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[Apartment Living Area]

Description: Photograph of an apartment interior with a seating and dining area. To the right, two chairs and a dresser with records on top can be seen. To the left, a couch can be seen against the wall with a single painting hanging above it and a coffee table placed before it in the center of the room on top of a striped rug. In the background, a dining table can be seen with three chairs around it and a patterned wall behind it.
Date: March 21, 1960
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Living Room with Mural]

Description: Photograph of a Rio House apartment living room, where to the right, an end table with lamp and a couch with an eye-shaped coffee table placed in front of it can be seen. On the wall behind the couch is a mural of men on horses, with a possibly middle eastern motif. To the left, a small, round dining table and three chairs can be partially seen. The back wall is partly wallpapered, and a closed door can be seen in the left background.
Date: March 21, 1960
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Apartment Kitchen]

Description: Photograph of a small apartment kitchen area. On the wall to the right, a row of upper cabinets are hung above, and a sink and oven with a pot resting on a burner can be seen on the bottom cabinets. A phone can be seen hanging on a door frame in the left foreground. In the background, a bed and window can be seen through an open doorway.
Date: March 21, 1960
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Women Sewing]

Description: Photograph of a woman seated and working at a sewing machine while another woman stands next to her and leans over to help or teach her. Another woman stands behind them. A purse and some papers are on a table in the foreground.
Date: November 21, 1961

"Andrews Day"

Description: Photograph of the going away party for Andrew Bragg, janitor, 1950-1966, in the staff lounge in the basement of the Austin Public Library. L-R: Ann Bowden, Janett Varner, Mary Carter Rice, ?, Annette Evans, Bragg, ? Diane Moore, Tommy McCalla. Andrew Bragg stands in the foreground behind a cake with his back partially turned to the camera.
Date: July 21, 1966
Creator: Vaughn, Ronald

Inter-playground table tennis tournament at Austin Athletic Center

Description: Photograph of inter-playground table tennis tournament at Austin Athletic Club with tables of both singles and doubles playing on the interior basketball courts. The bleachers are full of women and children watching. The first organized recreation center in Austin was the privately owned Austin Athletic Club, built in 1923, by William T. Caswell. In 1931. Mr. Caswell sold the club to the City of Austin for "a small remuneration". The name of the center was officially changed to the Austin Recre… more
Date: June 21, 1961
Creator: Austin (Tex.). Department of Parks and Recreation.
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