Photograph of a group children standing on a stage holding signs reading "Fruits," "Vegetables," "Cheese," and "Milk." One students holds a drawing of a tooth. A 4-H poster is on the wall behind them. Several people are in the audience in the foreground.
Photograph of a row of small wooden houses next to a dirt road with cars on it. A few children are walking to a house. A city (Austin?) is visible in the background.
Photograph of tents in a field with a lot of trees. According to a handwritten caption below the image, it is the campsite for a girls' 4-H camp in Travis County.
Photograph of students sitting at desks in a classroom. Artwork (possibly Valentines) are affixed to a blackboard on the wall behind them, and the alphabet is displayed above the blackboard.
Photograph of two women standing in a field, leaning over and pulling vegetables out of the ground. A house and a telephone pole are visible in the background.
Photograph of a girl walking on stage during a style show wearing a floral print dress. A sign on the curtain behind her reads "There's magic in the right know how."
Photograph of give men butchering meat, with cuts of meat displayed on the walls behind them. A banner on the wall above the meat reads "First Annual Travis County Victory Food Show, March 17-18." According to a handwritten note on the back of the photo, the third man from the left is T. A. Mayes. About six people are on the opposite side of the table watching the men.
Photograph of four women standing in a field looking at vegetable plants. Two women are pointing to plants. A car is parked alongside the field. Telephone poles are in the background.
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.
Photograph of a woman speaking from a podium at a meeting with others sitting around a large table. Notes on a large pad of paper on an easel are about Travis County Population. A 4-H club poster is on the wall.
Photograph of a group of women wearing white outfits and holding paper packets. They are in front of a building, possibly a restaurant and gas station, with signs behind them that read "Mobilgas Special" and "Magnolia."
Photograph of women and a child standing in front of a display with a sign that says "Travis County Home Demonstration Club Women's General Exhibition."
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.
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.
Photograph of a woman standing with a beef calf and holding a ribbon with says "Grand Champion Beef Calf." A note on the back of the photo indicates that the woman is "Miss Hau." This was part of the annual Travis County Food and Livestock show held at Rosewood Park in Austin. Doris Miller Auditorium is visible in the background.
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.
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.
Photograph of a woman cooking or preserving food in a kitchen, with a younger woman watching her in the background. Several jars of preserved food are on the table in front of them. This was likely from a demonstration on food preservation.
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."
Photograph of a man in a chef hat standing in a kitchen butchering meat with a large knife. Cans of Hunt's brand vegetables are on the counter. More tools and pots hang above the man's head.
Photograph of children sitting at a table on a stage with a young woman apeaking at a podium in front of them. A poster on the wall behind them has the 4-H logo and motto and reads "To Make The Best Better." Several people are in the audience in the foreground.
Photograph of four women sitting and standing around a table with a sewing machine making clothes. There is extra fabric and tools on the table and chairs around them.
Photograph of a woman kneeling down in a room full of turkeys. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Mrs. Dena Collins, Home Dem. Club member and poultry demonstrator, Pilot Knob Community, Travis Co."
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.
Photograph of a class of students standing outside of their school building. The building is wood-sided and painted white. A car is partially visible parked in front of the building.
Photograph of L. B. Allen standing in a bedroom. A doll is on the bed, two pictures hang on the walls, and there is a bedside table with a lamp. According to a handwritten note on the back of the photo, she is giving a bedroom demonstration as part of the Pflugerville Home Demonstration Club.
Photograph of a small choir singing on the steps of the Travis County Negro Extension Service building, with an audience facing them. The building was located at 1154 Lydia Street in Austin, Texas.
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