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[Pond near Building]
Photograph of a pond surrounded by trees near a tall, postwar building. The roof of an older structure is visible above the trees to the left.
[Doctor's Office Building]
Photograph of a doctor's office building, taken from across a parking lot. The building is a single-story postwar design. At center, a metal fence in front of the main entrance has three signs with the names of the doctors on them: "S. O. [?], M.D.," "H. J. Williams, M.D.," and "S. F. Johnson, M.D." Behind the building is a power line and several trees, while a lone tree grows out of the middle of the parking lot on the right.
[St. Austin Catholic School]
Photograph of the porch and entrance to St Austin's Parish School, now St. Austin Catholic School, at 1911 San Antonio St., Austin, Texas. The corner of the building has "St. Austins Parish School" in metal letters on the right side of the wall, and a large metal cross on the left. Two trees and a bush stand to the right near the entrance.
[Living Room near Kitchen and Bedroom]
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.
[Single-Story Building and Landscaping]
Photograph of a single-story, postwar building used as a club or restaurant. The structure is set on top of brick and stone landscaping that leads down to a sidewalk. An overhanging room extends out, with large curtained windows, a door, and a wooden staircase. A tree stands in the right-foreground, behind which is a water tower.
[Lobby]
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.
[Herb Fields Band on Stage]
Photograph of a band on stage with their instruments. From left-to-right is a man at a piano, a woman, a man behind drums, a man with a guitar, and a man with saxophones. The piano and a small stand on the right have the words "Herb-Fields" painted on them. A microphone stands at center stage; an amplifier cabinet with a potted plant is visible on the right.
[Laguna Gloria Art Building proposal sketch]
Photograph of a drawing for the proposed Laguna Gloria Art Museum building, designed by Jessen Association Inc. The drawing features a large, white, modern building surrounded by trees. Beneath the drawing is a color palate and a piece of paper with "w/o" on it.;
[Two Men in a Tailor Shop]
Photograph of two men in a tailor shop. One man stands on the left behind a suitjacket on a stand, while the other sits at a table to the right behind a sewing machine. Various pieces of cloth are scattered around and hanging. Spools of thread and buttons are visible on the table. A pair of scissors and a coat hanger hang on the wall in the background.
[Frosty Acres Vegetable Display]
Photograph of a man advertising Frosty Acres vegetables to a woman. Between them on a table are several boxes sampling different kinds of frozen vegetable products, along with signs displaying their prices. On the curtain behind the man are posters advertising the company's "grade certificates."
[Two Boys at School Building]
Photograph of two boys walking down a covered sidewalk at school. The buildings are single-story, postwar design. Trees cover the grounds in the right background.
[Villa Capri Hotel]
Photograph of the Villa Capri Hotel. In the right foreground is the hotel's lobby, including a carport with two 1950s-era cars parked in it. On the hotel's sign is a "AAA" certification. The rest of the street and some business on it are visible on the far left, running away from the camera to the horizon.
[Portrait of a Catholic Bishop]
Portrait photograph of a Roman Catholic bishop. He is displaying his episcopal ring on his right hand, dressed in a cassock with a pectoral cross, a fascia (sash), a pellegrina (cape), and a zuchetto (cap). An image of Jesus hangs on the wall in the background, flanked by floral-pattern curtains.
[Finishing a Bus]
Photograph of an assembly line of Ford buses. In the center three men work on a nearly completed, unpainted bus. In the background to the right is a line of buses in various states of completion with several laborers around them. In the background on the left various tools and pieces of machinery are visible.
[Empty Kitchen]
Photograph of a kitchen with tile flooring. To the left is an oven, stove, and sink with cabinets beneath a window. At center is a dishwasher with light-colored cabinets on either side and lining the wall above it. To the right is a door, next to which is a Frigidaire refrigerator.
[Living Room with Fireplace]
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.
[Portrait of a Young Woman in a Dress]
Portrait photograph of a young, smiling woman, standing in a white dress. Her shadow is visible on the studio floor and wall behind her.
[Woman in Lobby]
Photograph of a lobby in an unidentified building with a young woman standing at a desk in the right background. On the left is a coffee table surrounded by chairs and a couch, set against large windows. Another table stands next to the couch with a lamp on top; a potted plant stands on the floor next to that. In the center background a counter can be seen with the word "Information" lettered on one corner.
