[Single-Story House, Walkway and Wall]

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Photograph of a postwar, single-story house. A concrete path with benches on it leads from the camera to the porch on the right side. The front yard is bordered by a low brick wall to the left; there is a carport behind it in the left background, with a 1950s-era station wagon parked in it. A segment of the yard on the left has wooden benches and trees in it; the rest is open grass, with one small, bare tree in the center. The house has shrubs planted around it, some in the ground and others potted. The walls are … continued below

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 4 x 5 in

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Mears, Dewey G. 1955~.

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Photograph of a postwar, single-story house. A concrete path with benches on it leads from the camera to the porch on the right side. The front yard is bordered by a low brick wall to the left; there is a carport behind it in the left background, with a 1950s-era station wagon parked in it. A segment of the yard on the left has wooden benches and trees in it; the rest is open grass, with one small, bare tree in the center. The house has shrubs planted around it, some in the ground and others potted. The walls are a mix of brick and paneling.

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 4 x 5 in

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Dewey G. Mears Photograph Archive

Dewey Gerald Mears was a noted architectural photographer based in Austin, Texas from the 1940s through 1990s. Photographs from his collection document the architecture, commercial businesses and people of Austin and Central Texas during the mid-to-late 20th century.

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  • 1955~

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  • March 18, 2020, 7:38 a.m.

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  • April 28, 2020, 6:07 p.m.

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Mears, Dewey G. [Single-Story House, Walkway and Wall], photograph, 1955~; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1227658/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.

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