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[Interior View of Seymour Fogel's House]

Description: Photograph of the interior of Seymour Fogel's house "Southwind," located at 2411 Kinney Road in Austin, Texas. A plaque outside the home provides more information: “Built circa 1880 as a stone barn by physician/inventor George Peter Hachenberg (1824-1904), this structure was converted in the early 1950s to a studio and family residence by artist/educator Seymour Fogel (1911-1984) who named it Southwind.” The home has since been restored.
Date: August 18, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.244005 -97.774402

[Interior View of Seymour Fogel's House]

Description: Photograph of the interior of a studio room in Seymour Fogel's house "Southwind" with lots of artwork, located at 2411 Kinney Road in Austin, Texas. A plaque outside the home provides more information: “Built circa 1880 as a stone barn by physician/inventor George Peter Hachenberg (1824-1904), this structure was converted in the early 1950s to a studio and family residence by artist/educator Seymour Fogel (1911-1984) who named it Southwind.” The home has since been restored.
Date: August 18, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Interior View of Seymour Fogel's House]

Description: Photograph of the interior of Seymour Fogel's house "Southwind," located at 2411 Kinney Road in Austin, Texas. The image is of a large, sparsely furnishing living space with several mid-century modern-style chairs and tables. A plaque outside the home provides more information: “Built circa 1880 as a stone barn by physician/inventor George Peter Hachenberg (1824-1904), this structure was converted in the early 1950s to a studio and family residence by artist/educator Seymour Fogel (1911-1984) w… more
Date: August 18, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Kitchen Through Doors]

Description: Photograph of a kitchen in a postwar home. Opened paper doors flank the foreground. On the left are tile counters on top of wooden cabinets, including a stove and oven. More wooden cabinets hang above them on the left wall. At the end of the counter is an ice box, and then a cabinet/desk with a double-door refrigerator on top; a tea tray is tucked in a space beneath the desk. In the background on the far side is a stone wall with a closed door in it. In the far-right corner is a cushioned seat … more
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Kitchen with Doll and Stuffed Animal]

Description: Photograph of a kitchen. A combined counter and stove is in the foreground, set with two chairs, plates, and silverware. A doll and stuffed animal lie next to the plates. On the right are two refrigerators separated by a counter, with a fruitbowl on top and drawers beneath. Above the counter is a window looking out into a wooded yard. An oven is mounted in the wall in the background on the left, past which is an opening into another room.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Living and Dining Room]

Description: Photograph of a living and dining room in a single-story, postwar house. In the left foreground is a coffee table with ashtrays and a magazine on it. In the left background beyond the coffee table is a dining table set with four cushioned chairs and a fruitbowl. Behind that, against a stone wall, is a cabinet with a mirror and potted plants on top, as well as some small shelves with a metal pitcher. To the right of the dining table is a plaster wall, in which are some paper doors. To the right … more
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Living Room at Top of Stairs]

Description: Photograph of a living room in a postwar home. In the center foreground is a long couch, opposite which on the right side of the room is another couch. Between them is a stand with a ceramic bowl on it and a coffee table with some magazines or newpapers. The right side of the room has a brick wall with a framed painting on it, to the left of which is a hallway with stairs leading down. Left of that in the center background is a cushioned chair and small table in front of the opening to another … more
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Living Room near Kitchen and Bedroom]

Description: Photograph of a living room in a postwar home. In the left foreground is a chair and table with an ashtray on it, behind which is an opening to a bedroom. In the center against a wall is a TV set on a stand and a desk with a chair, lamp, rotary phone, ashtray, and mirror. In the right background is a bar with three stools at it, behind which is the kitchen.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Living Room with Fireplace]

Description: Photograph of a living room. On the left is a sand- or limestone fireplace with a potted plant, two cushioned chairs and two lamps. Next to the nearer chair is a table with an ashtray and a rotary phone. In the background is a curtain next to a glass door and two tall, wide windows, in front of which are two more chairs and a table with a potted plant on it. In the center-foreground is a coffee table with a ceramic ashtray and flowers in a vase.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Living Room with Fireplace]

Description: Photograph of a living room. On the left is a sand- or limestone fireplace with two cushioned chairs in front of it. Next to the nearer chair is a table with a ceramic ashtray and a rotary phone. In the background is a curtain next to a glass door and two tall, wide windows, in front of which are two more chairs and a table with a potted plant on it. In the right-foreground is part of a coffee table with flowers in a vase.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Living Room with Paper Doors]

Description: Photograph of a living room. At center is a couch against a wall, above which hangs a still life painting in a carved frame. The couch is flanked by two tables, with a lamp on the left one, as well as two chairs. In front is a glass coffee table with magazines. To the right in the background, folding paper doors leading to another room are left partially open. To the right of that, another table and lamp is visible at the end of a couch, in front of which is a wooden coffee table with a ceramic… more
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Lobby]

Description: Photograph of a lobby. At center are some chairs with a metal table and glass coffee table. Behind them in the background is a couch with more tables and lamps on either side of it. The couch is set against a set of windows, through which two parked 1950s-era cars are visible. A potted plant stands on the far right; a door is visible in the far left.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Luby's Cafeteria]

Description: Photograph of a Luby's Cafeteria on Broadway in San Antonio. Five 1950s-era cars are parked in the front. Lettering on an overhang above the sidewalk spells "Cafeteria Cafeteria." A house is visible in the background on the far right, across a street.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Motel Room]

Description: Photograph of a motel room with wood-panel walls. In the center foreground are two made beds with a shelf behind them and a small nightstand between. The shelf has a lamp and a rotary phone on it. In the left corner is a counter with a small refrigerator, to the right of which is a TV set and a chair. In the right corner is a door.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Patio]

Description: Photograph of a patio area at a single-story, postwar home. Two cloth folding chairs are set up on the ground beneath an open roof of wooden beams, possibly an unfinished overhang. To the left and center is a covered walkway lined with a brick wall. To the right is a side of the house with three large windows surrounded by paneling.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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