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Beauford Jester

Description: Photo of Beauford Jester standing at a podium. A small boy seems to be waving at the audience. Jester later served as Governor of Texas 1947-1949.
Date: July 1, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Camp Mabry - West End

Description: Photograph of a line of seven buildings at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas. The buildings have stone walls on the ends and wooden or metal siding along their lengths. Text at the bottom of the image says "West End."
Date: January 9, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Dan Moody

Description: Photograph of former governor Moody seated at a table in a library. Moody served as governor of Texas from 1927-1931 and was credited with the prosecution of the Ku Klux Klan in Texas and with restoring integrity to state government.
Date: May 6, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Del Valle Air Base

Description: Photograph of a soldier carrying a tray of dishes in the mess hall. Del Valle Air Base later became Bergstrom Air Force Base.
Date: December 17, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Family Standing Outside for a Photograph]

Description: Photograph of a family posing outside for a photograph. In the back row: Matt Blanton; Tom Blanton; Tom Brittingham; Joe B. Matthews; Minnie Bell Blanton; and Bill Blanton. In the front row: Louise Webb Matthews; Anne Blanton; Lucile Brittingham; May Blanton; and Watt Matthews.
Date: December 25, 1942
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

[Family Standing Outside of Ranch Cookshack]

Description: Photograph of a family gathered outside of a ranch cookshack. From left to right: Lucile Brittingham; Sallie Judd; Watt Matthews; Susette Burns; Ethel Casey; Joe Matthews; and May Blanton. They are standing in front of a red building with white trim and screened windows.
Date: December 25, 1942
Creator: Blanton, Joseph Edwin
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch
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