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The aerial blimp Ranger: Austin area, boarding etc

Boarding the aerial blimp Ranger, which was one of five Goodyear blimps commandeered by the Navy to patrol the coasts during WWII. The blimp landed at the Municipal Air Port.

Date: April 5, 1949

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Colonel O.B. Abbott

Man in uniform seated behind desk. Oscar B. Abbott is listed in 1949 City Directory as Executive Officer, Texas Military District. The Abbotts resided at 2000 Bremen.

Date: May 5, 1949

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

["The Lackawanna Limited" pulls into Slateford Junction, Pennsylvania]

The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's predecessor to the Phoebe Snow, the Lackawanna Limited, second section of train No. 6 arriving at Slateford Junction, Pennsylvania, on the Delaware Water Gap, in September 1949. The train is headed by a Pacific type locomotive.

Date: September 5, 1949

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

Mr. Robert Donahue - Portrait

Portrait

Date: May 5, 1949

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

The Ranger aerial blimp at the Municipal Air Port

This is The Ranger, an aerial blimp in distance. This is one of five Goodyear blimps that was commandeered by the Navy to the patrol the coastline during WWII.

Date: April 5, 1949

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library