[Portrait of a Woman and Young Men's Group]
Portrait photograph of 38 young men posing with 1 woman in front of a drawn curtain. The subjects are arranged in four rows: the rearmost two are standing, while the second from front sits and the front kneels, plus one man front-and-center sitting cross-legged. The woman stands in the middle of the second row from back, wearing a belted dress. The men are all wearing suits and ties of varying shades and styles.
[Buildings nears Austin]
Photograph of unidentified buildings on a hill northwest of downtown Austin, Texas. In the center is a four story brick building rising from the middle of a matching single story section. To its right are low structures obscured by trees and a freestanding four story building with a covered walkway next to it. A single story building is visible nearby to the left, behind which on an adjacent ridge is a watertower. The hills are covered with short trees, with a road winding through them in the left-background. The University of Texas Tower and the Texas State Capitol are visible on the horizon above the trees to the right, along with a second watertower.
[Library Study and Periodicals Section]
Photograph of a library. Around the room, patrons sit at tables reading and conversing. Shelves of periodicals line the walls in the background. In the middle of the floor are some short, freestanding bookshelves. In the center background is a desk with a woman behind it talking to two patrons. Behind the desk are some windows to an office and three doors.
[Children Leaving School]
Photograph of a line of children leaving a school building while their teacher stands in the door. They are walking down a concrete sidewalk, lined by a brick wall on the left side, with stones, saplings, and a bench lining the right. The school building is a brick, single-story, postwar design.
[Austin National Bank]
Photograph of the Austin National Bank building. Several cars are parked or driving on the street. To the left a JC Penny and other storefronts are visible. A woman stands in the street on the far right; some people cross the street in the opposite direction at center.
[Modern School Building]
Photograph of two wings of an unidentified, multi-story school building, taken from across the street. They are in a plain, brick, postwar design. Both have large windows, many with drawn curtains. On the street are parked two 1950s-era cars. Tree branches emerge from the top-right foreground.
[Seaholm Power Plant]
Photograph of four metallic exhaust stacks at Seaholm Power Plant in Austin, Texas. A 1940s-era pickup truck and a coupe are parked in the foreground. Workmen can be seen walking at the base of the stacks.
[Model of Airport Terminal]
Photograph of a model of an airport terminal.
[Portrait of a Man]
Photograph of a younger man in a suit and tie with an averted glance.
[Backyard with In-Ground Pool]
Photograph of a backyard with an in-ground pool. A stone walkway leads down stairs from the left to the stone-lined pool. Various tables and chairs are set up around it while two tubes float on the surface. In the background is a modern, two-story house or set of apartments. Various shrubs line the wall behind and to the left of the pool, with two large oaks visible at center and right.
[Two-Story House with Balcony]
Photograph of a modern two-story house with a balcony and built-in carport, in which are two parked 1950s-era cars. Three cloth folding chairs are set up in the front yard with a bush in the foreground. The yard is surrounded by trees, including one which appears to have had a notch in the roof built around its trunk.
[Small, Furnished Room]
Photograph of a furnished room, arranged as a combined sleeping and living room. On the left under a window is a wide couch with a back cushion and pillows; next to that in the middle of the room is a metal table with a statuette, ashtray, and magazines on it. Behind the couch in the left corner is a lampstand, a chair, and a table with vase, all in front of a curtained window and a door leading to a balcony. A cushioned chair is pushed against some cabinets on the right.
[Portrait of Two Children in Uniforms]
Portrait photograph of a smiling toddler and older child. Both are seated on a surface covered by a sheet, with the toddler sitting on a folded blanket. The toddler is wearing a band jacket, skirt and boots; the older child is wearing a uniform with trousers, a belted jacket, tie, and a service-style cap.
[Living and Dining Room]
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 of that, at center, is a cushioned chair with two tables, the larger of which has a lamp and Buddha on it. Further to the right are glass doors leading to a patio.
[Portrait of Louis Henna Sr.]
