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- [Correspondence/petition to Governor E.M. Pease]
- A letter/petition to Governor E. M. Pease from people in Mountain Valley, who complain about attacks from Native Americans. Includes typewritten transcription of the letter/petition.
- "Old Dismal" Substitute Hook and Ladder Wagon
- Photograph of the Substitute Hook and Ladder Wagon and firemen outside of Texas State Capitol building taken from 11th Street and Colorado Street looking east. The Hook and Ladder Wagon is drawn by two horses.
- Unveiling of Firemen's Monument Austin
- Photograph of the unveiling of the Firefighter's memorial at the Texas State Capitol Building in Austin, Texas. There is a large crowd of people and horse-drawn buggies surrounding the monument.
- [Group Portrait of a Family]
- Photograph of a family in a group pose in front of a wooden house. A handwritten note on the back reads "House made from RR [railroad] ties." The photograph is a cyanotype.
- [Biplane]
- Photograph of a grounded biplane in a field near St. Edward's University in south Austin.
- [Biplanes]
- Photograph of a line of biplanes with a large crowd of observers in the background. The field is near St. Edward's University in south Austin.
- [Campbell Family at Mount Bonnell]
- Photograph of the Campbells and John Barry Caldwell at Mount Bonnell (Lover's Leap) in Austin. The family is posing on a tree leaning off of a cliff. The Colorado River is visible in the background.
- [Campbells and Caldwells at Mount Bonnell]
- Photograph of the Campbell Family and Caldwell Family at Mount Bonnell (Lover's Leap) in Austin. The Colorado River is visible in the distance.
- [Men near Biplanes]
- Photograph of men observing grounded biplanes. They are in a field near St. Edward's University in south Austin.
- [People near Biplanes]
- Photograph of a crowd of men, women, and children observing a line of biplanes. They are in a field near St. Edward's University in south Austin.
- [Austin Public Library]
- Photograph of the interior of the public library building located at 819 Congress Avenue on the second floor above the newspaper Pressler and Ziller on March 7, 1933. The library opened at this location on February 16, 1926. Grace Delano Clark served as volunteer librarian. Shortly thereafter, the library moved to its first building on West 9th street and Guadalupe street. "Gossip" written and underlined beneath date on back of photo.
- Interior of senior high library [at Austin High School]
- Photograph of interior of the senior high library at Austin High School from behind the circulation desk. Students fill the wooden tables, five or six per table. Girls sit together, as do boys, with some mixing. Card catalog drawers are on the circulation desk the foreground, as are books stacked and standing. A wall clock wrapped in ivy hangs on the wall above a bust on a mantle above a bricked in fireplace on the rear wall. Sunlight comes in through high windows on both left and right of the image. Double doors indicate the exit at the back of the room on the right. Paint is chipped from tabletop edges at the tables where students are seated in wooden chairs with vertical slats.
- [Last streetcar in front of Palm School, Austin, Texas]
- Photograph of an Austin Street Railway Company streetcar in front of the Palm School on First Street (now Cesar Chavez), reportedly taken on the last day of streetcar service in Austin. A group of children and a few women, possibly students and teachers, are standing on the sidewalk in front of the school, waving at the streetcar. There is a blurred car in the foreground, about to pass the streetcar on the right, and another car is behind the streetcar on the right side of the photograph. The Austin Chronicle reported on July 21, 2000 that "(t)he last day for Austin's streetcars came on February 7, 1940. By June (1940), most of the tracks had been torn up and paved over. The last tracks were removed in 1942, providing 50,000 pounds of steel for use in World War II."
- Street Railroad Downtown
- A crowd of people in downtown Austin. Caption on photo reads, "Loading the Plain Line Street Cars at Sixth and Congress, Austin, Texas, 1:40p.m., February 7, 1940 for their last run. Being replaced by new buses on the left."
- [Man Sitting at Roll Top Desk]
- Photograph of a man sitting at a desk. He is wearing a suit and there is an open book in front of him. A painting of three men is on the wall behind him.
- [Mrs. O. P. Hodges at Piano]
- Photograph of a woman sitting on the bench of a piano. She is wearing a dress. There is sheet music behind her.
- [Woman Holding Child]
- Photograph of a woman holding a child and standing in front of a fireplace and mantel. The photographer wrote the name "Raymond Brooks" on the negative envelope.
- [Woman Holding Child Standing with a Man]
- Photograph of a woman holding a child and standing with a man. The man is smiling at the child. The photographer wrote the name "Raymond Brooks" on the negative envelope.
