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[Adam R. Johnson at his desk]

Description: Photograph of Adam R. Johnson, the Director of the Texas Relief Commission, at his desk in his office. A portrait of Franklin Roosevelt is on the desk behind him. Photograph is signed and dated 5/19/1936.
Date: 1936

Aerial View of Flood

Description: Aerial photograph of the 1938 flood. Looking Northeast from Congress Avenue, south of the Colorado River. Palm School in center background.
Date: July 26, 1938
Creator: Douglass, Neal

Aerial view of Municipal Golf Course

Description: Photograph of An aerial view of Austin Municipal Golf Course, donated to the city in 1936 by the Austin Lion's Club. The club house is visible in the center of the image, with holes surrounding. The municipal Golf Course, constructed originally by the Lions Club in 1928 at 2901 Enfield Road, has served its citizens since 1934 and has long been Austin's most popular course.
Date: [1936..]

[Alamo Stone at the Tribune Tower]

Description: Photograph of three men observing the stone of the Alamo at the Chicago Tribune building. All of them are wearing a suits, the first and third being dark, and the middle being light colored. One man reaches out and touches the stone.
Date: August 23, 1933
Location: 41.890425 -87.623933

[Anderson Mill on Cyprus Creek]

Description: Photograph of two men posing on a wall by the Anderson Mill on Cypress Creek. One of them is standing on the wall, and one of them is sitting.
Date: August 9, 1935

Asian Men and Women Meeting at the Capitol

Description: Photograph of unidentified Asian men and women sitting around a table in a room at the capital. There are other people standing and sitting on the other side of a bar behind them.
Date: 1936
Creator: Douglass, Neal

Austin -- Aerial Views

Description: Aerial view of the state capitol and surrounding neighborhoods. The view is looking south past the main fountain, South Mall and down University Avenue toward the capitol from the University of Texas Tower.
Date: January 1, 1937
Creator: Douglass, Neal

Austin -- Aerial Views

Description: Aerial view looking south from The University of Texas campus toward the state capitol with University Avenue in the center.
Date: January 1, 1937
Creator: Douglass, Neal

Austin -- Aerial Views

Description: Aerial view. The large building in the center of the photograph is The Scottish Rite Dormitory at 201 W. 27th Street and to the top is Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Red River is the street running in the background from left to right. 32nd St intersects Red River on the upper right. Note the carline on Guadalupe and 27th St on bottom right. The neighborhood in the center left is Grooms Addition.
Date: January 1, 1937
Creator: Douglass, Neal

Austin -- Aerial Views

Description: Aerial view of the Austin State Hospital grounds. The large white structure with two domes, or cupolas, on top is the first asylum built west of the Mississippi river.
Date: January 1, 1937
Creator: Douglass, Neal

Austin -- Aerial Views

Description: Aerial View. Facing toward South Austin. Congress on far right, East Avenue on far left and San Jancinto and Trinity Streets in the middle. 14th Street in foreground running left to right (note Waller Creek and single road bridge). To the top is 12th St. (note double road bridge); the neighborhood to the right including Neches and up to Trinity St and from 12th to 14th will become Waterloo Park. The Austin Longitude Station is to the left of the Capitol (note double stacks). The first Austi… more
Date: January 1, 1937
Creator: Douglass, Neal

Austin American Statesman Building 7th & Colorado

Description: Photograph of a three-story building under construction, with workers seated outside the front of the building a construction company sign in the lower-right part of the image. A church is visible in the background and a small wooden building is situated on the street in front of an empty lot between the church and the building. Vehicles are parked on both sides of the street.
Date: August 9, 1936
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Location: 30.269370 -97.743799

[Austin Dam]

Description: Photograph of Austin Dam. Several people watch as the water runs into the spillway. The machine building is visible at left.
Date: December 6, 1938

[Austin Dam]

Description: Photograph of the Austin Dam. This photograph was taken from the side where the water flows out of the dam.
Date: 1938?

[Austin Dam]

Description: Photograph of the Austin Dam. The water is flowing through the dam's open floodgates.
Date: 1938?

[Austin Dam]

Description: Photograph of the Austin Dam. Several people watch as water flows into the spillway. The machine building is visible at left.
Date: December 6, 1938
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