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Aerial views - East Avenue Highway

Description: Aerial view of neighborhood south of the University of Texas in foreground, with the University Campus in the center and the Capitol and downtown visible above Texas Memorial Stadium. Red River Street is prominent in the frame.
Date: September 20, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Aerial views - East Avenue Highway

Description: Aerial photograph of downtown Austin. The photograph shows a view of downtown Austin from East Avenue highway during the construction of IH 35. The intersection is Airport Boulevard on the foreground, with the golf course on the right hand side in the middle of the photo, which later became Hancock Center, the first shopping center in Austin.
Date: September 20, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Aerial views - East Avenue Highway

Description: Aerial view of State Capitol and north downtown, looking north to the University of Texas. East Avenue on the far right corner of the photograph.
Date: September 20, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Airport scenes: control tower, planes

Description: Photograph of a man in an airport control tower, speaking on a telephone.
Date: September 13, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Artesian Park]

Description: Photograph of flooded park and surrounding buildings after the 1919 hurricane in Corpus Christi. Inscribed on the back of the photo, "Sept. 1919 - Artesian Park - Looking east from Mesquite St. (La Playa Hotel on left - Tribble's Market - Givens Apts. and house across from it -)
Date: September 1919
Partner: Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History

Asst. softball coach for Doss

Description: Portrait of man.
Date: September 6, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Austin National Bank Drive-In Bank

Description: Building under construction. Signs read: "Going up...a New Kind of Drive-In Banking, The Austin National Drive-In Bank"; "Kuehne, Brooks & Bar Architects & Engineers"; "Rex D. Kitchens Const. Co., Austin, Texas"
Date: September 12, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Austin National Bank Drive-In Bank

Description: View of building under construction. Signs reads "Rex D. Kitchens Construction Co."
Date: September 12, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Austin National Bank Drive-In Bank

Description: Drive-in bank building under construction
Date: September 12, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Austin National Bank Drive-In Bank

Description: Building under construction. Driskill Hotel is visible to the right.
Date: September 12, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

["The Bluebonnet" departing from Austin]

Description: Katy's "The Bluebonnet" train no. 7, southbound, powered by Diesel Units, has departed from Texas' capital city, Austin, and approaches the bridge spanning the Colorado River on November 11, 1954.
Date: September 11, 1954
Creator: Plummer, Roger S.
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

Buddy and Katie Sinclair Dallas, TX, T Patch Memorial

Description: Photograph of L. M. "Buddy" and Katie Sinclair standing beside the memorial that they dedicated in honor of the "Texas" 36th Infantry Division. The soldiers in the division were the first American troops to invade Hitler's Europe at Salerno Beach, Italy on September 9, 1943. The monument also contains a brief summary of the division's actions during World War II and contains a list of the awards and citations the division received.
Date: 1996-09-07~
Partner: Sulphur Springs Public Library

Building where Norden Bomb Sight was stored

Description: Photograph of a building at the Childress Army Air Field in which the Norden Bombsight was stored. The building is dilapidated. The photograph was taken prior to restoration attempts.
Date: September 5, 1997
Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

[Burning of the White Elephant Ceremony]

Description: Photograph of the congregation of the First Christian Church in Port Arthur, Texas. The large group of men, women, and children are posing in a semicircle in between the church and an unidentifiable building.
Date: September 1931
Creator: Parson Studio
Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

Candid Shot of P.K. Williams

Description: P. K. Williams posed in an old horse-drawn buggy in front of Rambler (car parts and service)
Date: September 20, 1960
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Capitol Chevrolet OK Used Cars and Trucks

Description: View of OK Used Car and Trucks Lot. Capitol Chevrolet. This lot was located at 400 San Jacinto.
Date: September 27, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Chaparral and Taylor Streets]

Description: Photograph of debris and damage left from the 1919 hurricane in Corpus Christi. Inscribed on the back of the photo, " Sept. 1919, Corner of Chaparral and Taylor Streets - Looking toward bluff - the wrecked house in the foreground was the Cross Studio."
Date: September 1919
Partner: Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History

Dean Davis, St. David's Altar Boy

Description: Young man in white clothing kneeling at altar.
Date: September 13, 1946
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Deck of the USS Missouri on the day of Japan's surrender]

Description: Photograph relating to the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on the deck of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Army and Navy officials watch on as dignitaries leave the deck.
Date: September 2, 1945
Partner: Heritage House Museum
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