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- Tail Spin Training
- Photograph of a large group of men at the Texas School of Military Aeronautics excercising in a large field. They are seated on teh ground with their arms and legs outstretched. There is one man standing behind the group next to an old car.
- Retreat
- Photograph of a large group of men from Texas School of Military Aeronautics standing at attention, in formation, and all facing the same way.
- Drum and Bugle Corps
- Photograph of a group of men standing at attention in formation at the Texas School of Military Aeronautics. Several men play bugles and a few beat drums.
- [Portrait at Camp Bowie]
- Photograph of a group of men at Camp Bowie. The front row is sitting, the next row is kneeling, and the last row is standing. In front of the first row is an insignia on the ground.
- [Austin National Bank Employess]
- Photograph of the employees of the Austin National Bank posing for a portrait. The men are all dressed professionally. In the top row, from left to right, is Vest E. Lander, Bookkeeper, Sully B. Roberdeau, Receiving Teller, Leon D. Williams, General Bookkeeper, Clark C. Campbell, Bookkeeper, Gerald Boerner, Mail Teller, Morris Hirschfield, Cashier, Ralph A. Bickler, Secretary, Earl E. Simms, Collector, and Miles F. Byrne, Receiving Teller. In the middle row, from left to right, is Wesley, H. Lyons, Bookkeeper, Boyd Wells, Exchange Teller, John H. Whitis, Bookkeeper, and C. M. (Jim) Bartholomew, Assistant Cashier and Paying Teller. In the front row is George W. Mabson, Porter.
- [Bickler Family Women Knitting]
- Photograph of six women of the Bickler family sitting on a nench or fence and knitting. The five on the left are looking at their knitting or sewing projects, but the one on the right is looking at the camera. Martha Bickler is possibly fourth from left.
- Passing in Review
- Photograph of a large group of men from Texas School of Military Aeronautics walking in formation. Some flags can be seen in the background.
- [Harry Bickler Stands, Guarding a Truck]
- Photograph of Harry Bickler guarding a truck at Camp Mabry. He is dressed in military attire and is standing in a grass field.
- [Morris Hirschfield and Ralph A. Bickler at Austin National Bank]
- Photograph of Morris Hirschfield (cashier) and Ralph A. Bickler (secretary) at Austin National Bank. They are sitting in an office; one of them is wearing a suit, and one of them is wearing a button-up shirt with a bow-tie.
- [Emblems at Texas School of Military Aeronautics]
- Photograph of a front of a brick building with an archway. Within the archway, there are decorative emblems. Handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "Emblems presented to S.M.A. by graduating squadrons. These emblems are in the University of Texas Library."
- I'm a Little Daisy, Growing Wilder Every Hour
- Photograph of a large group of men from the Texas School of Military Aeronautics walking in a circle with their hands on their hats. There is one man standing on a platform overlooking them. Buildings in the background are obscured by trees.
- [Armistice Day Parade Float]
- Photograph of five individuals standing and one individual sitting on a parade float. One of them is barbecuing, three are dressed as soldiers with a gun, one is dressed as a nurse, and one is dressed as if he was injured. The text on the back of the photo reads, "Aug. 12, 1983 Ralph A. Bickler files probably Armistice Day Parade Nov. 11, 1918 (Ralph is not on float. Mrs. R.A.B.".
- [Bickler Family Portrait]
- Photograph of the Bickler family with four men and four women. The older lady in the front row, right side is likely Martha Bickler.
- [Texas School of Military Aeronautics Portrait]
- Photograph of the Squadron 48 posing in front of the Texas State Capitol.
- [Texas School of Military Aeronautics]
- Photograph of a garden with trees and bushes. The background includes two large buildings. A handwritten caption on the back possibly reads "Raid."
- [Two Fourth Grade Class Group Portraits]
- Photograph of two classes of fourth grade students posing for a portrait.They are both organized into three rows.
- [Bickler Family Women Knitting]
- Photograph of six women of the Bickler family seated on a bench or fence and knitting. Handwritten note on the back reads "I asked for a smile and see what I got."
- [Children Riding Donkeys]
- Photograph of two children on donkeys in Mineral Wells. Some houses are visible in the background.
