Rosewood

Bertha Means and Dan Love (Mayor Pro Tem) cut a ceremonial ribbon to mark the opening of Rosewood Recreation Center.

A group of black children watching a youth prepare to dive from the diving board into the public pool at Rosewood Park.

Group of African-American children swimming and splashing at the segregated Rosewood Park swimming pool.

Christmas program at Doris Miller Auditorium at Rosewood Park, Dec. 1960Photo missing in folder.

Erection of wood arches at Negro Recreation Building in Rosewood Park. (Photo used in 1944 Annual Report, Austin Recreation Dept.)

Easter pageant- 1965Photo missing in folder.

A view of a Rosewood Park baseball field from the first base bleachers looking toward left field. Two groups of boys form two circles around the pitcher's mound and home plate. A group of girls circle around the path from home plate to first base.

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

The empty Rosewood Park bandstand. The bandstand is surrounded by electric light posts, and a large tree offers shade to the left.

Rosewood Park Pool built by J. F. Johnson Construction Company. The pool is 70 feet wide by 75 feet long and 3 feet to 7 feet, 6 inches deep. Two cars are parked in near the pool. A lifeguard sits underneath a rules notice.

Rosewood Dance Class; Ada Bonner, Instructor; 07/27/1973

Erection of wood arches at Negro Recreation Building, Rosewood Park

Rosewood Playground Pageant, August 1960. An actor and actress sit in front of a painted cityscape background. A woman sits at a piano on the right. 3 boys watch the play from seats on the grass. Lights are strung above the actors in the outdoor stage.

Rosewood Pool was a popular swimming destination after remodelling and expansion. New pool was 70' x 125' with a 20' x 40' wading pool, a 3-gal per hour filtering system and underwater lights in the deep end. Total cost was about $68,000.