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[Shriners Marching at the Shriner's Parade]

Description: Photograph of a group of Shriners in the Shriner's Parade marching down Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas. The men wear matching outfits of fezzes with tassels, dark ties, decorative short jackets, dark cropped pants, and white spats over black shoes. Two leaders march alongside the group, and they wear white suits and fezzes. They march past Kruger's Jewelers which is visible on the left. Spectators stand in front of a car parked in front of the jewelry store. Other stores visible in the backgr… more
Date: March 23, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Adams Extract Open House]

Description: Photograph of a line of men, women, and children at the Adams Extract factory open house. Three factory workers stand at the machinery, while most men and women talk to each other in groups or wait for samples behind a rope.
Date: July 14, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Adams Extract display]

Description: Photograph of a D.G. Benjamin Advertising campaign for Adams Extract displayed at a local retailer. A grocer in a white shirt and apron and bow-tie holds up a box of Adams Best, priced fifteen cents. Adams Pure Almond and Pure Lemon extracts retail for twenty-nine cents. Adams Extract is a top-shelf item in the spice aisle above McCormick and Colman's spices and extracts.
Date: July 14, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Gulf Service Station in Austin]

Description: Photograph of Anderson's Gulf Service Station and crew located on the 1700 block of East 12th Street. The four man crew poses around the front end of a car at the gas pump. A service station car is parked streetwise, in front of the station. A service pickup truck is parked on the right side of the station.
Date: February 13, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Simmons Motor Company [garage]

Description: Photograph of the mechanics work area of the Simmons Motor Company garage. A myriad of mechanics tools and machines line the walls of the garage, but the floor is shiny and free of clutter. Signs hang above the work space reading "Austin's Largest Independent New Car Dealer / authorized to sell all makes" and "Interference makes a mechanic's work less efficient."
Date: October 23, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Continential Airlines [storefront]

Description: Photograph of the storefront for Continental Airlines after store business hours. There is no one at the desk, which has a fresh potted plant on it. A map of the United States with Continental Airlines services indicated is on the wall behind the desk. In the window are a model aircraft and various advertisements.
Date: June 7, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Zale Jewelers Store Exterior

Description: Photograph of the exterior of Zale Jewelers located at 704 Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas. Three women stand outside the doors, looking in the windows. A bus passes on the left, and the street is wet. A trash bin on the sidewalk reads "Keep Austin Beautiful." The neighboring business is partially visible with a window displaying women's shoes.
Date: February 2, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Shiner's Parade

Description: Photograph of a scene from Shriner Ben Hur Parade with Marshall Jimmie Jones riding in the back seat of a white Chrysler New Yorker convertible. A sign with his name hangs over the side of the car. Spectators are faintly visible in the background standing in front of parked cars along the parade route. Behind the spectators the lit signs of various businesses are visible, including Russel Stover Candies, a hotel, a cafe, and a bank.
Date: March 23, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Libby Products Display with Hula Dancing Girl]

Description: Photograph of a young woman in a grass skirt and lei dancing in front of a display of Libby Hawaiian Week products at a local grocery store in Austin, Texas. Cans of Libby's pineapple juice are visible down the aisle behind the woman. Two young girls are visible at the far end of the aisle; one looks at the cans and the other looks at the dancing woman.
Date: April 4, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

NAACP Membership Campaign Headquarters

Description: Photograph of three NAACP members standing outside, near the organization's campaign headquarters sign. One man on the right holds pamphlets and speaks to a young man and young woman on the left. The young woman holds a newspaper. The men both wear suits and the woman wears a white blouse with a long dark skirt. The A-frame sign reads, "N.A.A.C.P. / Membership / Campaign / Headquarters / Goal 1000 Members / Join Today / The Fight For / FREEDOM / 1017 East 11th St. / Phone Gr8-2839 / Rev. Robert… more
Date: March 22, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Wilkerson Built Home

Description: Exterior view of new home with woman standing in driveway. Sign in yard reads: "Cedarview" Wilkerson Built Home. Wilkerson Construction Company was located at 3309 Cherry Lane.
Date: September 27, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Cuneo's Quality Baking Company

Description: Exterior view of Cuneo's Bakery at 4225 Guadalupe. Founded 1925 by Mr. and Mrs. V.A. Cuneo. Cuneo's The Original Rum Cake. For Freshness For Flavor -- Breads, Rolls, Cakes.
Date: October 27, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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