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[Woman Giving a Speech]

Description: Photograph of a woman speaking from a round podium on a stage, with more women sitting in chairs next to her. Behind them on stage are signs for Mobile Gas Company.
Date: October 1954
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Man Speaking on Stage]

Description: Photograph of a man speaking from a podium on a stage, with people sitting in a row behind him. They are probably at an event for the Travis County Negro Extension Services.
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Don Yarborough Speech]

Description: Photograph of gubernatorial candidate, Don Yarborough, about to give a speech while standing on a small plane. He can be seen on the plane's wing, smiling with his both hands raised. He is wearing a dark suit and striped tie. A man in dark glasses can be seen in the left background beyond the plane, and the back of a supporter's head can be seen watching Don in the mid-ground. In the right foreground, an American flag can be seen.
Date: May 16, 1962
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[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

[Yarborough Mid-Speech]

Description: Photograph of gubernatorial candidate, Don Yarborough, in the middle of his speech. He can be seen from the waist up, standing on the wing of a small plane with his right hand raised as he speaks. A crowd of people, mainly his supporters, can be seen in the foreground to the left watching and listening to him talk. Political signs can be seen in the background with statements in support of Don.
Date: May 16, 1962
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Beauford Jester

Description: Photo of Beauford Jester standing at a podium. A small boy seems to be waving at the audience. Jester later served as Governor of Texas 1947-1949.
Date: July 1, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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