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View of Rosewood pool and park with a line up of people standing alongside the pool's edge

Shows county roads and highways. Map is ca. 1930s

Reverse has guide to places of interest and inset map of University of Texas campus

Group portrait taken at Rosewood Park in 1930 that was featured in the City Manager Report published that year. Prior to the creation of Rosewood Park, African Americans founded Emancipation Park, a nearby parcel purchased in 1905 by the Negro Park Association, for use in civic events such as the annual Juneteenth celebration. But in 1938 Emancipation Park had been seized by the City for the site of Rosewood Courts, a federally funded public housing project, and Rosewood became one of the only green spaces available to Black Austinites. Over the next few decades Rosewood Park became the go-to recreational spot. By the end of the 1930s the park included a swimming pool, stone entry columns, a bandstand, and a sports field flanked by stone retaining walls - some of which was built by the Civil Works Administration. In 1944 a recreation center was constructed in the southwest corner of the park, and in the 1950s the pool was enlarged and a bathhouse and concession stand were constructed. Two decades later, a federal grant was used to expand the recreation center and in 1973 the Henry Green Madison Cabin (dating to the 1860s) was relocated from 11th Street to Rosewood Park. Each of these important spaces within Rosewood Park contributed to its recent designation as a Lone Star Legacy Park in February of 2019 by the Texas Recreation & Parks Society, and has a special place in the history of the park, and Austin as a whole.

A group of 35 men and women standing in front of printing company. Building sign above the group reads, "Von Boeckmann-Jones Co."

W.D. Craig, Jr. standing in front yard.

Group of children in front of Bickler Elementary

Construction of the Travis County Courthouse in 1930. Men are in front of the building and building materials surround the building

"Looking S. on Fruth about 29th St. Martin's (Dirty's) Kum Back Hamburger stand in center distance." The road is a dirt road and some trucks are visible parked outside the building on the right.

The exterior of the Millett Opera House with the sign "Von Boeckmann-Jones Co." on the front. The print is made from an 8x10 inch negative.