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[Girls Playing Jump Rope at Palm Park]
Photograph of girls playing jump rope on a concrete slab at Palm Park. The decorative stone entryway structure is behind them.
New Sanitation Truck
Photograph of the new City of Austin Sanitation Division sanitation truck. The truck in the photograph is a 1939 General Motors dump truck.
Sewanee vs. [University of] Texas, 1899
Photograph of Texas vs. Sewanee. Bleachers seat from 150 to 300. Clark Field. Spectators (almost entirely men) crowd the bleachers and the sidelines on both sides of the field. The University of Texas began its football program in 1893 managed by Albert Lefevra, playing two games in the fall and two in the spring. The following year, the team hired its first official head coach, R.D. Wentworth.
Sweet potatoes gathered from City's Victory Garden
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.
[Widening of Woodrow Avenue]
Photograph of the widening of Woodrow Avenue. A young boy is watching the men work.
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