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[Photo of J. Frank Dobie]

Description: Photo of J. Frank Dobie sitting and smoking cigar while reading book. Austin, Texas.
Date: June 11, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Capitol Chevrolet Company

Description: Car showroom of Capitol Chevrolet Company seen through front windows. Car wrapped with bow. Accessories "for the Family Car" in the foreground.
Date: December 15, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Federal Courthouse

Description: Exterior view of Federal Court House. Cars parked in lot in front of building.
Date: November 15, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Photo of Bill Monroe]

Description: Photo of Bill Monroe (Neal Douglass photographer). Austin, Texas.
Date: September 15, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[People at the Post Exchange]

Description: Photograph of people at the post exchange in 1943.
Date: 1943
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Men Fixing Plane Propeller]

Description: Photograph of mechanics working on a C-47 radial engine in 1943. One of them stands on stairs, and the other stands on the ground and looks up at the propeller.
Date: 1943
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Men in Lounge]

Description: Photograph of men sitting in a lounge. Three men sit around a table in the center, while another plays a piano to the left. Chairs are lined up against the right wall. An American flag is in the foreground.
Date: 1943~
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Base Headquarters]

Description: Photograph of the Bergstrom Air Force Base headquarters. An American flag is positioned in front of the building.
Date: 1943
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Bergstrom Field

Description: Photograph of two men in uniform beside sign for the Headquarters of the 53rd Troop Carrier Wing. Maurice Milton Beach, commander of the 53rd Troop Carrier Wing is on the left.
Date: October 1, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Red Cross Nurses Preparing Supplies]

Description: Photograph of groups of Red Cross nurses prepare medical supplies at tables. There is a large poster on the wall in the back advertising "The Greatest Mother in the World, War Fund 1943."
Date: 1943
Creator: American National Red Cross Capital Area Division
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Sweet potatoes gathered from City's Victory Garden

Description: Photograph of men gathering sweet potatoes from Austin's Victory Garden. Baskets of sweet potatoes are visible in the foreground and cars are parked along the road in the background. Image was used in the City's 1943 Annual Report.
Date: November 9, 1943
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Group of Men in Uniform]

Description: Photograph of a group of soldiers in a few styles of uniform, with a few women and a pastor, possibly at Camp Mabry.
Date: August 21, 1943
Creator: Ellison
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Interior of Austin Atheltic Club with scaffolding before painting]

Description: Photograph of interior view showing the scaffolding used in painting the interior of the Austin Athletic Club building and the condition of building before painting. Volleyball nets stretch across two courts, with empty bleachers visible in background. The first organized recreation center in Austin was the privately owned Austin Athletic Club, built in 1923, by William T. Caswell. In 1931. Mr. Caswell sold the club to the City of Austin for "a small remuneration". The name of the center was of… more
Date: February 10, 1943
Creator: Burea of Identification Photographic Lab., Austin
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Arch construction of the Negro Recreation Building, now Doris Miller Auditorium, in Rosewood Park]

Description: Photograph of the construction of an arch at the Negro Recreation Building, now Doris Miller Auditorium, in Rosewood Park. A man in a fedora sits astride a semi-circular laminated wooden truss, working on joining it at the center. This truss, and two completed trusses in the background are framed against the sky. The trusses are supported by posts, and temporarily joined together with wooden cross braces. The top of a wooden scaffold is visible in the lower right corner of the image.
Date: December 10, 1943
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab, Austin
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Construction of the Rosewood Recreation Center, now Doris Miller Auditorium, in Rosewood Park]

Description: Photograph of construction of the Negro Recreation Building in Rosewood Park. Three men stand on the back of a 1930s flat bed truck, as they use a crane mounted on the truck to lift half of a laminated wooden semi-circular arched truss into place. Two of the trusses are already completed in the background. The scaffolding used to support workers joining the trusses at their centers stands to the back of the truck. The trusses are joined by cross members, and the half truss erected to the left i… more
Date: December 10, 1943
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab., Austin
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Children around USN sand sculpture at Sandcraft]

Description: Photograph of a group of children around a sandbox with a sand sculpture of an anchor and the initials U.S.N. (United States Navy) imprinted over it at Sandcraft Park.
Date: June 23, 1943
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photography Laboratory
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Gene Smith and Mother

Description: Man and woman standing in front of a fireplace.
Date: October 10, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Bob Ragsdale and Wife with Cessna

Description: Man and woman are standing under the wing beside airplane. Small dog sits in background.
Date: June 6, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Bob Ragsdale and Wife with Cessna

Description: Woman seated at the controls in the cockpit of an airplane.
Date: June 6, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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