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[Party Goers at a St. Edward's University Dance]

Photograph of a group of people sitting around a table at a St. Edward's University dance. There are six men and four women, and there are cups and bottles on the table.

Date: November 13, 1948

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

[Deejays at a St. Edward's University Party]

Photograph of three men selecting music at a St. Edward's University dance. The men are wearing suits and ties, and there are records on the tables next to them.

Date: November 13, 1948

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

[Exterior View of a 7-Eleven Store]

Photograph of a view of a 7-Eleven store. There are no cars in the parking lot. Across the top of the building is a sign for 7-Eleven, and advertisements for food, ice, meats, and ice cream. a bin in the front has "ice cold beer."

Date: November 13, 1947

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

[Mrs. Lankford at St. Elmo School]

Photograph of Mrs. Lankford at St. Elmo School writing on a chalk board. She is wearing a light-colored dress, and visible from the waist up. The board reads, "Our Earth's Neighbors / Mercury," and is in the process of writing Venus.

Date: November 10, 1947

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.221926 -97.773508

[Elmer R. Jackson in Plane]

Photograph of Elmer R. Jackson preparing to taxi the plane he's in, called "Boomerang", out to join the 316th Troop Carrier Group for its flight to Egypt in November 1942. Jackson lost his life during the invasion of Sicily.

Date: November 1942

Item Type: Photograph

[Woman in Arab Costume Dress]

Photograph of a woman (possibly Virginia Farmer) in Arab costume dress kneeling on a stage floor. The dress is light colored and has patches of glitter. The bodice is also glittery and shows the woman's belly. A scarf tied around her face covers her nose, mouth, and chin.

Date: November 27, 1948

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Armistice Parade on Congress Avenue]

Looking south down Congress Avenue from 5th Street at military parade on street.

Date: November 11, 1942

Item Type: Photograph

[Austin Women's Volunteer Service]

Portriat of Mrs. L. B. Griffith, Chairman Austin Womens Volunteer Service; Miss Dolly Maude Harris; Mrs. Betty Anne Coffman, delivering Austin Telephone Directory.

Date: November 1942

Creator: Rosenthal, Alfred

Item Type: Photograph

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.

Date: November 9, 1943

Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory

Item Type: Photograph

[Governor's Mansion]

Photograph of a photograph of the Texas Governor's mansion taken around 1898 before additions were made to the mansion.

Date: November 1949

Creator: Studer's

Item Type: Photograph

[Women sewing]

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

Item Type: Photograph

[Dress fitting at Pan American Recreation Center]

Photograph of a woman standing with her right arm lifted while a seamstress works on the waistline of her dress. More women are working on sewing machines or sewing by hand. Several women measure and cut fabric in the back. This sewing room was in the old Pan American Recreation Center at 3rd Street and Comal Street. 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… more

Date: November 19, 1946

Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab., Austin

Item Type: Photograph

[Boys making model airplanes at the Pan American Recreation Center in Austin]

Photograph of a group of six Latino youth making balsa-wood airplanes from a Comet brand "Air-Age Educational Kit" at the Pan American Recreation Center (Pan American Community Center), 300 Comal Street, in Austin. The boys are working at two picnic tables placed end-to-end. Several other people, including a girl, two boys, a man and a woman, stand behind the table either observing or assisting. There is a Mexican tourism poster featuring a woman, with her hair in braids, holding a basket of fr… more

Date: November 19, 1946

Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory, City of Austin

Item Type: Photograph

Armistice parade down Congress

Crowds on both sides of Congress as the American Legion section of the parade passes.

Date: November 11, 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Birthday Party -- Jimmy Morgan

Photograph of a group of children at a birthday party.

Date: November 23, 1941

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Byron Utecht

Photograph of a man dressed in a three-piece suit smoking a cigarette. Byron C. Utecht was a correspondent for The Ft. Worth Star Telegram. He and his wife, Ethel, lived at 1819 Travis Heights Blvd.

Date: November 23, 1941

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Eddie Joseph

Photograph of a group of children seated on the floor around a man in a chair who is talking to them. Eddie Joseph operated The Campus Man's Shop at 2350 Guadalupe.

Date: November 25, 1941

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Child's Birthday Party

Photograph of a group of children gathered around a birthday cake.

Date: November 25, 1941

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Woman Holding Child]

Photograph of a woman holding a child and standing in front of a fireplace and mantel. The photographer wrote the name "Raymond Brooks" on the negative envelope.

Date: November 7, 1940

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Woman in Car Holding Child]

Photograph of a woman holding a child in the front seat of a car. The photographer wrote the name "Raymond Brooks" on the negative envelope.

Date: November 7, 1940

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Woman Holding Child Standing with a Man]

Photograph of a woman holding a child and standing with a man. The man is smiling at the child. The photographer wrote the name "Raymond Brooks" on the negative envelope.

Date: November 7, 1940

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Young Woman Standing]

Photograph of young woman standing at door inside house.

Date: November 7, 1940

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Man Holding Baby Above Head]

Photograph of a man holding a baby in the air. The man is wearing a suit. The photographer wrote the name "Raymond Brooks" on the negative envelope.

Date: November 30, 1940

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Young Woman Sitting]

Photograph of a young woman in a dress sitting on a couch next to a piano. The photographer wrote the name "Raymond Brooks" on the negative envelope.

Date: November 7, 1940

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

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[Party Goers at a St. Edward's University Dance]

[Deejays at a St. Edward's University Party]

[Exterior View of a 7-Eleven Store]

[Mrs. Lankford at St. Elmo School]

[Elmer R. Jackson in Plane]

[Woman in Arab Costume Dress]

[Armistice Parade on Congress Avenue]

[Austin Women's Volunteer Service]

Sweet potatoes gathered from City's Victory Garden

[Governor's Mansion]

[Women sewing]

[Dress fitting at Pan American Recreation Center]

[Boys making model airplanes at the Pan American Recreation Center in Austin]

Armistice parade down Congress

Birthday Party -- Jimmy Morgan

Byron Utecht

Eddie Joseph

Child's Birthday Party

[Woman Holding Child]

[Woman in Car Holding Child]

[Woman Holding Child Standing with a Man]

[Young Woman Standing]

[Man Holding Baby Above Head]

[Young Woman Sitting]