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Gordon Smith Dairy

Description: Interior of the Gordon Smith Dairy farm showing cows at milking stations. There is an unidentified man in the back right corner of the room.
Date: April 21, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Milky Way Dairies

Description: Three unidentified executives stand outside the Milky Way Building. A Carnation Milk truck is parked next to the building in the unpaved parking lot.
Date: March 23, 1951
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Fiberglass Cow Naming Contest

Description: An unidentified man and young girl stand next to a giant fiberglass cow. The cow has a sign in front of it detailing the Pure Milk Company's naming contest which has 101 prizes worth over $1000.
Date: unknown
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[1959 Dairy Princess Crowning]

Description: Photograph of the crowning of the 1959 Mid-Texas Milk Producers Association Dairy Princess. A group of 17 female contestants stand in a row behind a banquet table with a punch bowl full of milk. All of the contestants pose with glasses of milk in front of a sign that says "June's Best Meals Start With Dairy." Other signs on the wall behind them are obscured. In the foreground a long dining table is set.
Date: May 8, 1959
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Pure Milk Company Portraits

Description: Photograph of a boy and a woman at a kitchen table. The woman stands in front of the table, her hand resting on the back of the chair, and she watches the boy as he sits and pours milk from a carton into a glass.
Date: November 20, 1961
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

The Elm Grove Dairy farm

Description: Pamphlet printed by the owner of the dairy when he was trying to sell it. Notes the improvements on the dairy, price per various acreage, buildings, and terms of sale.
Date: January 15, 1904
Creator: Ladell, A. H.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Superior Dairies

Description: Photograph of a Superior Dairies delivery truck in front of building. Advertisement on the truck is for Duchess De Luxe Ice Cream. Superior Dairies was located at 600 E. 1st Street.
Date: October 5, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Telegram from Hoyt Smith to Truett Latimer, February 19, 1961]

Description: Telegram sent to Texas State Representative Truett Latimer from dairy producer Hoyt Smith urging him to vote for House Bill 108, which would label milk's fat content, and to vote against HB 402, which would require the state health department to gain approval from the producer's association before degrading milk that does not meet Grade A standards.
Date: February 19, 1961
Creator: Smith, Hoyt
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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