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[Brackenridge Elementary School]

Description: Photograph of Brackenridge Elementary School, located at 319 West Elizabeth Street, a segregated school for Negro children. The building was a one story wooden structure with board and batten exterior walls, 6/6 wood windows, and a plain, square-columned porch entrance. The wooden doors are topped by transom windows. This school for colored children was first listed in the 1909-1910 Austin City Directory, and a school by that name was operating as late as 1965.
Date: 1920~
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Unknown African American Men with Dog]

Description: Photograph of a group of unidentified African American men wearing suits and ties standing on a sidewalk in a residential area with automobiles, houses, and trees in the background; there is a dog standing next to the man on the far left side.
Date: 1920~/1929~
Creator: The Teal
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of William Henry Gordon and Fred Smith]

Description: Postcard of William Henry Gordon of Porter, Oklahoma and Fred Smith wearing striped shirts, dark vests, and hats. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard says "Compliment of William Gordon to Ida Leroy." This collection of photographs of African Americans was purchased from an estate in Dallas, Texas.
Date: May 1, 1920
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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