Resource Type

[1963 Aqua Festival]

Photograph of the scenery at the Aqua Festival in 19063. A group of people are seen posing by the statue of three sea horses.
Date: 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aqua Festival]

Photograph of the view at the Aqua Festival in 1963.
Date: 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aqua Festival Scenery]

Photograph of the scenery at the Aqua Festival in 1963. A child is seen seated wearing a cape and crown.
Date: 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aqua Festival Scenery #2]

Photograph of the scenery at the Aqua festival Land Parade in 1963.
Date: 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[At the Aqua Festival]

Photograph of view at the Aqua Festival Land Parade in 1963.
Date: 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Austin Municipal Band]

Photograph of two men part of the Austin Municipal Band. The people are identified as Roy Lyon who is on the left and Weldon Covington.
Date: 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Austin National Bank]

Photograph of the Austin National Bank building. Several cars are parked or driving on the street. To the left a JC Penny and other storefronts are visible. A woman stands in the street on the far right; some people cross the street in the opposite direction at center.
Date: 1963~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Building on the Colorado River and Palmer Auditorium]

Photograph of a small building, possibly a restaurant, on the Colorado River in Austin, Texas. The photo was probably taken from the Congress Avenue Bridge; South 1st Street runs past the building towards the river on the right, off of which turns a 1950s/60s-era car. Palmer Auditorium is prominently visible in the background right; on the left is a business called Nelson's. A double-billboard is visible on 1st St. in the center, featuring advertisements for Yellow Pages and Buick.
Date: 1963~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[City National Bank, Austin]

Photograph of the City National Bank building at 823 Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas. Several people walk about the side walk at the corner of Congress and East 9th Street, along which several cars are parked. To the right of the bank is Carl Mayer Jewelers and a store called Ward's. The Commodore Perry Hotel (800 Brazos) and a parking garage stand in the background.
Date: 1963~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Halloween Event at Rosewood #2]

Photograph of the scenery at a Halloween event at Rosewood Park in 1969. People are gathered around a stand selling sweets and candy.
Date: 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of Municipal Golf Course]

Photograph of map of municipal golf course. Writing on the back of the photo reads: "Architect's map of golf course #3, Morris Williams Golf Course (as of May 1963) Leon Howard, Arch."
Date: 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Performance at the Zilker Hillside Theater]

Photograph of two actors perform on stage at the Zilker Hillside Theater in Austin. They wear rumpled suits and a bridge set piece is visible behind the actors.
Date: 1963
Creator: Barnes, Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Performance at the Zilker Hillside Theater]

Photograph of actors performing a song while extras look on in the background at Zilker Hillside Theater in Zilker Park in Austin.
Date: 1963
Creator: Barnes, Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Performance at Zilker Hillside Theater]

Photograph of a cast of actors performing on stage at the Zilker Hillside Theater in Austin. The actors are positioned around the stage and on the bridge set piece.
Date: 1963
Creator: Walter Barnes Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pool at the Aqua Festival]

Photograph of a group of people in a pool labelled "Keep Cool with a Pool" at the Aqua Festival in 1963.
Date: 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scenery at the Aqua Festival in 1963]

Photograph of people holding a banner reading "Austin Recreation Dept. Playground" during the Aqua festival in 1963. A small crowd and a parked vehicle are seen behind them.
Date: 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scenery at the Aqua Festival in 1963 #2]

Photograph of a group of people at the Aqua Festival event in 1963.
Date: 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scenery at the Aqua Festival in 1963 #3]

Photograph of the scenery at a Aqua Festival in 1963 and a small group of children are seen dressed as Native Americans.
Date: 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Scenery at the Aqua Festival in 1963 #4]

Photograph of the scenery at the Aqua Festival Land Parade in 1963.
Date: 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Truck at Austin Lacquer Company]

Photograph of ten men posing in front of a truck at the Austin Lacquer Company's building. The truck, belonging to Central Freight Lines, is parked so that it blocks the road, with a station wagon belonging to the company perpendicular to it. At the center of the men on the ground are cans of lacquer. The bumpers of 1950s-era cars are visible in the bottom right, as well as a car behind the truck.
Date: 1963~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View at the Aqua Festival Land Parade #2]

Photograph of the view at the Aqua Festival Land Parade event in 1963. A group of children are seen dressed as early Native Indians.
Date: 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aerial: Austin downtown

Aerial photograph of downtown Austin.
Date: January 6, 1963
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aerial: Austin Downtown

Photograph of a high aerial view of downtown Austin.
Date: January 6, 1963
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Huston-Tillotson Library Interior]

Photograph of the interior of the Huston-Tillotson university campus library. Two students can be seen in the foreground at different tables, each studying several books. In the background to the right, the library front desk can be seen, where a man in a suit is helping three people. In center background, several rows of bookshelves can be seen throughout the space, along with a group of four more people all studying or browsing.
Date: January 9, 1963
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History