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Military Parade

Description: Negative of a U. S. Army personnel carrier rolling down a street lined with families for a military parade in Odessa, Texas in 1956.
Date: 1956
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Restoration & Repair to Legation de France, Austin, Texas. For The Daughters of the Republic of Texas

Description: These are the blueprints of the restoration of the Legation de France, now the French Legation Museum maintained by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. The architectural renderings were drawn in white on three sheets, each of which is labeled in part of the title box at the bottom of every page (in the lower right corner). The first page includes three drawings. The main drawing shows a floor plan of the building and is labeled: First Floor Plan. Scale 1/4:=1'-0". To the right, a tilt… more
Date: November 1955
Creator: Raiford Stripling Associates, Inc.
Partner: French Legation Museum

Airplane Flying

Description: Negative of an airplane flying over Odessa, Texas during a military parade in 1956. The building on the left side of the picture is the Ector County courthouse.
Date: 1956
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Garland A. Smith

Description: Photograph of Garland A. Smith seated at his desk. Smith served as administrative assistant: governor's public reception.
Date: January 24, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Ben Hur Temple Benefit Football Game

Description: 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.
Date: November 8, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Magnolia Mobilgas Service Station

Description: Photograph of the exterior of a new Magnolia Mobilgas service station at 2901 Cherrywood Rd. during its grand opening on April 30, 1955. Helmer Johnson was the owner. Attendants are servicing a Studebaker and a Mercury.
Date: April 30, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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