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Armstrong Tractor Company [Displays New Tractors]

Description: Photograph of employees of Armstrong Tractor Company displaying the new Ford tractor and equipment. Signs read "We Welcome the New Ford Tractor to Texas" and "Ford Tractors Flown to Austin by Braniff for State Highway Department, Armstrong Tractor Co." A crowd of men and boys gather to look at the new equipment.
Date: February 25, 1948
Creator: Douglass, Neal
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[Band Entertaining People at a Barbecue]

Description: Photograph of four men entertaining people at a barbecue hosted by the Carusos. One member is playing an accordion, one member is playing a violin, one member is playing a guitar, and the final member is playing an upright bass. There is another man in the background listening.
Date: June 13, 1948
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
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[Band Playing at Square Dance]

Description: Photograph of two men and a woman on a stage, posing for a picture at Henlee Studios. Left to right: man seated with lap steel guitar, woman seated with hollowbody guitar, and a man standing in front of a microphone. The group is about to play a square dance.
Date: April 14, 1948
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
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[Band Playing Square Dance]

Description: Photograph of members of a western swing/hillbilly band standing on a stage, playing during a square dance. One is holding a fiddle, one is holding an upright bass, two are holding guitars, and a woman is standing at the microphone.
Date: April 17, 1948
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
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[Beverly S. Sheffield at desk]

Description: Photograph of Beverly Sheffield sitting at his desk. He holds a fountain pen above some papers. Sheffield wears a short-sleeved, button-up shirt and has glasses. A phone sits at his left elbow. His desk sits near a wall with two windows and a radiator. His name plate reads "B. S. Sheffield."
Date: July 29, 1948
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab, Ausin
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[Bob Phinney and Miss Lane]

Description: Bob Phinney and Miss Lane holding pieces of paper. There is a frame that has pictures of military personnel behind them. Bob Phinney is wearing a light colored suit and Miss Lane is wearing a dark dress and hat.
Date: July 19, 1948
Creator: Douglass, Neal
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[Boy with a Cow]

Description: Photograph of a boy kneeling next to a beef calf and holding a ribbon which says "Grand Champion Beef." He is at the annual Travis County Food and Livestock show in Rosewood Park in Austin.
Date: 1948
Creator: Ross Studio
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