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Austin Aerials - TEC Building

Aerial shot of cranes and scaffolding at TEC construction site. 15th Street running left to right in center of photograph. Brazos St on the lower right and 14th on the lower left. The back of the Swedish Central Methodist Church (State purchased and demolished in the 1950s, as state administration grew and government complex spread). The University campus on the top right.

Date: January 1, 1958

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Austin Aerials - TEC Building

Aerial shot of finished TEC Building. Brazos St on the lower right and 14th on the lower left. The Swedish Central Methodist Church (State purchased and demolished in the 1950s, as state administration grew and government complex spread). The University Tower in the background.

Date: January 1, 1958

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Austin Aerials - TEC Building

Aerial shot of steel frame structure of TEC building. Brazos St is on the lower right and 14th on the lower left. The Swedish Central Methodist Church (State purchased and demolished in the 1950s, as state administration grew and government complex spread). In the center of photograph note steeple of Gethsemane Lutheran Church (15th and Congress; above the TEC building), to the left St. Austin's Catholic Church steeple (20th and Guadalupe) and the Goodall Wooten Dormitory to the right. The … more

Date: January 1, 1958

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Blizzard in the Chicago Station]

One of the most unique of all railroad photographs: It is a January night in 1958 and a blizzard-snowstorm rages in the "Windy City". This scene is in the yards - the Chicago and North Western Railway's Chicago passenger station is visible in the background. Observe the gas jets which are keeping switches from being frozen.

Date: January 1958

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Blue Bird" near St. Louis, Missouri]

Wabash Railroad's famous streamliner "Blue Bird" train No. 24 northbound, powered by diesel locomotive No. 1002 with domes on Pullman cars and coaches. glides through beautiful Forest Park, St. Louis, enroute to Chicago.

Date: 1958~

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Boneheads" Working in the Community]

Photograph of an explorer scout troop, known as the "Bonehead Boys", putting up signs in an open field. The men and boys are standing around a newly put up sign labeled "Childress & Baylor Lakes".

Date: 1958

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

["The Cyrus K. Holliday" near Dodge City, Kansas]

The Cyrus K. Holliday, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1880, is shown under steam for a special event on the Larned Branch of the Santa Fe Railway near Dodge City, Kansas, 1958.

Date: 1958

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Great Northern Railway's "Badger Express"]

Great Northern Railway's "Badger Express" train No.23, southbound, stops at the depot in Superior, Wisconsin enroute from Duluth to Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Date: 1958~

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Hiawatha" Luxury Train]

Among the greatest luxury passenger trains operated in this nation were the Milwaukee Road's "Morning" and "Afternoon" Hiawathas, providing convenient and fast service between Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Minneapolis. In this scene, a Hiawatha speeds over the route.

Date: 1958

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Mobile Drilling Platform - Rig No. 50]

Photograph of buildings and cranes upon the mobile drilling platform no. 50, that was completed in 1958.

Date: 1958

Creator: Levingston Photo

Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Observation Car on the Hiawatha]

Interior view of the Milwaukee Road's observation parlor car with sky-top lounge having a 90% transparent area dome that forms an aero-dynamic terminating shape for the end of the train. This scene is aboard the "Afternoon Hiawatha", train No. 2 southbound, enroute from Minneapolis to Chicago.

Date: 1958

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Pere Marquette" in Michigan]

Chesapeake and Ohio's "Pere Marquette" enroute through the Michigan countryside on its run to Detroit, crossing Thornapple Bridge.

Date: 1958~

Location: 42.877890 -85.476487

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Phoebe Snow" at Hoboken, New Jersey]

One of the greatest name trains of its era, the Deleware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad's Phoebe Snow, at Hoboken, New Jersey in April 1958.

Date: 1958

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Sportsman" at the Detroit station]

Chesapeake and Ohio's "The Sportsman" ready to depart from the Detroit station. The city skyline is behind the train.

Date: 1958~

Location: 42.325727 -83.057531

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Suburban-bound trains at Chicago Station]

The Chicago and North Western Railway - spanning a period of many years - always operated the largest fleer of commuter trains into and out of the "Windy City". This scene portrays seven suburban-bound trains which have departed from the Chicago Station. The city of Chicago is in the background.

Date: 1958~

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad