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[Men and Women at a Meeting]
Photograph of two men and two women sitting at a desk in front of a room with people in rows of chairs facing them. Another man is standing and addressing the audience. The photo was taken at the Travis County Negro Extension Service building located at 1154 Lydia Street, Austin, Texas.
[Men Butchering Meat at Victory Food Show]
Photograph of men standing at a counter butchering meat, with many cuts of mean displayed on the wall behind them. A sign on the wall above the meat display reads "First Annual Travis County Victory Food Show, March 17th and 18th."
[Girls Dancing]
Photograph of girls dancing in a circle outside under a tree, with a tent in the background.
[Clothing, Rugs, Quilt, and Preserves on Display]
Photograph of a display in Doris Miller Auditorium in Rosewood Park with handmade clothes, rugs, quilts, and jars of preserves.
[4-H Group]
Photograph of a group of girls of various ages in a field, with some of them holding booklets with the 4-H logo on the covers.
[Woman Gardening]
Photograph of a woman standing between rows of vegetables in a garden. She uses a hoe or similar tool. A small wooden house is visible in the background.
[Prayer Meeting]
Photograph of women gathered for a religious revival, laying hands on people laying on the ground. Two other people stand and watch and a third person sits in a chair and watches.
[Girls Doing Crafts]
Photograph of girls standing at a table outdoors doing crafts.
[Men in a Cotton Field]
Photograph of two men standing in a large field of cotton. The cotton has not yet been picked.
[Man Painting a Room]
Photograph of a man painting a room using a small paintbrush, with a ladder and two chairs in the middle of the room.
[Group of Women]
Photograph of young women standing in two rows facing each other, and one woman standing in the middle in front of a desk. They are at the Travis County Negro Extension Service building located at 1154 Lydia Street, Austin, Texas.
[Boy with a Cow]
Photograph of a boy squatting next to a cow and holding a ribbon. Most likely he is at an annual Travis County Food and Livestock show in Rosewood Park in Austin.
[Women Cutting Fabric]
Photograph of women standing around a bolt of fabric with scissors. One woman cuts while the other two women look on.
[Girls in Classroom]
Photograph of girls standing in a room looking at a poster which says "Calories: measure of heat or energy, produced by food in the body, needed for work and play."
[Women Outside of a House]
Photograph of three women standing outside of a wood-sided house. The woman on the left holds a wooden chair, and another chair is next to her.
[Clothing, Linens, and Upholstery Display]
Photograph of a display with clothes, quilts, linens, and upholstered furniture. Signs on the display say "Clothing," "Do it yourself," and "Cut the cost of home management and beautification by refinishing and reupholstery of furniture, handmade linens, etc."
[People with Turkeys]
Photograph of a man and woman standing in the middle of a flock of turkeys. Fields are visible in the background.
[Women Tooling Leather]
Photograph of women sitting at a wooden table outside and tooling leather items. Various supplies are on the table. Trees are in the background.
[Boys Giving a 4-H Presentation]
Photograph of two boys standing on a stage talking into microphones. Behind them on the wall is a 4-H banner and an American flag. A poster is on the left but is illegible due to glare.
[Women Doing Crafts]
Photograph of women sitting at wooden tables outside and doing crafts together. Various tools and supplies are on the tables. Trees are in the background.
[Women with Chairs]
Photograph of two women standing behind and looking two cushioned chairs. A brick building is visible behind them.
[Men with Award-Winning Beef Calves]
Photograph of two young men standing with their beef calves, with a group of men and boys behind them. They are each holding ribbons, one of which says "Grand Champion Beef Calf" and the other of which says "Reserve Champion Beef Calf." One has a sign around his neck reading "13" and the other has one reading "11." A large group of men and boys is behind them.
[Students in an Auditorium]
Photograph of students standing at a picnic table holding sheets of paper and singing together or giving a presentation. Other people are watching, sitting at various picnic tables in the auditorium.
[People Washing Dishes Outdoors]
Photograph of a man and two women in a yard washing dishes in large pots outdoors. A dog is lying down in the foreground and several chickens are walking in the yard. Visible behind them are some wooden shacks or sheds.
[Young Boy and a Show Pig]
Photograph of a young boy kneeling next to a show pig and holding a ribbon that reads "1st Place, Travis County Fourth Annual Food and Livestock Show, 1948, Swine, Sponsored by the Austin Negro Chamber of Commerce with Austin Chamber of Commerce Assisting." The boy wears a cap with the symbol for 4-H clubs. The event took place at Rosewood Park in Austin.
