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[East 1st Street]
Photograph of East First Street looking west from San Marcos Street after track removal. Lockhart Ice Cream store sign visible on left.
East First Street
Photograph of East First Street looking west from San Marcos Street, after track removal. Cagles Place, Lockhart Ice Cream and Heep Dairy Products are on the south side of the street.
Flagpole Inauguration
Photograph of Flagpole inauguration at the Montopolis Branch of the Austin Public Library on July 4th, 1971. Two people stand at the base of the flagpole next to the small branch library building. A few cars are parked in front of the building.
[May 4, 1922 Tornado]
Photograph of storm clouds with a tornado funnel in the sky.
[Mrs. John Barclay to save Municipal Golf Course]
Photograph of Mrs. John Barclay handing out flyers that say "Forever Green. Save Muny" as a male hand signs a petition to save the Municipal Golf Course's 144 acres. Mrs. Barclay sits behind a table and places a hand over a number of cut out newspaper articles while she watches the supporter sign. The petition page is filled with two columns of names.
[Raising the Flag at Camp Swift]
Photograph of four soldiers raising the flag for the first time at Camp Swift. Writing on the back reads: "Left to right: 1st Lt. Victor M. Wallace, adjutant; 2nd Lt. Henry Stone, Motor Pool Officer; Major Oscar P. Houston, Executive; and Major Earl Chase, Director of Supply. When the flag pole was originally set in place it was not perfectly vertical. It was necessary to take it up and reset it which was a major operation because of its length, weight, and concrete setting."
[Side View of Construction of Seaholm Power Plant]
Photograph of the construction of part of the Seaholm Power Plant, surrounded by various construction materials and machinery.
[Side View of Power Plant]
Photograph of side view of Seaholm power plant with view of rail bridge leading up to building.
[Tornado]
Photograph of a tornado that has yet to touch down.
[Tornado Damage]
Photograph of a view of the steel tank at Penn Field damaged after the May 4, 1922 tornado.
[Tornado in Sky]
Photograph of storm clouds with a tornado forming in the sky.
[Tornado in Sky]
Photograph of storm clouds with a tornado in the sky.
[Tornado in Sky]
Photograph of a tornado in the sky on May 4, 1922. Caption on back reads: "Cyclone at Austin, Texas; Ruth Granberry."
[Tornado in Sky]
Photograph of a tornado in the sky on May 4, 1922, over downtown Austin. Writing on back reads: "Alta Heflin Wilder, photographer (?)."
[Tornado, May 4, 1922]
Black and white photograph of a tornado in the sky that has yet to touch down. The roof of a building is visible in the lower left corner.
[Tornado over Capitol]
Photograph of tornado above Capitol building looking northwest.
[Trying to save Municipal Golf Course]
Photograph of Austin citizens trying to save Municipal Golf Course's 144 acres on Jan. 4,1973. The people have concerned faces and lift up clubs. One man holds a sign that says "Save Muny."
[View of tornado as seen from Congress Avenue downtown Austin, Texas]
Photograph of the May 4, 1922 tornado in Austin, Texas, as seen from a rooftop on downtown Congress Avenue. Visible in the foreground are: the Queen Theater at 700 Congress Avenue, the Walter Tips Building at 708-710-712 Congress Avenue, and the F. W. Woolworth & Company at 800-802 Congress Avenue. The side of the Paramount Theater is also visible. There is a painted sign, on a building in the foreground, for Maxwell House Coffee. The tornado is clearly visible in the dark sky to the northwest of downtown. The original of this image is PICA 25989, which has not yet been scanned.
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