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[Woman Standing in front of Governor's Mansion]

Description: Photograph of a woman standing in the front lawn of the Texas Governor's mansion after a recent snowfall. The woman, possibly a student, is wearing a University of Texas collegiate cardigan sweater.
Date: unknown

[Woman standing with a bicycle with balloon tires]

Description: Photograph of a woman dressed in a white blouse and hat as well as a dark skirt standing on a lawn in front of bushes with a bicycle with balloon tires. She has her right hand on the seat and her left hand on the handlebar. The bicycle is a turn-of-the-century safety model with a single gear and bicycle chain.
Date: 1900~

[Woman wearing street clothes sitting on a bunk in a Travis County Jail cell]

Description: Photograph of a woman wearing a striped tank top and jeans sitting on a bunk in a jail cell. She holds a letter and pencil in her hands, and has a legal pad on her lap. The bed is made up with a blanket and polka dot pillow case, and there are two envelopes on the bed. A metal toilet and sink unit are in the foreground. The sink holds a bar of soap and a metal drinking cup is placed over the drain. The finish on the toilet seat is chipped and broken.
Date: 1970~

[Women crocheting]

Description: Photograph of three women sitting at a table and crocheting. Skeins of yarn, crochet hooks, and patterns lie across the tabletop. The Pan American Recreation Center was opened in June 1942 as the first Latin American Recreation Center in Austin and run under the auspices of the Federated Latin American Club and directed by the Austin Recreation Department. The name "Pan American Recreation Center" was chosen by the executive committee during a center naming contest. On September 7, 1956, a new… more
Date: 196X
Creator: Austin (Tex.). Recreation Department.

[Women on court at Caswell Tennis Center]

Description: Photograph of a large group of female tennis players standing at equal distances apart on both sides of both tennis courts. All players carry rackets and look toward the spectators in the stands.
Date: [1950,1969]
Creator: Douglass, Neal

[Women on Lake in Hyde Park]

Description: Photograph of a group of four women in a boat feed a flock of white ducks on a lake in Hyde Park. Caption on back reads "Hyde Park, Crystal Springs, Gein [?] Lake, 1880 to 1900."
Date: [1880,1900]

[Women sewing]

Description: Photograph of women sewing in a room in the old Pan American Recreation Center on 3rd and Comal Streets. Most women sit at sewing machines while four women crowd together on a bench and sew or embroider by hand. four women stand at a table in the back for cutting fabric A young boy of a bout five sits on footrest in the foreground. There is Mexican art on the walls and the only door to the room is open. The Pan American Recreation Center was opened in June 1942 as the first Latin American Rec… more
Date: November 20, 1946
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab, Austin

[Women Wading in Bull Creek]

Description: Photograph of six women wading in Bull Creek. They are holding up their skirts and pointing their toes at the camera. The names written on the back of the photo are (from left to right): Gertrude, Myrtie, Beulah, Ethel, Mamie McKenzie, and Zula Edens.
Date: April 21, 1913

[Women with World War II Soldiers]

Description: Photograph of two World War II soldiers in uniform standing next to three women. One woman is seated at a desk writing in a large notepad.
Date: unknown
Creator: Rosenthal, Alfred

[Women's gym class at the Austin Athletic Club]

Description: Photograph of a women's gym class at Austin Athletic Club. These twenty-five women appear to range in age from their twenties to their mid to late thirties. They wear short-sleeved white blouses and dark colored shorts with high-top lace-up sneakers. They stand on the floor and first step of the wooden bleachers of the interior volleyball courts.
Date: [1940..]
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab., Austin

[Women's gym class stretching at Austin Athletic Center]

Description: Photograph of a large women's gym class lying in three rows on the floor on their left sides with their heads propped on their left arms, right arm crossed in front of their torsos, legs straight and toes pointed: ready to stretch. Their coats and outer garments are strewn on the wooden bleachers on the right background. A basketball hoop and archery target is visible in the rear of the building.
Date: [1940..]

[Wood and corrugated metal building]

Description: People stand in front of a wood and corrugated metal building at a housing project. There is debris scattered on the dirt ground around them.
Date: January 20, 1940
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory, City of Austin

Wooden Arch Hangar at Robert Mueller Airport

Description: Photograph of a wooden arch hangar at Robert Mueller Airport, built summer 1943. Writing on the back of the photograph reads: "The glued, laminated wood arches were built onsite. The curve was formed to templates laid out on the floor and constructed of 1" X 10" yellow pine plank. They were bolted together at the center and hoisted in place to receive the roof joists. Built by J.M. Odom Construction Co. Work supervised by Charles Morton, chief estimator."
Date: June 19, 1946

[Worker at Seaholm Power Plant]

Description: Photograph of an old man wearing a hat, boots, khaki pants, and a long-sleeved shirts stands amongst machines inside Seaholm Power Plant. The machines are stamped "Allis-Chalmers."
Date: [1950..1959]

[Workers clearing fairway number thirteen]

Description: Photograph of three Hispanic workers holding a chain to clear away trees from fairway number thirteen at Austin Municipal Golf Course. The chain is hooked to the back of a bulldozer but is slack. A printed caption below the image says "Clearing Fareway No. 13."
Date: 19uu

[Young dancers at the Austin Recreation Center]

Description: Photograph of Cheryl Block (8) & Marissa Nordstom at the Austin Recreation Center at Shoal Creek by House Park. Cheryl and Marissa look at their feet as they perform dance steps out of unison. The first organized recreation center in Austin was the privately owned Austin Athletic Club, built in 1923, by William T. Caswell. In 1931. Mr. Caswell sold the club to the City of Austin for "a small remuneration". The name of the center was officially changed to the Austin Recreation Center in 1970. Af… more
Date: 197X
Creator: Austin Citizen

[Young fishermen at Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farm]

Description: Photograph of a family standing around a creek from which two children are fishing. The children, a boy between five and six years old and a girl between nine and twelve, hold fishing rods with lines cast into the water; a man sits on a log and watches. Other adults also stand on the creek bank.
Date: [1980..]

Young Ladies' Basketball Team, 1902

Description: Photograph of University of Texas' Young Ladies' Basketball Team. 9 unidentified women pose for a group portrait, with one woman in the center holding a basketball with "1902" written on it.
Date: 1902

[Zaragoza Park]

Description: Photograph of a group of people gathered at tables under a large tree in Zaragoza Park for a party.
Date: 194X
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory

Zaragoza Recreation Center

Description: Children playing at the Zaragoza Recreation Center, Austin, TX. A boy jumps over a string a few feet off the ground while others watch.
Date: unknown
Creator: Identification Bureau, Police Department, Austin, TX

[Zilker Hillside Theatre - Peter Pan]

Description: Photograph of two actors of the Zilker Hillside Thearte summer musical "Peter Pan" in August 1971. The two actors playing Captain Hook and Peter Pan are crossing their swords.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Dougherty, Jim
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