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Capitol National Bank Building

Description: Exterior view of The Capitol National Bank Building at 114 W. 7th Street, taken from across the street at the corner of 7th and Colorado, looking northeast. Cars are parked along the streets and there are two unidentified people waiting to cross Colorado Street opposite the bank.
Date: August 13, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

["Sunbeam" departing from Houston]

Description: This scene depicts Southern Pacific's Grand Central Station in Houston as it appeared in the last days , the "end of the age of steam". The Southern Pacific's "Sunbeam" train No. 13 northbound headed by Engine No. 650 - a streamlined Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive - departs from the terminal on its run to Dallas at 4:45 PM on August 9, 1953.
Date: August 9, 1953
Creator: Plummer, Roger S.
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad
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