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East Avenue looking south at 8th St. after paving project

Looking south along East Avenue (now I-35) from 8th St. after a paving project. St. Edward's University can be seen on the horizon.

Date: November 1, 1930

Creator: Jordan-Ellison

Item Type: Photograph

East Avenue looking south at 8th St. during paving project

Looking south along East Avenue (now I-35) from 8th St. during a paving project. St. Edward's University can be seen on the horizon.

Date: September 3, 1930

Creator: Jordan-Ellison

Item Type: Photograph

East Avenue looking south from 12th St. after paving project

Looking south along East Avenue (now I-35) from 12th St. after a paving project. St. Edward's University can be seen on the horizon.

Date: 1930

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

[East Avenue unpaved]

East Avenue (now IH-35) from 8th to 10th streets looking north.

Date: 1933

Creator: Jordan-Ellison

Item Type: Photograph

East First Street

East First Street looking west. Photo reads, "Austin Paving, L. E. Whitham and Co., Contractors, H. R. F. Helland, Consulting Engineer."

Date: 193X

Creator: Jordan-Ellison

Item Type: Photograph

[Elisabet Ney Museum]

Interior of the Museum. Inside the sculptor's studio.

Date: unknown

Creator: Jordan Company

Item Type: Photograph

[Elisabet Ney Museum]

Exterior of the Elisabet Ney Museum, or Formosa as it was called at the time this photo was taken.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Beer trucks belonging to the Lightsey Carroll Company Distributors stand at the ready to deliver beer to thirsty Austinites. Featuring the Capitol in the background lends an air of legality to beer distribution, particularly considering that Prohibition had ended just five months before.

Date: May 25, 1934

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

Ferry boat on Colorado River

Looking across to the other bank. Ferry holds a horse and cart. Men on horseback in the background.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Flood waters at Shoal Creek and West 6th Street]

Crowd of people across Shoal Creek observing a street rail car passing through the flood waters.

Date: 1915

Item Type: Photograph

[Flood waters on Shoal Creek]

Looking south from the bend in Shoal Creek at the corner of Nueces and West 4th Street. The railroad bridge at West 3rd is in view. The back of Quality Mills can be seen slightly obscured by trees.

Date: September 1915

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

[Four men at Camp Mabry]

Four men standing in front of tents wearing suits.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Fulton's Ice Cream Parlor

Two men and a little girl at the bar. A rooster is standing on the stool next to the girl. Fulton's was located at 1608 Lavaca St.

Date: March 20, 1897

Item Type: Photograph

[Gearing Hall, Painter Hall and Lily Pond]

Looking northeast from the lily pond behind the Tower on the University of Texas campus. Gearing Hall, known then as the Home Economics building, on the left and the Painter Hall, then the Physics building, on the right, are in view.

Date: September 1936

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

Goddess of Liberty with Workers

Capitol construction crews surrounding the Goddess of Liberty statue that was later placed on top of the Capitol dome. Right side, back row, fifth from right with mustache is identified as Hans Falkenberg. This original iteration of the Goddess was taken down during restoration of the Capitol in 1985, restored and eventually put on display at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum.

Date: February 1888

Item Type: Photograph