- Congress Avenue with street rail
- Looking north towards Capitol at about the 500 block of Congress Avenue. A family in the foreground is either getting off or getting on a street rail car.
- Congress Avenue with street rail
- Looking north towards Capitol at about the 500 block of Congress Avenue. A family in the foreground is either getting off or getting on a street rail car.
- Armistice parade down Congress from Capitol
- People lining Congress Avenue watching a parade of military personnel pass on their way from the Capitol.
- Governor’s Mansion
- Front elevation, walkway with urns, Gothic screen door is in place, carriage house visible, as well as gazebo and wood fence, grounds shown.
- Governor’s Mansion
- Front facade, walkway with urns, gazebo, carriage house, grounds, curb.
- Telephone operators
- Toll office set up at 400 Congress Avenue due to fire which destroyed the toll bank in the telephone building at 410 Congress. Pictured L-R: Miss Anna Koch (Mrs. R. M. Ewalt), Beulah Morrow (Mrs. Beulah Davis), Clarence Oliver (Traffic Supt. for Texas ), Mrs. A. C. Newton (Toll chief operator), S. U. Barron, Marguertie Doris (Mrs. Marguerite Ravenelli), Lillie McGee, Laura Foster (Mrs. Laura Raley), Ollie Joyce (Mrs. Ollie Peterson).
- [Clark Field]
- Soldiers sitting in an arc for a group panoramic photo.
- [Texas vs. Notre Dame football game]
- Paul Simmonds being tackled in a 7-30 loss to Notre Dame on Thanksgiving Day, 1913.
- [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.
- [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.
- [Austin Volunteer Fire Department]
- Photograph of the Austin Volunteer Fire Department on parade down Congress Avenue.
- [Field with Capitol in Background]
- Photograph of a landscape view of a field in the foreground with the city skyline, including the Capitol dome, in the background. The field is now Zilker Park.
- [Buildings on Congress Avenue]
- Photograph of a view looking south down Congress Avenue. Among the buildings lining the street are he Austin American and the Von Boeckmann Jones Company.
- [Women Wading in Bull Creek]
- Photograph of six women wading in Bull Creek. They are holding up their skirts and pointing their toes at the camera. The names written on the back of the photo are (from left to right): Gertrude, Myrtie, Beulah, Ethel, Mamie McKenzie, and Zula Edens.
- [Texas League Ball Park Flooded by Colorado River]
- Photograph of the Texas League Ballpark in South Austin flooded by the Colorado River in December 1913.
- [Aftermath of 1915 flood]
- View of aftermath of April 1915 flood, Waller Creek at 705 E. 6th Street, Austin. People are gathered on the stone bridge and look down onto the creek. Damaged buildings are on either side of the creek.
- [Boy Standing in Waller Creek Flood Debris]
- Photograph of a boy standing among debris of Waller Creek flood.
- [Street Car Bridge over Waller Creek]
- Photograph of the street car bridge over Waller Creek located at 1st and Red River. People are standing along the bridge and there is a home in the background. Note on photograph reads: "Street car bridge 1st & Red River Austin, Tex. 4-23-15."
- [Eanes one-room school building]
- Photograph of a classroom interior as seen from the back entrance door, showing wooden desks and seats with slatted backs in the foreground, along with a cast iron stove in the central aisle. To the back of the photograph lies the teacher's wooden desk, and a long blackboard that spans the length of the front classroom wall. There are two wall-mounted gas lamps above the blackboard, and several photographs are posted above and on the blackboard. The floor is constructed of wooden boards, and the walls are board and batten. There is a window to the right in the photograph, which has an opaque shade shaped like an awning. This is probably a view of the 1896 one-room school, which replaced the 1874 school that burned, and was used from 1896 to 1937. The 2 acres of land for the school were provided by William and Sophia Teague. Builders of the school were Henry Johnson, Oscar Carlson, and John Marshall. This photograph is copied from a manuscript by Mrs. H. R. Gentry, entitled: "Eanes School, Travis County".
