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[Goldie Hodge Taking Notes]

Description: Photograph of Goldie Hodge sitting in a chair and writing in a notebook. She is seated at a desk with a telephone on it. A calendar is on the wall behind her and various notes are pinned to the wall on her left.
Date: September 1954
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Man Eating]

Description: Photograph of a man sitting at the end of a long table eating a plate of food. The room might be a classroom; there are signs on the wall on the left reading "ones," "tens," and "hundreds."
Date: July 15, 1959
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

[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
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

[Young Women Baking]

Description: Photograph of young women wearing aprons and standing in a row behind a counter. One young woman puts ingredients into a bowl. Sugar, butter, cloves and other ingredients as well as baking equipment are on the counter. Instructions (possibly for something with pumpkin?) are written on a blackboard behind the women.
Date: September 30, 1958
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Elderly Couple]

Description: Photograph of an older couple standing with a table between them. On the table is a cake with candles, possibly a birthday cake or anniversary cake.
Date: June 10, 1959
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Band Performing]

Description: Photograph of a band performing on stage, with a guitarist, saxophonist, and pianist visible. The man in the center is possibly a singer. Hi hands are blurry from movement, probably clapping or tapping a tambourine. A few women are visible in the background, standing behind the band.
Date: November 18, 1954
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Women on a Couch]

Description: Photograph of a group of women sitting on a couch in a living room, with two of them holding their children in their laps. Calendars, pieces of art and other notes are pinned to the wall behind them.
Date: March 1954
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[4-H Club Style Show]

Description: Photograph of a girl walking across a stage wearing a dress. A sign hangs below the stage and reads "Tour Topics." A string of flags hangs above the stage and each has the 4-H logo and says "4-H Clubs."
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Man on a Tractor]

Description: Photograph of a man driving a tractor. He leans down and looks at the ground. Two other men are standing next to the tractor. A sign reading "3" hangs from the front of the tractor.
Date: November 6, 1954
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

[Children on Stage Holding Signs]

Description: Photograph of children standing on a stage in the front of a room holding signs that say "candy," "cookies," "cake," and "pie," with people in rows of chairs facing them. A banner for 4-H is on the wall behind them.
Date: March 12, 1962
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Christmas Party]

Description: Photograph of people conversing at a Christmas party, with a man dressed as Santa standing next to a white Christmas tree in the background. Possibly at the Travis County Negro Extension Service building at 1154 Lydia Street, Austin, Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Woman Giving a Speech]

Description: Photograph of a woman speaking from a round podium on a stage, with more women sitting in chairs next to her. Behind them on stage are signs for Mobile Gas Company.
Date: October 1954
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Display of Hand-Sewn Items]

Description: Photograph of a woman standing in front of a display of clothes, fabric, a sewing machine and sewing patterns. A sign above the display reads, "Good sewing techniques + proper equipment = well finished, fitted garment."
Date: May 24, 1960
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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