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[Lester Palmer Municipal Auditorium exterior]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of the Austin Municipal Auditorium during construction. The auditorium was designed by the Austin firm Jessen, Jessen, Millhouse, & Greeven. The dome's color scheme was created by modern artist Seymour Fogel, who was an instructor at the University of Texas Department of Art and Art History at the time.
Date: 1958~
Creator: Rockdale Works Photo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.260357 -97.751010
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

1958 Travis County Rural Directory

Description: Directory and classified buyers guide for Travis County, Texas. Included is an alphabetical listing of the names of Travis County residents and business concerns, a listing of house numbers by road, an alphabetical listing of farms by type of farming done, and a classified advertisement section and buyers guide.
Date: 1958
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Westbank Community Library District

[A. J. Campbell search near Goliad, September 1958, with Victoria County Sheriff M. W. "Monte" Marshall, Goliad County Sheriff A. Claude Taylor, and Travis County Sheriff T. O. Lang]

Description: Photograph of five men, four white and one black, next to a car with an open door. One man, the Goliad Sherriff, is sitting in the car, wearing a cowboy hat and with his cowboy-boot clad feet out on the ground. He holds a flashlight trained on several papers, also in his hands, and the other men lean intently in to see the papers. The two men standing on either side of him are the Victoria Sherriff on the left and Travis County Sherriff T.O. Lang on the right. They also wear cowboy hats, and La… more
Date: September 1958
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

The Austin plan.

Description: Map shows land use, public facilities, schools, airports, and major roads. Includes key to symbols used. Scale [1:56,320].
Date: 1958
Creator: Pacific Planning and Research
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-344

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The effect of Section 17, Article I and Section 7a, Article VIII of the Constitution of Texas and your recent opinions numbered WW-45; WW-78; WW-125 and WW-236 on whether or not State and Federal Highway Funds can be legally used by the State Highway … more
Date: January 21, 1958
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-444

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the real property owned by Alcoholics Anonymous of Austin is taxable.
Date: June 4, 1958
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-505

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the General Land Office can pay registration fees for the Chief Appraiser, the Executive Secretary of the Veterans' Land Board and an attorney, to attend the Southwest Appraisal Conference to be held in Austin.
Date: September 22, 1958
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Governor's Mansion Sam Houston Room

Description: Photograph of the interior of the Governor's Mansion showing the Sam Houston Room, with the fireplace, portrait of Houston, an armchair, and a war drum serving as a side table. The mansion was built by Abner Cook in 1855 and was continuously occupied since 1856. The occupant during this time in 1958 was Democratic Governor Price Daniel. The mansion was declared a Texas historical landmark in 1962 and a national historic landmark in 1970.
Date: 1958
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Palmer Municipal Auditorium, interior view during construction]

Description: Photograph of lobby interior, ramps and exterior glass curtain wall of the Palmer Municipal Auditorium just prior to completion in 1958. Also visible are the decorative terrazzo floor, aluminum pendant light fixtures, and drinking fountains on the far wall. The Auditorium was designed by Page, Southerland and Page, with Jessen, Jessen, Millhouse & Greeven consulting architects.
Date: 1958
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Dining room interior of the Villa Capri Motor Hotel]

Description: Photograph of Villa Capri Motel restaurant dining room, located at 2300 North Interregional Highway (East Avenue, now I-35), with a burnished steel sunken charcoal broiling pit, for cooking steaks, in the center. There are overhead chandeliers made of bundles of radiating brass rods that simulate sunbursts, or perhaps exploding atoms. On the far wall is a modern wall design made with colored panels. The vaulted ceiling has exposed beams. Four-top dining tables with white table cloths are set wi… more
Date: 1958
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Miller's Garage Old Shine Parlor

Description: Photograph of three men at the counter of Miller's Garage Old Shine Parlor. The glass case displays current products, and the three men wearing suits perform a transaction. Behind the counter a window (or mirror) reflects the street outside with a taxi driving by.
Date: 1958
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Rosewood Beauty Review]

Description: Photograph of a couple of people seated on stage during the Rosewoood Beauty Review in the Summer of 1958. A lady is standing by the stage with a trophy in hand and a child is seated beside her.
Date: 1958
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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