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[1956 Lincoln Continental on Display at Carr's Motor Sales]

Photograph of a 1956 Lincoln Continental on display in a Ford auto showroom inside of Carr's Motor Sales. A woman in a formal gown is standing next to the car opening the door. The store is located at San Antonio street and West 6th street.
Date: October 21, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Apartment Living Area]

Photograph of an apartment interior with a seating and dining area. To the right, two chairs and a dresser with records on top can be seen. To the left, a couch can be seen against the wall with a single painting hanging above it and a coffee table placed before it in the center of the room on top of a striped rug. In the background, a dining table can be seen with three chairs around it and a patterned wall behind it.
Date: March 21, 1960
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Austin National Bank]

Photograph of a street-side view of the Austin National Bank with a row of cars parked on the street in front of the building. Above the building is a flag pole with the U.S. flag, and a sign can be seen with the bank's name that also displays the temperature.
Date: October 21, 1954
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A boy leaning on a memorial table at Camp Ben McCullouch]

A boy sitting at a table at Camp Ben McCullouch. The boy is leaning on a table created as a memorial. Most of the writing on the table is illegible, but the table was created as a memorial for a man with the last name of Puckett. The memorial was dedicated by his children. Camp Ben McCullouch was created as a reunion site for Confederate war veterans.
Date: July 21, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Buchanan Dam

Photograph of Buchanan Dam at Llano, Texas. Two cranes are set up in the area.
Date: April 21, 1937
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Buchanan Dam

Photograph of Buchanan Dam at Llano, Texas. The photograph was taken from a long distance to capture the entire dam. A single individual is visible at a cliff in the distance.
Date: April 21, 1937
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Buchanan Dam]

Photograph of Buchanan Dam, with a view of the Colorado River in Llano, Texas.
Date: April 21, 1937
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Campsite]

Photograph of a campsite, with a tent and a campfire visible. A small note on the back of the photograph says "honey moon."
Date: January 21, 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Contract between H.H. McClure and Sydney Porter (open access)

Contract between H.H. McClure and Sydney Porter

Contract between H.H. McClure and Sydney Porter, signed by both parties, dated 21 October 1907.
Date: October 21, 1907
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copies of unsigned publishing contracts] (open access)

[Copies of unsigned publishing contracts]

Two unsigned copies of publishing contracts by two different publishing houses: H. H. McClure and Co., and Phillips Publishing Co.
Date: October 21, 1907
Creator: H. H. McClure and Co.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Family Relaxing at a River]

Photograph of a family of five by a river. There is a handwritten note on the back of the photograph that reads, "Henry W. Rosenberg, Company A33, Infantry..." The photograph is a cyanotype.
Date: January 21, 1900
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of Men in Uniform]

Photograph of a group of soldiers in a few styles of uniform, with a few women and a pastor, possibly at Camp Mabry.
Date: August 21, 1943
Creator: Ellison
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Inter-playground table tennis tournament at Austin Athletic Center

Photograph of inter-playground table tennis tournament at Austin Athletic Club with tables of both singles and doubles playing on the interior basketball courts. The bleachers are full of women and children watching. The first organized recreation center in Austin was the privately owned Austin Athletic Club, built in 1923, by William T. Caswell. In 1931. Mr. Caswell sold the club to the City of Austin for "a small remuneration". The name of the center was officially changed to the Austin Recreation Center in 1970. After substantial damage, due to the Memorial Day flood of 1981 that center was closed after the existing center was built and opened in 1986.
Date: June 21, 1961
Creator: Austin (Tex.). Department of Parks and Recreation.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Joycelyn Elders Speaking at Planned Parenthood Dedication]

Photograph of U. S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders standing at a podium and speaking into a microphone at a Planned Parenthood Dedication in Austin, Texas. A group of people are standing to her right and listening to her speak.
Date: January 21, 1994
Creator: Davis, Lisa
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A man and five women near the pool of the Imperial 400 Motel]

A man, identified as Ray Sackett, wearing a suit standing with five women next to the pool at Imperial 400 Motel. Three of the women are wearing bathing suits, one woman is wearing a kilt, and one woman in a dress, is identified as Patricia Sackett. There is a large sign for the motel behind them.
Date: March 21, 1962
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Outside a House]

Photograph of a man standing outside of a house with his hand on the door handle and a paintbrush in his other hand. A wooden chair sits next to the house and a water tank is visible behind the house.
Date: November 21, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ruins of Building After Fire]

Photograph of the ruins of building T-407 after a fire at the Bergstrom Air Force Base.
Date: November 21, 1974
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Storefronts]

Photograph taken from across the street of a block of storefronts in Austin. One of the buildings, a bank, has a digital sign that displays the temperature. Six cars can be seen parked in front of a few of the stores and Christmas decorations can be seen hanging over the street. In the background, a block of high rise buildings can be seen to the left.
Date: December 21, 1958
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Train bearing Emilio Carranza's body in Austin July 21, 1928

Photograph of a train bearing Emilio Carranza's body as it stops in Austin on its way back to Mexico. From verso: "Emilio Carranza was a famous Mexican 'Ace' who was killed in an accident in New Jersey just after he had taken off for Mexico City where his bride of four months awaited him. His father Sebastian Carranza accompanied the body. At various stops along the way from New York to Mexico, recognition was given the flying ace. In Austin members of state and city governments met the train as well as members of the Chamber of Commerce: Max Bickler, J.A. Nichols, A.D. Bolm, Sam Sparks, Horace Barnhart, John D. Miller, James W. Bass, Lynn Hunter, A.D. Boone, Walter Murray, Martin Andersen, Walter Seaholm, R. Niles Graham, H.H. Luedecke, J. W. Ezelle, and Walter E. Long."
Date: July 21, 1928
Creator: Boone's Photo Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History