[Woman with Chickens]
Photograph of a woman leaning over in a yard to tend to the chickens around her. A shack or chicken coop is in the yard. Fields are in the background.
[School Demonstration]
Photograph of a young woman and two young men standing in front of an auditorium at a table giving a demonstration. Other students sit in desks facing them.
[People at 4-H Event]
Photograph of boys signing in at a table at a 4-H event at the entrance of a building. A woman is handing out stickers.
[Women with Pots and Pans]
Photograph of a woman sitting at a table covered in pots and pans, with two more women standing next to her. Empty chairs are facing them.
[Group at Dinner]
Photograph of men and women sitting at a table with food and drinks on it.
[Women in a Kitchen]
Photograph of two women standing in a kitchen looking at the contents of a cabinet. The woman on the left is wearing a suit and the woman on the right is wearing a dress with an apron and slippers. It appears that the woman on the left is teaching the woman on the right.
[Beef Calves]
Photograph of a row of young men standing with their beef calves. A handwritten note on the back of the photo describes it: "Fourteen heavy weight beef calves weighing 819 pounds and over showed in Travis County's Third Annual Food and Livestock Show on the 26th and 27th of March 1947. These calves were sold at auction in Austin for an average of 29 cents per pound." The livestock show was held at Rosewood Park in Austin.
[Post Office Building]
Photograph of the United States Post Office building in Manor, Texas, with gravel in front of it. A house is visible in the background.
[Gildon Creek Third Baptist Church]
Photograph of a woman standing on the front steps of the Gildon Creek Third Baptist Church building. The sign above the door indicated the pastor was Reverend J. H. Penn.
[Boy in a Garden]
Photograph of a boy in a vegetable garden. He leans over and feels the leaves of a plant. A chain-link fence is in the background.
[Children at Tables]
Photograph of a group of young boys standing in a row behind tables with a microphone. Other children sit in chairs facing them, and a few sit on the stage in the background.
[Girls in a Kitchen]
Photograph of a group of young women standing around an island in a large kitchen. This was likely at a cooking class or demonstration.
[Group Portrait in a Church]
Photograph of a group of men and women dressed up and standing behind a table where two women are seated and writing on papers. A woman is sitting in the first row of seats facing them. They are in a church and on the wall behind them there is an image of Jesus as a shepherd.
[Mrs. L. B. Norris and Miss M. E. Garrett Sewing]
Photograph of two women at a sewing machine. A handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "Left, Mrs. L. B. Norris, Home Dem. Club member. Right, Miss M. E. Garrett, District Supervising Home Demonstration Agent."
[Woman and Child Outside a House]
Photograph of a woman standing on the front steps of a house with a child sitting next to her. The house is small and wood-sided. The area around the house is dirt and is not landscaped.
[House and Church]
Photograph of a house with a flower bed and a woman gardening, with a church in the background. Fields are visible in the distance
[Demonstration on Pelts]
Photograph of a group of children sitting on the ground outside, with a man standing in front of them at a table covered with animal pelts. They are surrounded by trees and some cars are visible in the background.
[4-H Club Style Show]
Photograph of a girl in a dress smiling while walking down stairs from a stage. Next to her is a floral arrangement in the shape of the 4-H logo.
[Display of Handmade Baby Clothes]
Photograph of a display of handmade baby clothes. A sign on the display reads, "Sew and Save."
[Women Sewing]
Photograph of a woman seated and working at a sewing machine while another woman stands next to her and leans over to help or teach her. Another woman stands behind them. A purse and some papers are on a table in the foreground.
[View of a Neighborhood]
Photograph of a neighborhood with houses with large backyards and many trees. The houses are all wooden. The roads near the house are all dirt. Most likely this was an African American neighborhood in Austin.
[Display with Paintings and Hats]
Photograph of a display with religious paintings, small doll hats, and silver trays. The exhibition was likely in Doris Miller Auditorium in Rosewood Park in Austin.
[Boy with a Show Pig]
Photograph of a young man sitting behind a large show pig and holding a ribbon in his hand.
[Women Gardening]
Photograph of two women leaning over and pulling a root vegetable out of the ground in a field. A wooden house and fields are visible behind them.
[Girl Scout Troop Display]
Photograph of a display for Campbell Girl Scout Troop 125, with children and a woman standing in front of it.
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