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Construction of Thomas Residence Hall

Description: View of the Thomas Residence Hall under construction at St. Edwards University. The foundation work is underway and a wooden skeleton has been created. An unidentified construction worker is visible in the back right of the scene.
Date: March 3, 1966
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

IBM Employees

Description: Unidentified women sit at desks and type on typewriters while three unidentified men speak with three of the women in an unknown room at IBM.
Date: December 3, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[International Bridge over the Rio Grande]

Description: Postcard of a bridge across a river, labeled, "International Bridge over the Rio Grande, Laredo, Texas." Several unknown buildings are visible on either end of the bridge. There is a letter on the back written 3/3/1917 that says, "Wanted to get across this bridge but on account of Typhus Epidemic on other side could not do so. Will cross at Brownsville. Wish you were along." (The epidemic mentioned was in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.)
Date: March 3, 1917
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Laredo Public Library

John and Nellie Connally

Description: John and Nellie Connally give the University of Texas "Hook 'em Horns" sign at an event on the day of Lyndon Johnson's presidential election.
Date: November 3, 1964
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Lady Bird Johnson Waves

Description: Lady Bird Johnson waves to the crowd on the day of Lyndon Johnson's presidential election. To her left are President Lyndon B. Johnson and John Connally.
Date: November 3, 1964
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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