- [Woman in Car Holding Child]
- Photograph of a woman holding a child in the front seat of a car. The photographer wrote the name "Raymond Brooks" on the negative envelope.
- [Young Woman Sitting]
- Photograph of a young woman in a dress sitting on a couch next to a piano. The photographer wrote the name "Raymond Brooks" on the negative envelope.
- [Young Woman Standing]
- Photograph of young woman standing at door inside house.
- [Fred Kingdon Standing]
- Photograph of Fred Kingdom standing. He is wearing a suit.
- W. Lee O'Daniel -- Inaugural Barbecue
- Photograph of O'Daniel standing beside cattle truck with steer destined for barbecue?
- W. Lee O'Daniel -- Inaugural Barbecue
- Photograph of O'Daniel standing beside a cattle truck.
- W. Lee O'Daniel -- Inaugural Barbecue
- Photograph of D. D. Bateman at the barbeque.
- W. Lee O'Daniel -- Inaugural Barbecue
- Photograph of O'Daniel standing beside a sign advertising the barbecue.
- [Man and Woman Walking Down Aisle]
- Photograph of a man wearing a suit and walking down an aisle with a woman wearing a dress. He is holding the arm of the woman. There are people seated in pews around them. On the negaive sleeve, the photographer wrote the name "Byron Cayne."
- [Mayor Tom Miller and Man in Uniform]
- Photograph of Austin Mayor Tom Miller shaking the hand of a man in uniform. On the negative sleeve, the photographer wrote "Byron Cayne and Mayor Miller."
- Reunion of Civil War Veterans
- Photograph of a group of men standing around a flagpole raising a flag.
- Reunion of Civil War Veterans
- Photograph of elderly bearded man in uniform seated in chair.
- Reunion of Civil War Veterans
- Photograph of five elderly men wearing ribbons standing next to a young man who appears to be Ralph Yarborough.
- Reunion of Civil War Veterans
- Photograph of elderly man dressed in suit and wearing glasses and lady in hat with her back to camera.
- Reunion of Civil War Veterans
- Photograph of a woman speaking at a podium. Small Confederate flags are visible to her right. Original flag of The Confederacy hangs over podium.
- Reunion of Civil War Veterans
- Photograph of a group of elderly men and a young girl standing in front of a flagpole.
- Reunion of Civil War Veterans
- Photograph of two elderly men standing in front of a painting of a fort.
- Reunion of Civil War Veterans
- Photograph of two elderly men at podium.
- Reunion of Civil War Veterans
- Photograph of four elderly men and young girl at flagpole.
- Reunion of Civil War Veterans
- Photograph of four elderly men hoisting the original flag of The Confederacy.
- Reunion of Civil War Veterans
- Photograph of three men standing in front of a painting.
- 84th QM Co. - Picnic, Camp Mabry
- Photograph of a group of soldiers and civilians pose during a picnic at Camp Mabry.
- Two Children on a Bench
- Photograph of two small girls seated on a wrought iron bench.
- [Lyndon B. Johnson with Horace Shelton]
- Photograph of a man in VFW uniform pinning a pin to the lapel of Lyndon B. Johnson. Two other men in uniform are standing with him as well. The photographer wrote the name "Horace Shelton" on the negative sleeve.
- [Lyndon Johnson receiving pin in lapel]
- Photo of Lyndon B. Johnson getting pin in lapel while others gather around and watch. Austin, Texas.
- [Shopper at Scales Electric Company Store]
- Photograph of two women and a dog standing in a Scales Electric Company shop. One of the women is wearing a dark-colored dress, and the other is wearing a light-colored blouse and dark-colored skirt, holding the dog (possibly a service dog) by a leash. They are surrounded by light fixtures.
- Texas City Explosion and Fire
- Aerial view of the fire.
- Processing Stone
- Pallets of stone being loaded onto a truck.
- [Bob Hope Meeting With Local Dignitaries]
- Photograph of Bob Hope being given a certificate by local officials from the state of Texas. Hope is standing in the middle in a dark colored suit; one of the men next to him is wearing a dark-colored suit and the other is wearing a light-colored suit.
- David Barrow
- Photograph of a man seated on a sofa displaying an arrowhead collection. David B. Barrow was associated with The Barrow Company --Insurance, Real Estate, Investments and Notary Public -- 717 Brown Bldg.
- Ernest Best
- man sitting at desk
- Art Anderson
- Photograph of six men joking around. Art Anderson, laughing, is being given a hat and a certificate. Anderson served as commander of the local Reserve Seabee Division after World War II. In the 1949 Austin City Directory he is listed as Utility Designer, Lower Colorado River Authority.