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- Streets, steps - 7th and Trinity
- Street scene with vehicles. Sign on building for Austin Gospel Tabernacle.
- [4-H Members]
- Photograph of a girl sitting at a desk and reading a book with the 4-H logo on the cover, and a boy standing behind her looking over her shoulder.
- [L. B. Allen Arranging a Bedroom]
- Photograph of L. B. Allen standing in a bedroom. A doll is on the bed, two pictures hang on the walls, and there is a bedside table with a lamp. According to a handwritten note on the back of the photo, she is giving a bedroom demonstration as part of the Pflugerville Home Demonstration Club.
- [Group of Women Talking]
- Photograph of two women standing and talking to several seated women. A man is seated in the background.
- [House and Church]
- Photograph of a house with a flower bed and a woman gardening, with a church in the background. Fields are visible in the distance
- [Woman Gardening]
- Photograph of a woman picking vegetables in a garden with houses in the background. Some baskets are visible in the foreground. The gardens are separated by wire fences.
- [Women Cutting Fabric]
- Photograph of women standing around a bolt of fabric with scissors. One woman cuts while the other two women look on.
- [Automatic Transmission Training Program at Covert Auto Company]
- Photograph of four men wearing suits from the Covert Auto Company and their presentation of the Automatic Transmissions Training Program. Two older men stand on the left, and one man presents a piece of paper to one of two younger men who stand on the right. In front of them is a display of the automatic transmission for automobiles. A sign for the training program hangs on the wall behind them.
- Church
- Exterior of Memorial Methodist Church and grounds. Sign in front gives service times and speaker for Sunday, February 18, 1958.
- [Furniture Store Display]
- Photograph of a window display at Cabaniss Brown Furniture Store, where a long couch can be seen on the left side of the room and a shorter one with an end table can be seen on the right. A coffee table sits between them and a giraffe art piece can be seen on the wall to the left. A long cabinet can be seen in back of the room against a glass wall. Several advertisement signs can be seen throughout the display.
- New Steck Building Exterior
- Exterior of Steck building, showing parking lot and surrounding land. Near Shoal Creek Blvd.
- Lamar Shopping Center; South Lamar Plaza
- Foreground is parking lot of Lamar Plaza. Background is store buildings with signs for Handy Andy and Beall's Department Store.
- [Living Room with Fireplace]
- Photograph of a living room with a lit fireplace in the back right corner. The back wall is one long window with a view of a yard and a swimming pool that looks out over a scenic view. In front of the window, two chairs with side tables sit with several plants between them. The tables both have several books on them, and a floor lamp with three fixtures stands behind the one on the right. The residence is located at 5102 Oak Ridge Drive.
- [Office Building Exterior]
- Photograph of a Fehr and Granger architectural office over-looking a small river. The building is two stories and is an elevated structure with several cars seen parked underneath. The building is square and boxy, and large, windows and balconies can be seen on the exterior walls. The photo is taken from a vantage point in a small stream that runs past the structure. A vehicle can be seen to the left and a bridge and houses can be seen in the right background.
- [Office Building Exterior]
- Photograph of a mid-century modern office building owned by Fehr and Granger. The building is two stories with large walls of windows on the north facing side and balconies above the entrance on the West side. A tree can be seen in the foreground to the right along with signs displaying the office occupants. A small, stone sign with the building address sits in the foreground next to a sidewalk leading up to the building.
- [Office Building Interior]
- Photograph of an office interior at the Fehr and Granger architect Office. A desk can be seen against the left wall where a woman sits at typewriter, reaching towards a phone. A glass wall to another office can be seen int he background beyond her. A sofa with an end table can be seen against the partition wall to the right. An open doorway can be seen in the background, showing a water cooler against the back wall in the next room.
- [Office Drafting Room]
- Photograph of an architect office drafting room. Two rows of drafting desks, some with partitions between them, can be seen in the center of the room with several people working at them on various projects. Large windows can be seen on the far right wall and another drafting table can be partially seen in the right foreground. Shelving and closed doors can be seen on the left wall and in the left background, another man at a drafting table can be seen.
- [4-H Group]
- Photograph of a group of girls of various ages in a field, with some of them holding booklets with the 4-H logo on the covers.
- [Girls Cooking]
- Photograph of two girls standing at a table and preparing food. On the table are bowls, a pie tin, various tools, as well as ingredients, including a box of "Hi Ho Crackers."
- [Girls Cooking]
- Photograph of two girls sitting at a table with bowls, a pie tin, and several ingredients, with another girl braiding the hair of one of them. Blackboards are on the wall behind them.
- [Girls in Classroom]
- Photograph of girls standing in a room looking at a poster which says "Calories: measure of heat or energy, produced by food in the body, needed for work and play."
