: 1936

Item Type: Photograph

Asian Men and Women Meeting at the Capitol

Photograph of unidentified Asian men and women sitting around a table in a room at the capital. There are other people standing and sitting on the other side of a bar behind them.

Date: 1936

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Austin American Statesman Building 7th & Colorado

Photograph of building under construction

Date: August 9, 1936

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.269356 -97.743783

Austin American Statesman Building 7th & Colorado

Photograph of building under construction

Date: August 9, 1936

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.269356 -97.743783

Austin American Statesman Building 7th & Colorado

Photograph of American Statesman Bldg

Date: December 6, 1936

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.269372 -97.743785

Austin American Statesman Building 7th & Colorado

Photograph of building under construction.

Date: August 9, 1936

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Austin American Statesman Building 7th & Colorado

Photograph of a three-story building under construction, with workers seated outside the front of the building a construction company sign in the lower-right part of the image. A church is visible in the background and a small wooden building is situated on the street in front of an empty lot between the church and the building. Vehicles are parked on both sides of the street.

Date: August 9, 1936

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.269370 -97.743799

Austin American Statesman Building 7th & Colorado

Photograph of building under construction

Date: August 9, 1936

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.269366 -97.743772

Austin American Statesman Building 7th & Colorado

Photograph of building under construction

Date: August 9, 1936

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.269366 -97.743778

Austin High School Maroons

Photograph of young man in football uniform. Believed to be House Park Stadium.

Date: December 6, 1936

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Barton Springs Lifeguards]

Photograph of 9 lifeguards at Barton Springs with James A. Garrison, superintendent of Parks and Recreation. L-R: Garrison; C.L. Kelly; Bennie Estrada; Neville Hargrave; Jimmy Terrell; Leonard Baker; Jack Toomey; Sterling Wilkerson; Otto Ludwig; Joe Prowse.

Date: 1936~

Creator: Boone Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

[Congress Avenue Flooded by Colorado River]

Photograph of Congress Avenue flooded by the Colorado River. Note on photo reads: "Looking northwest from So. Congress Sept. 28, 1936."

Date: September 28, 1936

Item Type: Photograph

[Family Standing in Bull Creek]

Photograph of a family wading in Bull Creek. There are three children, an adult man, and a small dog standing in the water; a number of trees are visible along the bank in the background.

Date: July 25, 1936

Item Type: Photograph

[Gearing Hall, Painter Hall and Lily Pond]

Looking northeast from the lily pond behind the Tower on the University of Texas campus. Gearing Hall, known then as the Home Economics building, on the left and the Painter Hall, then the Physics building, on the right, are in view.

Date: September 1936

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

Legislature - Candid

Photograph of man seated at desk

Date: December 6, 1936

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Legislature - Candid

Photograph of four men casting dice

Date: December 6, 1936

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Main Building and baseball field at Rosewood Recreation Center]

Photograph of Rosewood Recreation Center, showing the historic Bertram-Huppertz home which became the clubhouse and bath house once the park was established for black citizens. The City acquired the 1875 home of Rudolph Bertram, and adjacent land at 2300 Rosewood Avenue, from his daugheter Emmie Bertram Huppertz (Mrs. Charles Huppertz) in 1928, for the purpose of creating a segregated park for the African American community. The development included a swimming pool for Negros. A grand stone sta… more

Date: 1936

Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab., Austin

Item Type: Photograph

[Municipal Airport Hangar]

Photograph of a view of a hangar with doors open. There is a man on top of the roof and man below with truck.

Date: January 31, 1936

Item Type: Photograph

[Paramount Theater Exterior]

Photograph of exterior view of the Paramount theater at night. The neon blade is lit. Several cars are parked on the street. The State Theater is partially visible on the left.

Date: 1936

Item Type: Photograph

Pool at Zilker Park

Photograph of the pool at Zilker Park. Inscription on back of photo reads "Lily Ponds built w/relief labor 1935 Annual Report"

Date: January 30, 1936

Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory - City of Austin

Item Type: Photograph

[President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt making a whistle-stop campaign appearance in Austin]

Photograph of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt standing behind a podium, on a platform, at the end of a train car as he addresses the large, night-time crowd assembled before him. His outstretched arms grasp the podium. Roosevelt is surrounded by a group of people including his wife, Eleanor, and possibly John Nance Garner ("Cactus Jack"), the vice-president. A neon sign above the train car reads, "PROSPERITY'S ROSE BLOOMS AGAIN WITH ROOSEVELT." The crowd is standing shoulder-to-shoulder.

Date: June 11, 1936

Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory, City of Austin

Item Type: Photograph

[Rear Exterior of Governor's Mansion]

Photograph of a rear exterior view of the Governor's Mansion.

Date: 1936

Item Type: Photograph

[Social Events 1930 through 1938]

Photograph of a crowd of people gathered for a social event that occurred in 1936.

Date: 1936

Item Type: Photograph

[Social Events 1930 thru 1938]

Photograph of two children posing outdoors.

Date: 1936

Item Type: Photograph

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[Adam R. Johnson at his desk]

Asian Men and Women Meeting at the Capitol

Austin American Statesman Building 7th & Colorado

Austin American Statesman Building 7th & Colorado

Austin American Statesman Building 7th & Colorado

Austin American Statesman Building 7th & Colorado

Austin American Statesman Building 7th & Colorado

Austin American Statesman Building 7th & Colorado

Austin American Statesman Building 7th & Colorado

Austin High School Maroons

[Barton Springs Lifeguards]

[Congress Avenue Flooded by Colorado River]

[Family Standing in Bull Creek]

[Gearing Hall, Painter Hall and Lily Pond]

Legislature - Candid

Legislature - Candid

[Main Building and baseball field at Rosewood Recreation Center]

[Municipal Airport Hangar]

[Paramount Theater Exterior]

Pool at Zilker Park

[President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt making a whistle-stop campaign appearance in Austin]

[Rear Exterior of Governor's Mansion]

[Social Events 1930 through 1938]

[Social Events 1930 thru 1938]