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The aerial blimp Ranger: Austin area, boarding etc

Description: 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

Bird-Scheib, Inc.

Description: Exterior view of buildings in the 1300 block of Lavaca Street. Among the businesses are The Toy Palace and Bird-Scheib Interior Decoration, Furniture and Gifts.
Date: June 5, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Bolm Building

Description: Exterior view of The Bolm Building at 308 W. 15th Street.
Date: June 5, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin 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

Colonel O.B. Abbott

Description: 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

Confederate Home

Description: Exterior view of grounds and building at The Confederate Home. This home for Confederate veterans was located at 1600 W. 6th Street.
Date: August 5, 1946
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Ed Coker and Fiancee - Portrait

Description: Photographic portrait of Ed Coker and fiancee.
Date: August 5, 1958
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

["The Kansas City Star"]

Description: On a snowy morning at 10 o'clock, with the temperature at 18 degrees, the Union Pacific Railroad's No. 69, westbound, headed by Engine No. 2877, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, departs from the Kansas City Union Station enroute from St. Louis to Denver on January 5, 1947.
Date: January 5, 1947
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

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

Description: 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

Obie Jones, Travis Co. delegation at KTBC

Description: Obie Jones and Travis Co. delegation (Charles Herring, Charles Sandahl, Wilson Forema) on KTBC-TV
Date: February 5, 1957
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Paul Bolton, KLBJ Newscaster

Description: Paul Bolton, seated at desk, talking on telephone.
Date: May 5, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Paul Bolton, KLBJ Newscaster, and Family

Description: Group of young women gathered around the mailbox at 2208 Windsor Rd. East. This was the residence of the Bolton family.
Date: May 5, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Portrait

Description: Man standing
Date: April 5, 1952
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

The Ranger aerial blimp at the Municipal Air Port

Description: 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

The Ranger, an aerial blimp

Description: Blimp on ground at mooring with people. This is The Ranger, one of five Goodyear blimps commandeered during WWII by the Navy to patrol the coasts.
Date: April 5, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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