Portrait photograph of Louis Henna Sr. wearing a suit and patterned tie. Henna opened Henna Chevrolet in Round Rock, Texas in 1936 and later served as Mayor of that city. He died in 1990.
[Tubas in Music Class]
Photograph of a music class. Three tubas sit on stands in the foreground. In the background are several students with instruments, seated around their teacher. Behind the teacher is a blackboard with writing on it, and to its right a reel-to-reel tape recorder.
[Church Facade]
Photograph of the front of an unidentified church. The top of the building is obscured by a large oak tree. Leaves hang over the top of the picture in the foreground. A cattle trailer is visible in the bottom right background.
[Bedroom with TV and Lounge Space]
Photograph of a bedroom in a postwar home. In the right foreground is a bed next, to which is a nightstand with a lamp. In the left foreground is a dresser with a fruitbowl and a statuette on top. Past the bed is a desk and chair, with a framed picture of a male figure, an ashtray, and some other items on it. In the center and left background stands a coffee table surrounded by cushioned chairs. The right corner has a table with a rotary phone on it, above which hangs a cylindrical lamp. The left corner has a record collection and a TV set.
[University Men's Shop]
Photograph of the front of University Men's Shop. Beneath a neon sign is a large glass window in door. On display in the window is a set of suits and related clothing items, as well as a sign that says "Fall Fashion" and a chalkboard with "Back to School" written on it.
[Kitchen with Doll and Stuffed Animal]
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.
[Building on the Colorado River and Palmer Auditorium]
Photograph of a small building, possibly a restaurant, on the Colorado River in Austin, Texas. The photo was probably taken from the Congress Avenue Bridge; South 1st Street runs past the building towards the river on the right, off of which turns a 1950s/60s-era car. Palmer Auditorium is prominently visible in the background right; on the left is a business called Nelson's. A double-billboard is visible on 1st St. in the center, featuring advertisements for Yellow Pages and Buick.
[Chess Table Set with Chairs]
Photograph of an elaborately carved table with a marble chess board in it and matching wooden chairs with a cherry finish. The chess table is set to appear mid-game.
[Students at School Building]
Photograph of single-story, postwar school building. A young man and woman can be seen walking along a sidewalk away from the building on the left. Further in the background a man and woman talk on the same sidewalk beneath an awning.
[Office with Plants]
Photograph of a modern, postwar office space. A line of desks with chairs in front runs from the center foreground to the left background. Each has a set of rotary telephones, stationary, pens, an ashtray, and other supplies neatly arranged. Behind them is a glass walkway, on the opposite side of which are several large plants and a sculpted wall.
[Dining Room with Large Windows]
Photograph of a dining room at a club or restaurant with several set tables and chairs. The left side wall is made up of large windows, overlooking some landscaping with a wooden footbridge.
[Portrait of a Man with a Bowtie]
Portrait photograph of an unidentified man. He is wearing glasses, a hat, suit and vest, and a patterned bowtie.
[Library Stairs]
Photograph of a library. In the center are some chairs around a table, near the bottom of a staircase. In the left and center background are many bookshelves; at left a man can be seen reading.
[Record and Radio Store]
Photograph of a store selling records, record players, radios, and an assortment of other products. Three unattended cash registers are visible in the center-right. The shelves in the foreground have records, turntables, and radio sets on display; the shelves in the background have bottles and boxes of unidentified products on them.
[Peter T. Flawn Academic Center roof courtyard]
Photograph of the University of Texas at Austin's Peter T. Flawn Academic Center's roof courtyard. A woman sits at the left centerground. There are three sculptures of human figures in the courtyard and several benches.
[Men with Merc 1000 Motor]
Photograph of two men in a boat dealership, interacting with a display of the Merc 1000 engine. The engine is suspended from a stand with an advertisement on it: 100 HP Merc 1000. Most powerful outboard ever built." Behind the men and display several boats for sale are visible.
[Empty Lounge Area]
Photograph of a lounge area in a building of postwar-design, outside of which is a pool visible through windows in the left background. The lobby is set up around four large couches, among which are wooden tables and chairs. A painting hangs on the wall in center background; in the right background is a piano.
[Single-story School Buildings]
Photograph of three school buildings. The doors on each are open and they appear empty. Tall trees line the background.
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