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Boss Thorp Testifying before the Legislature

Description: Boss (RD) Thorp sits at a table testifying before the Texas Legislature holding his glasses in his hand. Two unidentified men are in the background looking at the camera. Boss Thorp was Chief of Police at one time in Austin and served on the executive board of the Texas Police Association.
Date: November 8, 1951
Creator: Douglass, Neal

[Two Men at Texas Legislature]

Description: Photograph of two men at the Texas Legislature. One man is standing at a podium and holding a gavel. The other is sitting next to him. The photographer wrote "Senator Carney" on the envelope of the negative, probably referring to Senator Howard A. Carney, who was the Senate President Pro Tem when this picture was taken.
Date: June 8, 1951
Creator: Douglass, Neal
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