- [Students in a Classroom]
- Photograph of a group of students laughing together in a classroom. Artwork and lessons are visible on the walls behind them.
- [Woman in a Kitchen]
- Photograph of a woman in an apron standing in a kitchen holding a framed certificate. A calendar and a picture of Jesus are on the wall near the certificate. A refrigerator is at right with tins on top of it.
- [Woman in a Kitchen]
- Photograph of a woman standing in a kitchen opening a drawer. A cabinet door is open and dishes are visible. A calendar is on the wall.
- [Woman with an Egg]
- Photograph of a woman wearing a white apron and sitting behind a table with an egg on a scale.
- [Woman with Dishes]
- Photograph of a woman putting dishes away neatly in a kitchen cabinet, probably as part of a home demonstration.
- [Woman with Eggs]
- Photograph of a woman standing next to a table with eggs spread on a towel. Cartons full of eggs are at the back of the table and a fan is also on the table.
- Showing how men got hurt - 2 men with vehicles
- 2 men demonstrating how men got hurt. 2 trucks.
- Harry Akin -- "candid"
- Harry Akin at counter with plates of food at the Night Hawk restaurant.
- Kitchen, Tarrytown Cafe; Night Hawk; Hills
- Man holding some food in kitchen of restaurant.
- Kitchen, Tarrytown Cafe; Night Hawk; Hills
- 3 men in restaurant kitchen.
- Kempel Show heifer
- Photograph of a contestant showing off his black heifer in front of a barn at the Kempel Show.
- [Spudnuts interior]
- Photograph of 2 male employees of Spudnuts in Austin, Texas preparing food.
- [Exterior View of Edsel Automobile Dealership]
- Photograph of the exterior of an Edsel automobile dealership. A clearance notice is painted across the windows.The service entrance is visible to the right of the building, and the showroom is visible through the windows. The clouds make a dramatic pattern in the sky.
- [Interior View of an Edsel Automobile Dealership]
- Photograph of the inside of an Edsel automobile dealership. There are cars lined up inside the building, and the parking lot is visible through the windows. There is a woman sitting at a desk inside the showroom. Hut's Hamburgers is visible through the windows across the street, which was located on West 6th Street.
- [Dining and Living Room]
- Photograph of the interior of a home located at 805 West 16th Street in Austin, Texas. In the foreground, a bird cage to the far left can be seen next to a tall plant in front of a window. In the right foreground, a dinner table and chairs can be seen. A small brick support wall sits at the center of the room. Beyond it, a living area with chairs, tables, and more plants can be seen.
- [Fehr and Granger Staff Working on a Model]
- Photograph of the Fehr and Granger staff sitting and standing around a table with an architectural model of the Austin Municipal Airport on it.
- [Fehr and Granger Working on Plans]
- Photograph of Arthur Fehr and Charles Granger sitting side-by-side at a table working on the architectural model of the Municipal Airport.
- South Lamar Building/Used furniture shop
- Stores on So. Lamar. Used furniture shop, Davis Cleaners, Virginia Grill, and Sellers Bedding Co. Car and truck parked in front.
- Kealing Jr. High School students
- Roselyn Fowler, T. C. Calhoun - Principal of Kealing Jr. High, and Vicky Kirk.
- Lago Vista Open House BBQ
- 2 men and 2 women seated at table outdoors. 1 man standing.
- [Man and Woman in a Yard]
- Photograph of a man and woman working in a yard. A wooden house and a telephone pole are in the background.
- [Man Making Food]
- Photograph of a man sitting on a porch and putting ingredients into a bowl. Packages of cornmeal, Quaker oats, and Wesson oil are visible. Two women sitting on the porch are visible behind him.
- [Women Outside of a House]
- Photograph of three women standing outside of a wood-sided house. The woman on the left holds a wooden chair, and another chair is next to her.
- [Children at a Bus Stop]
- Photograph of students standing outside at a bus stop in the shape of a school building. The building has "Sinclair" painted on the roof, as well as "Little Red School House" and "School Bus Stop" painted on the side.
- [Two Men with a Kite]
- Photograph of two Asian-American men holding a large kite in the shape of two fish that has a sign reading "Eating out is fun!" at Lung's Chinese Kitchen.
- [Mears Family Portrait]
- Photograph of Dewey Mears and his wife, two sons, and daughter posing for a portrait.
- [Students sitting in front of U.T. water fountain]
- Photo of students sitting in front of U.T. fountain. Austin, Texas.
- TX Restaurant Association
- Small office building with sign in front - TRA State Office - Texas Restaurant Association - Eating Out Is Fun. 3 cars parked in lot.
- Checker Cab & Yellow Cab
- Shot of competing Checker & Yellow Cab parked nearby the Texas State Capitol