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[Austin Electro Plating Company]
Photograph of front of building at 2406 E. 1st Street.
Austin Girl Scouts
Photograph of two girls in swimming suits holding a board filled with badges.
[Bascom Giles and Laredo Group]
Photograph of Bascom Giles, Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office, standing with large Laredo group outside of a building.
[Bascom Giles Standing with Group]
Photograph of Bascom Giles, Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office, standing outside with two women and three men.
Ben Hur Temple Benefit Football Game
Photograph of an announcement for the 9th annual benefit game for Crippled Children's Clinic sponsored by the Ben Hur Shrine Temple. The game was played between the Texas freshmen and the A&M freshmen and was held at Memorial Stadium on November 19, 1955.
[Bill Couger with Two Mules]
Photograph of Bill Couger with a team of two mules. Couger is wearing a hat, buttoned shirt, and dirty blue jeans. The group is standing on a field in front of a wooden fence.
Capitol Chevrolet Sales Personnel
Photograph of Jack A. Fulkes.
Capitol Chevrolet Sales Personnel
Photograph of James J. Stahl, who was a salesman at Capitol Chevrolet in 1949.
Children's Birthday Party
Birthday child opening present
Circus exhibit, Olney, Texas
Photograph of a crowd of people watching two circus performers on high wires in Olney, Texas.
Convent [in] Corpus Christi, Texas
Photograph of a convent, one of the early buildings in Corpus Christi, Texas. The building is several stories tall and has screened balconies with decorative features. In this image, there is a fence surrounding the building and there are two people walking in front of the property.
Corpus Christi Texas from the bluff looking over the San [Antonio] A[ransas] P[ass] Depot
Photograph of a view of Corpus Christi, Texas from the bluff looking over the San Antonio-Aransas Pass Railroad Depot.
Cotton field In need of pickers, Victoria County
Photograph of cotton growing in a field. It is ready to be picked.
Cotton field, Olney Texas
Photograph of cotton plants growing in a field.
[David Crockett Painting]
Photograph of portrait of David Crockett hanging in the Texas State Capitol.
[Gates Memorial Library]
Photograph of an interior view of Gates Memorial Library. In the foreground, there is a man and woman sitting at a table reading. To each side of them, there are empty tables. Behind them, there is a circulation desk facing the entrance, which is surrounded by two panes of glass. In the foreground, there are other people sitting at tables. Bookshelves line the walls. Text at the bottom-right of the photograph says "Memorial Library Port Arthur, Texas Interior View Gates Day, May 18, 1918." Mrs. John W. Gates donated $25,000 for the construction of the library in memory of her husband, John W. Gates, and their son, Charles W Gates.
[Gulf Oil Refinery Office Building]
Photograph of an exterior view of a brick building identified as an old Gulf Oil Refinery office building, on west Seventh Street at Gulf Docks. The building is several stories high, and a sign near the building says "Chevron Port Arthur Refinery." In front of the building, there is a truck and a fence.
H.D. Thompson -- Renfro Drugs
Portrait of man.
[Helen Keller and Governor W. Lee O'Daniel]
Photograph of Governor O'Daniel and Helen Keller. There are several people clapping in the background and Polly Thompson is holding the arm of Helen Keller.
[Helen Keller Standing with Polly Thompson]
Photograph of Helen Keller (left) holding flowers and standing on stage with her assistant Polly Thompson.
[Jim Novy at Desk]
Photograph of a man sitting at a desk. There is a telephone on the wall behind him.
Judge R.L. Templeton -- Wellington, Texas
Photograph of two men shaking hands, two watching. R.L. Templeton served in the Texas State Legislature.
[Lester Long, Jr.]
Photograph of adult man standing in room.
[Lester Long, Jr.]
Photograph of little boy standing on a table.
[Letter from Record Clerk C. W. Wilson to Dallas, Texas Bureau of Identification Superintendent D. E. Walsh - 12/08/1933]
Letter from C. W. Wilson, record clerk of the Kansas State Penitentiary to D. E. Walsh, Superintendent of the Identification Bureau in Dallas, Texas letting him know about a photograph and bulletin of Harvey Bailey that he is enclosing within the letter.
Man and Woman Seated at Desk
Photograph of Louis Goldberg and Mildred Hatch. Goldberg was business manager of The American-Statesman. Mildred Hatch was the executive secretary of The Travis County Chapter National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (Polio). Mildred Hatch was later a teacher of English and Latin in the Austin public schools. She taught for a number of years at William B. Travis High School.
