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[Rudy Flores on swing]

Photograph of Rudy Flores siting on a swing at a park. Behind the toddler there is a recreational court with chain-link fences. Written on back: "Rudy Flores, 1943."

Date: 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Arch construction of the Negro Recreation Building, now Doris Miller Auditorium, in Rosewood Park]

Photograph of the construction of an arch at the Negro Recreation Building, now Doris Miller Auditorium, in Rosewood Park. A man in a fedora sits astride a semi-circular laminated wooden truss, working on joining it at the center. This truss, and two completed trusses in the background are framed against the sky. The trusses are supported by posts, and temporarily joined together with wooden cross braces. The top of a wooden scaffold is visible in the lower right corner of the image.

Date: December 10, 1943

Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab, Austin

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Construction of the Rosewood Recreation Center, now Doris Miller Auditorium, in Rosewood Park]

Photograph of construction of the Negro Recreation Building in Rosewood Park. Three men stand on the back of a 1930s flat bed truck, as they use a crane mounted on the truck to lift half of a laminated wooden semi-circular arched truss into place. Two of the trusses are already completed in the background. The scaffolding used to support workers joining the trusses at their centers stands to the back of the truck. The trusses are joined by cross members, and the half truss erected to the left i… more

Date: December 10, 1943

Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab., Austin

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Children around USN sand sculpture at Sandcraft]

Photograph of a group of children around a sandbox with a sand sculpture of an anchor and the initials U.S.N. (United States Navy) imprinted over it at Sandcraft Park.

Date: June 23, 1943

Creator: Bureau of Identification Photography Laboratory

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Photograph of a Croquet Game in Reverchon Park]

Photograph of two croquet games being played in Reverchon Park. A group of children are seated watching the players.

Date: 1943

Item Type: Photograph