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[Abilene Country Club]

Description: Photograph of the interior lobby of the Abilene Country Club. In the foreground, a long sofa facing three chairs can be seen. A glass coffee table is at their center and an end table with a lamp sits to the right of the sofa. The area is sectioned off by a room partition that wraps behind the sofa. In the background beyond the partition, multiple plants are placed throughout the room and views of the property can be seen through several tall windows.
Date: March 15, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.403649 -99.738996

[Abilene Country Club Sitting Area]

Description: Photograph of a sitting area in the Abilene Country Club. Two long couches, a sofa, three chairs, and four end tables can be seen arranged into a square. Three of the end tables have lamps, and a glass coffee table can be seen roughly in the center. The wall to the right is covered in mirrors, and a circle of metal ceiling lamps hangs above the sitting area. On the left wall, a large metal door, and a set of french doors can be seen.
Date: March 15, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.403607 -99.739015

[Aerial view of Jefferson Chemical Plant]

Description: Aerial view of Jefferson Chemical Plant. Austin, Texas. Looking west. N. Lamar Blvd runs left to right in the center of picture. Airport Blvd merges into Lamar from lower left. Justin Lane also is on left, just above Airport. The Crestview neighborhood is the background, with Burnet Road running left to right in background. Brentwood School in the center left and on the upper left on school is the drive-in theater. [Cloud or dust like in the background is the area past Shoal Creek/Shoal Creek… more
Date: March 7, 1951
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

Anderson High School [basketball team]

Description: Photograph of the 1956 Anderson High School basketball team. The boys are lined up in one line according to height, facing left. They wear shiny warm-up track suits, which have numbers embroidered on the shoulders. Every other boy holds a basketball under his arm against his left hip. The photo was taken on the basketball court, under one of the baskets.
Date: March 1, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

Anderson High School [building exterior and students]

Description: Photograph of a group of students outside the entrance to Anderson High School. In the mixture of boys and girls, most students are exiting the building after school, while a few stand and talk to each other. One girl sits on the wall and reads from a notebook. The girls all wear long skirts, blouses, white socks and black shoes. The boys wears slacks and shirts, and one wears a jacket.
Date: March 1, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Athol Estes home]

Description: Photograph of the home of Athol Estes, wife of William Sydney Porter, known in literary circles by his pen name O. Henry. The two-story house is white, and trees and a birdbath are visible on the small front lawn. Two young children hold hands on the front walk. A car is parked on the street in front of the house. The narrow driveway on the left side of the house appears ill-cared for.
Date: March 4, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.276423 -97.745254

[Austin Club]

Description: Photograph of the Austin Club lounge with a seating area enclosed in a low brick wall. In the foreground, a large plant, a sofa, and a chair can be seen along with a wood door that is opened behind the planter. The seating area enclosed in brick-work can be seen in the mid-ground, with a table and long couch visible. Three columns and more seating can be seen in the background.
Date: March 18, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Aztec Apartment Dining Area]

Description: Photograph of mid-century modern apartment furnishings in the Aztec Apartment House, located at 2511 Pearl Street. To the left is a small dining table with two chairs and a metal ceiling lamp hanging above.A small bookshelf can be seen on the wall in the background and to the right of that, a fire place with two chairs sitting in front of it can be seen.
Date: March 11, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Aztec Apartment Dining Furnishings]

Description: Photograph of a dining area in the Aztec Apartments with mid-century modern furnishings. On the left is a window wall and door leading to a patio area. In the background a small table with two dining chairs can be seen with a metal ceiling lamp hanging above. A small bookshelf on the back wall, and a round moon chair can be seen below that. A sofa and table can be seen in the foreground. The apartments sits at 2511 Pearl Street.
Date: March 11, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Aztec Apartment Living Area]

Description: Photograph of an apartment living area in the Aztec Apartments with mid-century modern furnishings. A sofa and a plant can be seen in the foreground to the left, and a closet door can be seen in the center of the back wall. To the right of the closet, a second sofa and floor lamp can be seen with a coffee table resting in front them. Two masks hang above the sofa on the back wall. There is a large wall of windows on the right with a view of a patio. The apartment is located on 2511 Pearl Street. more
Date: March 11, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Aztec Apartment Sign]

Description: Photograph of a sign in front of the Aztec Apartment House, located at 2511 Pearl Street. The sign and the mural on the building both use designs and colors that are either early native american or Hispanic in style. A group of cacti can be seen growing beneath the sign and a large tree can be seen to the left of the photo.
Date: March 11, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Bathing beauty]

Description: Photograph of a young woman posing on the riverbank. She is wearing a bathing suit and holding a beach towel over her head and shoulders. She is standing on a rocky river bank and smiling at the camera. A bridge and a dam are behind her.
Date: March 10, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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