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1938 Colorado River Flood

Colorado River in flood at 1st Street.

Date: July 26, 1938

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Aerial View of Flood

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

Item Type: Photograph

[Aerial view of Zilker Park looking west]

Aerial photograph of Zilker Springs during development in 1938.

Date: 1938

Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab., Austin

Item Type: Photograph

[Austin Dam]

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

Item Type: Photograph

[Austin Dam]

Photograph of the Austin Dam. This photograph was taken from the side where the water flows out of the dam.

Date: 1938?

Item Type: Photograph

[Austin Dam]

Photograph of the Austin Dam. The water is flowing through the dam's open floodgates.

Date: 1938?

Item Type: Photograph

[Austin Dam]

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

Item Type: Photograph

[Austin Public Library, Carver Branch]

Photograph of the Carver Branch of the Austin Public Library.

Date: 1938

Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory

Item Type: Photograph

[Children swimming at Rosewood Park]

Photograph of a group of African-American children swimming and splashing at the Rosewood Park for Negroes swimming pool. Extensive use of swimming pool and facilities demonstrates success of this recreation center.

Date: August 19, 1938

Creator: Ellison Photo Service

Item Type: Photograph

Damned up Creek between East Avenue and Red River Street

Photograph of a damned up creek between East Avenue and Red River Street.

Date: April 29, 1938

Creator: Austin Police

Item Type: Photograph

[Dinner Bell]

Postcard of a dinner bell in a field. There is a field of trees in the background. The text on the back reads, "How about answering the dinner bell on Prude Ranch". There is a stamp affixed to the back of the postcard and it was mailed July 25, 1938.

Date: 1938~

Item Type: Postcard

[Entrance to Zilker Park]

Photograph of a car driving past a large stone marker which reads "Zilker Park."

Date: September 3, 1938

Creator: Ellison Photo Service

Item Type: Photograph

[Gaston Avenue in Pemberton Heights]

Photograph of Gaston Avenue looking west from Claire Avenue in the Pemberton Heights subdivision. Two large homes are in the background.

Date: November 1938

Item Type: Photograph

Governor O'Daniel at Camp Bullis

Governor W. Lee O'Daniel stands with the troops in a grassy field at Camp Bullis as they salute.

Date: August 10, 1938

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Governor O'Daniel at Camp Bullis

Governor W. Lee O'Daniel inspects the troops in a grassy field at Camp Bullis.

Date: August 10, 1938

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Mansfield-Marshall Ford Dam Construction]

Group photograph of "U.S. Royal Boots on Marshall Ford Dam. Brown & Root - McKenzie Construction Co., Austin, Tex."

Date: March 9, 1938

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.391282 -97.907410

[Marching band at Wooldridge Park]

Photograph of a marching band performing for a crowd at Wooldridge Park

Date: May 1, 1938

Creator: City of Austin

Item Type: Photograph

Montopolis Bridge

View of the Montopolis Bridge across the Colorado River. It is a steel truss bridge. Though dated 1886 in the photo, the bridge was not built until 1937-1938.

Date: [1938..]

Item Type: Photograph

[Partially Submerged House in Floodwaters]

Photograph of an aerial view of a house submerged almost to the roofline in the water of the flooded Colorado River. Trees and debris can be seen in the water.

Date: 1938

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of a Flooded Road]

Photograph of a view looking down a flooded street with homes on either side and standing water in the road during the 1938 flood.

Date: July 26, 1938

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of an Unidentified Boy with a Kitten in Water]

Photograph of an unidentified boy standing in flood waters while holding a cat in his arms during the 1938 flood.

Date: July 26, 1938

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Two Unidentified Boys in Front of a House]

Photograph of two unidentified boys standing in front of a wooden house in a yard that has been flooded with water during the 1938 flood.

Date: July 26, 1938

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Rosewood Park for Negroes

Photograph of a group of black children watching a youth prepare to dive from the diving board into the public pool at Rosewood Park.

Date: September 8, 1938

Creator: Ellison Photo Service, Austin

Item Type: Photograph

Shrine Parade

Photograph of a Shrine parade in New Orleans, LA. The crowd watches uniformed people march through the street while carrying U.S. flags and flags of the Christian cross. Houston and Austin groups are represented in the photograph.

Date: April 25, 1938

Item Type: Photograph

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1938 Colorado River Flood

Aerial View of Flood

[Aerial view of Zilker Park looking west]

[Austin Dam]

[Austin Dam]

[Austin Dam]

[Austin Dam]

[Austin Public Library, Carver Branch]

[Children swimming at Rosewood Park]

Damned up Creek between East Avenue and Red River Street

[Dinner Bell]

[Entrance to Zilker Park]

[Gaston Avenue in Pemberton Heights]

Governor O'Daniel at Camp Bullis

Governor O'Daniel at Camp Bullis

[Mansfield-Marshall Ford Dam Construction]

[Marching band at Wooldridge Park]

Montopolis Bridge

[Partially Submerged House in Floodwaters]

[Photograph of a Flooded Road]

[Photograph of an Unidentified Boy with a Kitten in Water]

[Photograph of Two Unidentified Boys in Front of a House]

Rosewood Park for Negroes

Shrine Parade