2,021 Matching Results

Search Results

[4-H Group]

Description: 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.
Date: March 1958
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Clothing, Linens, and Upholstery Display]

Description: 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."
Date: May 24, 1960
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Women Doing Crafts]

Description: 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.
Date: July 8, 1958
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Men with Award-Winning Beef Calves]

Description: 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.
Date: 194X
Creator: Ross Studio
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Young Boy and a Show Pig]

Description: 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.
Date: 1948
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Beef Calves]

Description: 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.
Date: March 1947
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Group Portrait in a Church]

Description: 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.
Date: March 31, 1962
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Children and Award-Winning Cow]

Description: Photograph of a girl and two boys standing with a small cow. One of the boys is holding a ribbon that says "Grand Champion Best." Other people and a car are in the background. This was at the annual Travis County Food and Livestock Show in Rosewood Park in Austin.
Date: unknown
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Girls at 4-H Camp]

Description: Photograph of a group of girls standing in rows in a field during a girls' 4-H camp. They all hold their hands above their heads, possibly as part of an exercise or athletic activity.
Date: July 1946
Creator: Ross Studio
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Bertha Hutchins and Hellen Davidson]

Description: Photograph of two young women doing leather crafts, one sewing a shoe and the other a bag. A handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "Bertha Hutchins, left, and Hellen Davidson, right, of Del Valle Community, find their work in leather craft enjoyable and rewarding."
Date: June 16, 1958
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[View of a House]

Description: Photograph of a wood-paneled house with laundry drying on a line on the porch. Some buckets are in front of the house and a pile of firewood is under the porch. According to a handwritten note on the back of the photo, the house belongs to Cecil Hayes. It was located at 303 Orchard Street, Austin, Texas.
Date: December 30, 1939
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Boys with Beef Calves]

Description: Photograph of young men and boys standing in a row with their beef calves at the 1949 Travis County Livestock Show at Rosewood Park in Austin. Spectators stand behind them and cars are visible in the distance.
Date: 1949
Creator: Ross Studio
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Mrs. Dena Collins with Turkeys]

Description: Photograph of a woman kneeling in a wooden building with many turkeys around her. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Mrs. Dena Collins, Home Dem. Club member and poultry demonstrator, Pilot Knob Community, Travis Co."
Date: May 6, 1958
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
Back to Top of Screen