- [Calbraith P. Rodgers landing plane]
- Photograph of a crowd gathered around Calbraith P. Rodgers when he crash landed his plane at Ridgetop. He was flying from Sheepshead Bay, New York to Pasadena, California.
- Armistice Day Parade
- Photograph of a group of men marching in an Armistice Day parade in 1919. The identities of some of the men are given by Mr. George C. Hawley: Dr. T.U. Taylor is holding the flag, Dr. E.P. Schoch is the tall professor in the first row (next to Dr. Bantel), Dr. E.C. Bantel is the first person in the line of march.
- Soldier and His Mule
- Photograph of an American World War I-era soldier standing in the street with a pack mule. There is a street car in the background along with a drug store and other men in the street.
- D.E. Hall School of Domestic Economy
- Photograph of a group of women sitting out front of the D.E. Hall of Domestic Economy. These women were associated with the Young Women's Christian Association as indicated by notes on the back of the photograph. Stamped on one of the boards of the school is [CALC]ASIEU LUMBER referring to Calcasieu Lumber Company which was established in Austin,Texas in the early 1880s.
- [Austin High School Senior Class Picnic at Eliza Springs]
- Photograph of the 1914 Austin High School senior picnic, showing a group of young men and women standing on stone steps leading down to Eliza Springs (Zilker Park Amphitheater). There is a curved stone wall behind the steps, with a large stone relief star, similar to the Texas seal. The women are dressed in long skirts, and some are wearing hats. The men are wearing light shirts, ties and dark trousers, and some are also wearing hats.
- [Student gathering on University of Texas at Austin campus before Governor Ferguson protest parade]
- Photograph of a group of University of Texas students and supporters gathered on the lawn behind the Old Main Building, as they prepare for a protest march to Governor James E. Ferguson's (Pa Ferguson) capitol office. Many of the group are seated on the lawn or on chairs, and some hold umbrellas to protect themselves from the sun. A caption on the back of the photograph reads "scene in the campus before the student parade, May 28, 1917, Old Main Bg. in the background." The group was protesting Governor Ferguson's call for fraternities and sororities to be banned from the UT campus, and his further call for the removal of University president Dr. Robert Ernest Vinson. The Governor was not successful in either case, and was indeed himself impeached and removed from office by the Texas legislature on September 25, 1917.
- [Three students of the University of Texas School of Military Aeronautics on the lawn in front of the Old Main building, Austin, Texas]
- Photograph of three young men dressed in military uniforms, sitting on the lawn in front of the Old Main building at the University of Texas at Austin. The men have their legs straight out in front of them, showing the soles of thier boots, upon which is written in chalk: "BERLIN OR BUST", a popular patriotic/propaganda phrase during World War I. The man in the middle of the group has his campaign hat on his lap. The men are identified on the back of the photograph, from left to right as: Curry, Hart and Callender.
- Austin's First Ambulance
- Photograph of Austin's first ambulance taken at 33rd and Speedway streets. The ambulance is horse-drawn and on the side, in addition to a cross, is a small plaque that reads "V.O. Weed." On the back of the photograph there is a note that reads "Mr. Bob Weed says that the body of this horse-drawn ambulance was removed and motorized with the coming of the auto-mobile, therefore it became Austin's first real ambulance."
- Austin's First Ambulance
- Photograph of a horse-drawn ambulance taken at 33rd and Speedway streets. On the side of the ambulance, in addition to a cross, is a small plaque that reads "V.O. Weed." The body of this horse-drawn ambulance was removed and motorized with the coming of the automobile, therefore it became Austin's first real ambulance.
- [Diver at Deep Eddy Pool]
- Photograph of a woman diving off of a tall wooden platform into Deep Eddy pool.
- [Texas School for the Deaf]
- Photograph of exterior front view of the primary oral building of the Texas school for the Deaf.
- Flood Scene - Waller Creek
- Photograph of Waller Creek flooding. In the foreground the rushing floodwaters with rapids are visible. In the background are houses that have been destroyed or are being carried away by the creek.
- [Camp Mabry Gate]
- Photograph of front gate of Camp Mabry. Cars are parked along the fence and horse-drawn wagons are visible behind the fence. Men in uniform stand near the cars.