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[Servicemen arriving in Austin]

Servicemen departing buses and walking south from Bowen Trailways Motor Coaches at 708 Brazos. Moonlight tower visible at corner of 8th and Brazos.

Date: October 2, 1944

Creator: Bock, Carl Edward

Item Type: Photograph

Austin Cotton Gin

Austin Cotton Gin was owned by W. T. Caswell and was located on the west side of Chicon St. Horse-drawn wagons with bales of cotton. Workers pose for photograph. Hand-crank loading cranes on platform.

Date: 1900~

Creator: Caswell, W. T.

Item Type: Photograph

Austin Cotton Gin

Austin Cotton Gin was owned by W. T. Caswell and was located on the west side of Chicon St. Horse-drawn wagons full of cotton. Workers pose for photograph.

Date: 1900~

Creator: Caswell, W. T.

Item Type: Photograph

Austin Dam Flood Scene

Water raging through the inoperable Austin Dam.

Date: May 1922

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

Busy Congress Avenue

View of Capitol along Congress Avenue. Horse & buggies line the avenue. Street rail going up Congress and across Sixth St.

Date: 190?

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

[Capitol Laundry & Cleaning Co.]

Exterior of building with delivery van in driveway. 801 Barton Springs Road.

Date: February 14, 1945

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

[Clark Field]

Soldiers sitting in an arc for a group panoramic photo.

Date: 1917/1918

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

[Colorado River Flooding]

Looking West from the north end of the Congress Avenue bridge.

Date: 1935

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

Congress Avenue Bridge

Congress Avenue bridge looking northwest towards downtown from the southeast corner. Skeleton of the Scarbrough Building under construction is in view.

Date: 1910

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

Congress Avenue from 5th Street

A busy Congress Avenue looking north from the east side of the 500 block. People line the sidewalks while cars and buses fill the streets.

Date: 1941~

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

Congress Avenue looking north

Looking north from the southwest corner of the Congress Avenue bridge.

Date: 1939~

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

Congress Avenue looking towards Capitol

Photograph of Congress Avenue looking north from 7th St.

Date: 1942

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

[Dacy Shoe Store Display]

Photograph of a window display of photographs of servicemen during World War II at Dacy's Shoe Store. A sign reads "Let's back-up these Austin boys by buying more and more defense stamps and bonds, save 10% of your salary."

Date: 194X

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

[Dacy Shoe Store Display]

Display of photographs of servicemen during World War II at Dacy's Shoe Store.

Date: unknown

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

East Avenue looking south from 12th St. after paving project

Looking south along East Avenue (now I-35) from 12th St. after a paving project. St. Edward's University can be seen on the horizon.

Date: 1930

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

[Falstaff Beer Trucks]

Beer trucks belonging to the Lightsey Carroll Company Distributors stand at the ready to deliver beer to thirsty Austinites. Featuring the Capitol in the background lends an air of legality to beer distribution, particularly considering that Prohibition had ended just five months before.

Date: May 25, 1934

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

[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.

Date: September 1915

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

[Gearing Hall, Painter Hall and Lily Pond]

Looking northeast from the lily pond behind the Tower on the University of Texas campus. Gearing Hall, known then as the Home Economics building, on the left and the Painter Hall, then the Physics building, on the right, are in view.

Date: September 1936

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph