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[President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt making a whistle-stop campaign appearance in Austin]

Description: Photograph of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt standing behind a podium, on a platform, at the end of a train car as he addresses the large, night-time crowd assembled before him. His outstretched arms grasp the podium. Roosevelt is surrounded by a group of people including his wife, Eleanor, and possibly John Nance Garner ("Cactus Jack"), the vice-president. A neon sign above the train car reads, "PROSPERITY'S ROSE BLOOMS AGAIN WITH ROOSEVELT." The crowd is standing shoulder-to-shoulder.
Date: June 11, 1936
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory, City of Austin
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Funeral Program for William Thomas Dorsey, Jr., May 11, 2004]

Description: Funeral program for Mr. William Thomas Dorsey, Jr., born March 26, 1936 and died June 6, 2004. The funeral was held May 11, 2004 at True Vision Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. Hubert Griffin. Funeral arrangements were made through Carter-Taylor-Williams Mortuary and he was buried in Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: May 11, 2004
Partner: San Antonio Public Library
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