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[Aerial view of Jefferson Chemical Plant]

Description: Aerial view of Jefferson Chemical Plant. Austin, Texas. Looking west. N. Lamar Blvd runs left to right in the center of picture. Airport Blvd merges into Lamar from lower left. Justin Lane also is on left, just above Airport. The Crestview neighborhood is the background, with Burnet Road running left to right in background. Brentwood School in the center left and on the upper left on school is the drive-in theater. [Cloud or dust like in the background is the area past Shoal Creek/Shoal Creek… more
Date: March 7, 1951
Creator: Douglass, Neal

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
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