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Capitol in Color

Description: Aerial show of Lavaca St. looking north. In the center right foreground is the Robert Schieffer filling station (note the Texaco star). On the left background is the Castilian dormitory.
Date: December 20, 1968
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Wedding Cake

Description: Photograph of a three-tiered wedding cake, decorated with roses and sprigs of flowers. A bride-and-groom figurine is on top, beneath an arbor of the flower sprigs. The cake is on a table, sitting on top of decorative tulle; plates, glasses, and forks are also visible on the table.
Date: December 27, 1963
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Shriners giving Christmas gifts

Description: Photograph of several members of the Shriners organization handing out Christmas gifts to children. There are four men wearing suits and hats with the Shriners logo. Several children of various ages are seated in chairs or wheelchairs; Illustrious Imperial Potentate Andrew A. D. Rahn is handing a gift to acrippled African-American child on the right side of the image. A woman in a nurse's uniform is in the back of the photo, near several wall lockers.
Date: December 15, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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