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[Harris Leon Kempner Talking]

Description: Photograph of Harris Leon Kempner wearing a military uniform, seated in front of a wall and talking to someone holding a glass out of frame at right. There are handwritten lines around Kempner and an arrow with a note above the image that says, "Delete tip of chair."
Date: 1946
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Dress fitting at Pan American Recreation Center]

Description: 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
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

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

Description: 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
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Construction at fleet berthing facility]

Description: Photograph of construction at the fleet berthing facilities in Orange, Texas. There is a motorboat docked along the shoreline in the foreground. Text in the lower-right corner says: "Brown & Root Inc. Contract Noy 13234. Fleet berthing facilities Orange, Texas. View of Const. from across river Opp. Pier 6. 7/19/46 No. 61."
Date: July 19, 1946
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Client Card: Mrs. Thomas Clyde]

Description: Client card describing work completed at the Roman Bronze Works Foundry for Mrs. Thomas Clyde, including a job number, brief description, monetary amount, and dates associated with each entry. This work order includes a bronze cast "Portraithead [sic] of boy."
Date: June 1946
Creator: Roman Bronze Works Foundry
Partner: Amon Carter Museum

[Letter from M. C. Wright to Daniel W. Kempner, June 21, 1946]

Description: Letter from M. C. Wright to Daniel W. Kempner discussing how they had Daniel's order on back order waiting for a shipment, but just learned from the manufacturer they are no longer creating/sending that model for the rest of the season. They do have a bigger version of the same product if they would prefer, and the offer the price in the larger option.
Date: June 21, 1946
Creator: Wright, M. C.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

Mustang Bayou Quadrangle

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:31680
Date: 1946
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 29.31 -95.19
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Algoa Quadrangle

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:31680
Date: 1946
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 29.44 -95.19
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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