[Man standing in] cotton field in Olney, Texas
Photograph of a man standing in a field of cotton plants. Behind him is a small wooden building in the field.
[McArdle Painting at the Capitol]
Photograph of the painting "Dawn at the Alamo" by Henry Arthur McArdle hanging at the Texas Capitol.
Mesquite [tree] with heavy bean crop, Corpus Christi, Texas
Photograph of a Mesquite tree in Corpus Christi, Texas.
[Mirabeau B. Lamar Painting]
Photograph of portrait of Mirabeau B. Lamar hanging in the Texas State Capitol.
[Mrs. Joes Bowling]
Photograph of Mrs. Joes rolling a bowling ball in bowling alley.
[Mrs. Joes Holding Bowling Ball]
Photograph of a woman holding a bowling ball. She is wearing a skirt and shirt with a scarf.
[Otto Lindig Holding His Book with Others]
Photograph of elderly Otto Lindig sitting at a desk and holding up a copy of his book, "100 Years: Historical Recollections of Gillespie County." A seated woman to the left is holding a corner of the book. An elderly man sits to the left holding a hat. Another elderly man stands to the right.
[Painting of "The Surrender of Santa Anna"]
Photograph of the painting, "The Surrender of Santa Anna," hanging in the Texas State Capitol.
Part of [a] hedge fence around an old Mexican home in Corpus Christi ,Texas
Photograph of hedge fence made up of yucca plants (or plants that resemble yuccas) and other bush-type plants, closely space. Houses can be seen in the background.
Public circus exhibit, Olney, Texas
Photograph of a crowd of people watching two circus performers on high wires in Olney, Texas.
Putting cattle in corral, Dart pasture, Jackson County ,Texas
Photograph of cowboys on horseback herding cattle into a corral at Dart pasture in Jackson County, Texas.
Scene on Guadalupe River from county bridge
Photograph of Guadalupe River looking South. A bridge runs across the river and on the left bank is a group of buildings. Several boats are on the water.
[Senator Weaver Moore]
Photograph of Senator Weaver Moore in the Senate Chamber holding right hand up. Moore served as Senator from Harris County 1939-1947.
[Senior Reynolds Brothers Arranged in Front of a Stone Wall]
Photograph of senior Reynolds brothers arranged in front of a stone wall. Four men stand at the wall and two sit in front of them at a table covered with glassware and silverware. A wood stove stands to the right of the men. The photo was taken in the inside porch of the Reynolds Bend cookshack at the wedding of Sally Brittingham and Jack Wallace.
Shanks-Meyers Furniture Company
Photograph of the exterior of the building of Shanks-Meyers Furniture Company at 1105 Lamar.
Shanks-Meyers Furniture Company
Exterior photograph of Louis Shanks - Frank Meyers Furniture Store which was located at 1105 Lamar.
[Stagecoach Drawn by Mule Team]
Photograph of a stagecoach drawn by a team of six mules with people standing amongst them. The stagecoach, right, has a burgundy cab and bright yellow wheels and shaft. A black carriage stands to the left of the photo.
State Hotel, Corpus Christi, Texas
Photograph of the State Hotel building in Corpus Christi, Texas.
[Steck Publishing Company]
Photograph of a press at 217-221 W. 9th.
[Steck Publishing Company]
Photograph of a press at 217-221 W. 9th.
[Three Men Standing in Office]
Photograph of three men standing in an office and looking at a document. There is a Topographic and Road Map of Travis County on the wall behind them. The photographer wrote the name "Guiton Morgan" on the negative envelope. Morgan was the City Manager of Austin.
[Three Women in a Room]
Photograph of three women in a room. The wall is made of vertical wood planks and adorned with a painting to the left of a door with a curtained window. A woman on the left (Ethel Matthews Casey) stands in front of this door and to the right of a stool. She is wearing a hat, dark dress, and a pearl necklace and is holding a drinking glass. An senior woman (Susan Alice Matthews) sits in a chair beneath her. This woman is wearing a black hat with a mesh veil, glasses, a pearl necklace, and black clothing. To her right is a desk topped with drinking glasses and a flower pot. At the right of the picture stands another senior woman (Mamie Moore) wearing a dark hat, dark clothes, and holds a drinking glass in her right hand and a coat over her left arm.
Traffic Jam on Congress Avenue
Large truck transporting a boiler trying to turn south onto Congress Avenue resulting in a traffic tie up.
[Walter K. and Lillie Oatts 50th Anniversary]
Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Oatts holding a calendar with the date October 16. It is their 50th anniversary.
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