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[Social Events 1930 thru 1938]

Photograph of two children posing outdoors.

Date: 1936

Item Type: Photograph

[Social Events 1930 through 1938]

Photograph of a crowd of people gathered for a social event that occurred in 1936.

Date: 1936

Item Type: Photograph

[Tiny Tot Program]

Photograph of the scenery at a Tiny Tot program in 1937. A group of children are seen playing around some trees and a few adults are with them.

Date: March 29, 1937

Item Type: Photograph

[Boxer Posing]

Photograph of a man in boxing gloves posing with his arms up.

Date: 1939

Item Type: Photograph

Wading Above the Falls

Photograph of three people wading in Bull Creek. They are wearing swimsuits and the person in the middle is wearing a swim cap. Brushy hills are in the background behind them.

Date: July 31, 1936

Item Type: Photograph

[Family Standing in Bull Creek]

Photograph of a family wading in Bull Creek. There are three children, an adult man, and a small dog standing in the water; a number of trees are visible along the bank in the background.

Date: July 25, 1936

Item Type: Photograph

[The Falls of Bull Creek]

Photograph of the falls of Bull Creek. The text on the back of the photo reads, "The high falls near 'Slanting Rock' swimming hole in upper Bull Creek. This shows about half of the falls."

Date: July 25, 1936

Item Type: Photograph

[View from University of Texas Tower]

Photograph of a view of Austin from the University of Texas Tower. There is snow on the ground and the Texas Capitol is visible in the distance.

Date: November 1937

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.286218 -97.739388

[Correspondence to Carrie Crusemann from Charles S. Potts]

A letter to Carrie Crusemann, one of E.M. and Lucadia Pease's grandchildren, from Charles S. Potts, then dean of the Southern Methodist University school of law, requesting information on the Pease family—at the time, Potts was preparing an entry on E.M. Pease for the "Dictionary of American Biography."

Date: March 31, 1931

Creator: Potts, Charles S.

Item Type: Text

[Austin Dam]

Photograph of Austin Dam. Several people watch as the water runs into the spillway. The machine building is visible at left.

Date: December 6, 1938

Item Type: Photograph

[Man near Airplanes]

Photograph of a man near a line of airplanes at an airport in Austin. The airplanes are mid 20th century models with two seats.

Date: October 22, 1937

Item Type: Photograph

[Austin Dam]

Photograph of the Austin Dam. This photograph was taken from the side where the water flows out of the dam.

Date: 1938?

Item Type: Photograph

[Man near an Airplane]

Photograph of a man near a plane at an airport in Austin. The plane is a mid 20th century model with two seats.

Date: October 22, 1937

Item Type: Photograph

[Austin Dam]

Photograph of the Austin Dam. The water is flowing through the dam's open floodgates.

Date: 1938?

Item Type: Photograph

[Austin Dam]

Photograph of the Austin Dam. Several people watch as water flows into the spillway. The machine building is visible at left.

Date: December 6, 1938

Item Type: Photograph

[View of a House]

Photograph of a wood-paneled house with laundry drying on a line on the porch. Some buckets are in front of the house and a pile of firewood is under the porch. According to a handwritten note on the back of the photo, the house belongs to Cecil Hayes. It was located at 303 Orchard Street, Austin, Texas.

Date: December 30, 1939

Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory

Item Type: Photograph