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Anderson High School [Students In Class]

Description: Photograph of a classroom of coed, African-American students at the old Anderson High School in Austin, Texas. On the left, a student and teacher study a map of the United States with the major rivers emphasized while the rest of the students, who are seated at their desks, look on.
Date: February 11, 1959
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Anderson High School [building exterior and students]

Description: Photograph of a group of students outside the entrance to Anderson High School. In the mixture of boys and girls, most students are exiting the building after school, while a few stand and talk to each other. One girl sits on the wall and reads from a notebook. The girls all wear long skirts, blouses, white socks and black shoes. The boys wears slacks and shirts, and one wears a jacket.
Date: March 1, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Gulf Service Station in Austin]

Description: Photograph of Anderson's Gulf Service Station and crew located on the 1700 block of East 12th Street. The four man crew poses around the front end of a car at the gas pump. A service station car is parked streetwise, in front of the station. A service pickup truck is parked on the right side of the station.
Date: February 13, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Anderson High School [basketball team]

Description: Photograph of the 1956 Anderson High School basketball team. The boys are lined up in one line according to height, facing left. They wear shiny warm-up track suits, which have numbers embroidered on the shoulders. Every other boy holds a basketball under his arm against his left hip. The photo was taken on the basketball court, under one of the baskets.
Date: March 1, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

St. John's Nursery

Description: Photograph of a group of about 50 African-American children posing in front of a white-washed adobe building. The boys in the center hold a sign that says "St. John / Nursery". The girls all wear dresses and the boys wear shirts and slacks. Some boys also wear suspenders and bow ties. The building has a central door, windows on either side of the door with floral curtains visible, and vents above each window. A wood picket fence is visible in the foreground.
Date: 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

NAACP Membership Campaign Headquarters

Description: Photograph of three NAACP members standing outside, near the organization's campaign headquarters sign. One man on the right holds pamphlets and speaks to a young man and young woman on the left. The young woman holds a newspaper. The men both wear suits and the woman wears a white blouse with a long dark skirt. The A-frame sign reads, "N.A.A.C.P. / Membership / Campaign / Headquarters / Goal 1000 Members / Join Today / The Fight For / FREEDOM / 1017 East 11th St. / Phone Gr8-2839 / Rev. Robert… more
Date: March 22, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Anderson High School Student in Class]

Description: Photograph of Anderson High School students in a classroom. Three boys are writing on the board, three other boys are sitting at a table, one boy is sitting by the teacher, and seven students are sitting in desks in the background.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Three Anderson High School Student Playing Football]

Description: Photograph of Anderson High students playing football. One of them is looking through his legs, and wearing the number 57, one of them is on their knees wearing the number 16, and one of them is wearing number 14 and kicking the ball. They are all in the middle of a football field, with a hill in the background.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[An Anderson High School Choir]

Description: Photograph of an Anderson High School choir singing. They are standing in two rows on risers. The front row is all women in light-colored dress, and the back row is all men in dark-colored suits.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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