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Nixon-Clay College Classroom with Students

Description: Photograph of female students in a classroom at Nixon-Clay College in Austin, Texas. A teacher stands in front of a chalk board on the left, and students sit in desks divided into two groups on the left and on the right. The students are all writing in notebooks. A man stands at the rear of the room looking out a window. A stairwell divides the classroom. Physical damage to the negative has caused a white line down the center of the image.
Date: June 20, 1957
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Anderson High School [Students In Class]

Description: Photograph of a classroom of coed, African-American students at the old Anderson High School in Austin, Texas. On the left, a student and teacher study a map of the United States with the major rivers emphasized while the rest of the students, who are seated at their desks, look on.
Date: February 11, 1959
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Our Lady of Guadalupe [graduating class of 1953]

Description: Photograph of the graduating class of 1953 of Our Lady of Guadalupe School in Austin, Texas. The class is composed of twelve young women and five young men, all proudly holding their diplomas. They are posed in two rows, women seated in the front row and men and women standing in the second row. All wear dark gown and mortar board caps with white tassels.
Date: May 15, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Anderson High School [building exterior and students]

Description: Photograph of a group of students outside the entrance to Anderson High School. In the mixture of boys and girls, most students are exiting the building after school, while a few stand and talk to each other. One girl sits on the wall and reads from a notebook. The girls all wear long skirts, blouses, white socks and black shoes. The boys wears slacks and shirts, and one wears a jacket.
Date: March 1, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Anderson High School [basketball team]

Description: Photograph of the 1956 Anderson High School basketball team. The boys are lined up in one line according to height, facing left. They wear shiny warm-up track suits, which have numbers embroidered on the shoulders. Every other boy holds a basketball under his arm against his left hip. The photo was taken on the basketball court, under one of the baskets.
Date: March 1, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

St. John's Nursery

Description: Photograph of a group of about 50 African-American children posing in front of a white-washed adobe building. The boys in the center hold a sign that says "St. John / Nursery". The girls all wear dresses and the boys wear shirts and slacks. Some boys also wear suspenders and bow ties. The building has a central door, windows on either side of the door with floral curtains visible, and vents above each window. A wood picket fence is visible in the foreground.
Date: 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Anderson High School Student in Class]

Description: Photograph of Anderson High School students in a classroom. Three boys are writing on the board, three other boys are sitting at a table, one boy is sitting by the teacher, and seven students are sitting in desks in the background.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[An Anderson High School Choir]

Description: Photograph of an Anderson High School choir singing. They are standing in two rows on risers. The front row is all women in light-colored dress, and the back row is all men in dark-colored suits.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Portrait of the Anderson High School Band]

Description: Photograph of the Anderson High School Band, posing for a portrait. They are arranged in four rows, wearing dark-colored uniforms, and holding instruments. In the middle of the second row is the director in a dark-colored suit, and the conductor in a light-colored uniform.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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