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[Three Women Nicely Dressed]

Description: Photograph of three nicely dressed women wearing hats. Two women are holding furs. There are two suitcases on the floor around them. They are standing in front of a door inside a home.
Date: 1945
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Sylvia Katt in School Play]

Description: Photograph of Sylvia Katt in costume for a school play at Lower Valley School. She is wearing a long, light-colored dress and is holding a bouquet of flowers. She is standing on the porch of the teacherage building. The porch was used as a stage.
Date: 1945?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Northeast Lakeview College

[CIO Legislative Conference at the Driskill]

Description: Photograph of the CIO Legislative Conference at the Driskill Hotel during the 49th Texas Legislature. There are several men and women seated at tables in a conference room. There is a banner hanging on the wall that reads: "Unionism is Democracy's Bulwark."
Date: January 11, 1945
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Mr. and Mrs. Bascom Giles with Two Soldiers]

Description: Photograph of Mrs. Effie Dean Giles and Mr. James Bascom Giles, Commissioner of the General Land Office of Texas, sitting on the front steps of a large home with two young men in uniform. The soldier on the left has been identified as James "Jim" B. Giles Jr and the soldier on the right is Rogan Banton Giles.
Date: August 3, 1945
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Confederate Monument at Texas State Capitol]

Description: Photograph of the Confederate Monument on the Texas Capitol grounds. A view of three of the "five bronze figures on a gray granite base representing the Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and Navy, headed by the Confederate president, Jefferson Davis" (From Texas State Preservation Board). The monument reads: "Confederate Dead."
Date: January 1, 1945
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Turkey Chicks in Incubator]

Description: Photograph of a worker pulling a tray of turkey chicks out of an incubator on Ralph E. Janes turkey ranch. Another worker is watching. Their uniforms read: "Bar Nothing Ranch Austin Texas"
Date: February 4, 1945
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Report Card]

Description: Fourth grade report card of Dorothy Katt of Lower Valley School. The card is signed by Lutrell Watts, principal, and Maxine Watts, teacher.
Date: 1945~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Northeast Lakeview College

[Men Near a Tree]

Description: Photograph of men near a tree. Several men sit around the tree among piles of earth, wooden slats, and tarps. Watt Matthews sits in the center of the left group and Oliver Jacobs sits on the far right. To the left, three men (including Carrol Martin, right) stand near a piece of of an industrial vehicle. A car is visible in the background to the left.
Date: March 11, 1945
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

[Tree in the Bed of a Truck]

Description: Photograph of a tree being carried in the back of a truck. The tree is tied to the truck via its trunk and is sitting in a large wooden tub. Another smaller tree is lying down in front of the larger tree.
Date: March 11, 1945
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch
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