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[Winfred Gustafson and Winning Box Kite]

Photograph of Winfred Gustafson and his winning kite (for largest box kite) at the first kite flying contest.

Date: March 1929

Creator: Jordan Company

[Supreme Court of Texas]

Photograph of the Supreme Court of Texas around 1900. The photograph was taken in the court chambers and features Chief Justice R.R. Gaines, Associate Justices T.J. Brown and F.A. Williams, Clerk Charles S. Morse, and Deputy F.T. Connerly.

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Photograph

[Texas School for the Deaf]

Photograph of exterior front view of the primary oral building of the Texas school for the Deaf.

Date: 1918

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.250319 -97.752185

Austin Baseball Club

Photograph of members of the Austin Baseball Club. There are eleven men arranged in a diamond formation with there names and position listed.

Date: 1888

Item Type: Photograph

Ben Hur Steamboat

Photograph of the Ben Hur steamboat from the Lake Navigation Company. The decks are full of people and hills are visible in the distance.

Date: [1880..1910]

Item Type: Photograph

[Interior room at Capitol]

Photograph of an interior view of a room at the Capitol. The room is full of tables with typewriters with women seated at them. Men and other women are gathered at the back and side of room. Bundles of paper or on the table in the foreground. Trash is on the floor. This is possibly the DRT [Daughters of the Republic of Texas] museum in the east hallway of the Capitol.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.274665 -97.740350

[Farmworkers Demonstration]

Photograph of a farmworkers demonstration with protesters marching up Congress Avenue towards the Capitol building, which is visible in the background. Different businesses line the left side of the street, and cars are parked on both sides of the street.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Men Welding]

Photograph of a man welding. Another man standing behind him watches. They are working on a sculpture with a star on it.

Date: 197X

Item Type: Photograph

[Parking Enforcement Officer Writing Ticket]

Photograph of Dottie Nesby, parking enforcement officer, writing a ticket in the foreground. In the background are rows of parking meters and storefronts along the sidewalk.

Date: 197X

Creator: Austin Citizen

Item Type: Photograph

[Bird's Eye View of Austin]

Photograph of a view of Austin as taken from a high vantage point, potentially the State Capitol building.

Date: 189u

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.274718 -97.741102

[Carver Branch Library]

Photograph of exterior view of the Carver Branch Library, later part of the Carver Museum. Two trees in front of the building are bare of leaves.

Date: March 7, 1960

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.269573 -97.724218

[African-American families]

Photograph of a family of African-Americans standing in front of a log cabin. A young girl stands in the open doorway of the cabin and looks on at the family portrait.

Date: [1860..1890]

Item Type: Photograph

[Exterior of the Carver Branch Library]

Photograph of exterior view of the Carver Branch library. This building is now part of the Carver Museum building; view shows the text on the Texas State Landmark marker.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Colorado River Flood]

Photograph of a house surrounded by floodwaters during a Colorado River flood. The capitol dome is visible in the distance.

Date: [..1909]

Item Type: Photograph

[Group of Cotton Pickers]

Photograph of a group of people, including children, gathered in a cotton field. Two men are on a horse. Some trees are visible in the distance.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Two boys fishing from rowboats]

Photograph of two boys in a pond fishing from rowboats, which are chained to a willow tree, shown in the foreground.

Date: unknown

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Carver Branch Library

Photograph of a man wearing glasses is looking at a book whlie sitting at a table inside the Carver Branch Library. It is a wide view of the room and there are a couple of children checking out books in the background.

Date: [1926,1979]

Creator: University Studio

Item Type: Photograph

Austin Annual Kite Tournament, 1942

Photograph of a group portrait of participants at the annual kite tournament featuring home made kites of various sizes flown by boys and a few girls. Most kites are decorated with a patriotic theme, in support of the American troops in World War II.

Date: March 15, 1942

Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab, Austin

Item Type: Photograph

[Singers at Saengerrunde Hall]

Photograph of a group of men singing to an audience at Saengerrunde Hall. Streamers hang from the ceiling and various flags and banners are on the stage behind the men.

Date: 1940~

Creator: Raba Studio

Item Type: Photograph

[Fulmore Elementary School Students]

Photograph of the 3rd and 4th grade classes at Fulmore Elementary School. There are 37 students, including boys and girls, and one female teacher present. Many of the boys seated in the front row are barefoot. A sign reads "South Austin 3rd-4th 1895."

Date: 1895

Item Type: Photograph

[Aerial View of Austin Municipal Airport]

Photograph of aerial view of the Mueller Municipal Airport, with view of main building and control tower in foreground and the runways in the background.

Date: 196X

Item Type: Photograph

[Aerial View of Municipal Airport]

Photograph of an aerial view of construction of the municipal airport. The terminal building is surrounded by dirt fields.

Date: August 23, 1960

Item Type: Photograph

[Municipal Auditorium and Seaholm Electric Plant aerial view]

Photograph of an aerial view of Seaholm Electric Plant on the far side of the river and the Municipal Auditorium on the near side of the river. A railroad bridge and Lamar Boulevard bridge are visible.

Date: [1959..]

Creator: City of Austin Electric Engineers

Item Type: Photograph

[Aerial View of Seaholm Power Plant]

Photograph of aerial view of Seaholm Power Plant, surrounded by various other buildings.

Date: [1951..]

Item Type: Photograph

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Ben Hur Steamboat

[Interior room at Capitol]

[Farmworkers Demonstration]

[Men Welding]

[Parking Enforcement Officer Writing Ticket]

[Bird's Eye View of Austin]

[Carver Branch Library]

[African-American families]

[Exterior of the Carver Branch Library]

[Colorado River Flood]

[Group of Cotton Pickers]

[Two boys fishing from rowboats]

Carver Branch Library

Austin Annual Kite Tournament, 1942

[Singers at Saengerrunde Hall]

[Fulmore Elementary School Students]

[Aerial View of Austin Municipal Airport]

[Aerial View of Municipal Airport]

[Municipal Auditorium and Seaholm Electric Plant aerial view]

[Aerial View of Seaholm Power Plant]