The aerial blimp Ranger: Austin area, boarding etc

Boarding the aerial blimp Ranger, which was one of five Goodyear blimps commandeered by the Navy to patrol the coasts during WWII. The blimp landed at the Municipal Air Port.
Date: April 5, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Colonel O.B. Abbott

Man in uniform seated behind desk. Oscar B. Abbott is listed in 1949 City Directory as Executive Officer, Texas Military District. The Abbotts resided at 2000 Bremen.
Date: May 5, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Confederate Home

Exterior view of grounds and building at The Confederate Home. This home for Confederate veterans was located at 1600 W. 6th Street.
Date: August 5, 1946
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation for Crippled Children Meeting

Entrance to the foundation with a sign.
Date: November 5, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation for Crippled Children Meeting

Boy with braces standing between two men.
Date: November 5, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation for Crippled Children Meeting

Two boys in an indoor pool.
Date: November 5, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation for Crippled Children Meeting

Three boys in a hospital room gathered around a radio. A nurse stands in the background.
Date: November 5, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation for Crippled Children Meeting

Boy in hospital bed talking on the telephone.
Date: November 5, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Leemer Furr in Uniform in Street of Austin

Man in uniform standing in the middle of a street in Austin.
Date: June 5, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mr. Robert Donahue - Portrait

Portrait
Date: May 5, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Paul Bolton, KLBJ Newscaster

Paul Bolton, seated at desk, talking on telephone.
Date: May 5, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Paul Bolton, KLBJ Newscaster, and Family

Group of young women gathered around the mailbox at 2208 Windsor Rd. East. This was the residence of the Bolton family.
Date: May 5, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Ranger aerial blimp at the Municipal Air Port

This is The Ranger, an aerial blimp in distance. This is one of five Goodyear blimps that was commandeered by the Navy to the patrol the coastline during WWII.
Date: April 5, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Ranger, an aerial blimp

Blimp on ground at mooring with people. This is The Ranger, one of five Goodyear blimps commandeered during WWII by the Navy to patrol the coasts.
Date: April 5, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Superior Dairies

Exterior view of plant with delivery truck parked in front. The plant was located at 600 E. 1st Street.
Date: October 5, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas State Bank

Lobby of The Texas State Bank. In 1949 this bank was located at 615 Brazos.
Date: July 5, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

["The Kansas City Star"]

On a snowy morning at 10 o'clock, with the temperature at 18 degrees, the Union Pacific Railroad's No. 69, westbound, headed by Engine No. 2877, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, departs from the Kansas City Union Station enroute from St. Louis to Denver on January 5, 1947.
Date: January 5, 1947
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

["The Lackawanna Limited" pulls into Slateford Junction, Pennsylvania]

The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's predecessor to the Phoebe Snow, the Lackawanna Limited, second section of train No. 6 arriving at Slateford Junction, Pennsylvania, on the Delaware Water Gap, in September 1949. The train is headed by a Pacific type locomotive.
Date: September 5, 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History