Resource Type

[Announcement card for the birth of Charles Howell Scott ]

Birth announcement for Charles Howell Scott, March 8, 1906.
Date: March 8, 1906
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Palestine Daily News]

Photo of a page of the Palestine Daily News Newspaper dated January 8, 1913, when the Third Anderson County Courthouse was burned.
Date: January 8, 1913
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carl Edward Bock - Austin Girl Scouts

Girl with horse standing in a field.
Date: July 8, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carl Edward Bock - Austin Girl Scouts

A large group of girls seated at a table on a screened-in porch.
Date: July 8, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carl Edward Bock - Austin Girl Scouts

Group of girls standing in front of a tent holding puppies. The mother dog sits in the foreground.
Date: July 8, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carl Edward Bock - Austin Girl Scouts

Two girls in a tent. One is waking the other up.
Date: July 8, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gerald Mann

Man seated behind desk reading a book.
Date: November 8, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gerald Mann

Man seated at a dictation machine.
Date: November 8, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fleet Berthing Facilities]

Photograph of Fleet Berthing Facilities looking N.E. from Coopers Gulley. There are multiple buildings with cars parked in front of them. Two men and a camera appear on the bottom left of the photograph. Front of Photograph: "Brown & Root Inc. Contract No. 13234. Fleet Berthing Facilities. Orange/Texas. Looking N.E. from Coopers Gulley. 2/8/46 No.4."
Date: February 8, 1946
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Children's Birthday Party

Group of small children playing in a sandbox in the back yard.
Date: October 8, 1946
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Children's Birthday Party

Small boy seated on table next to birthday cake.
Date: October 8, 1946
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cleveland Union Station]

One of the most impressive railroad terminals in the United States is the Cleveland Union Station. The main entrance to the station is integral with the terminal group of buildings facing the Public Square. These buildings include the Hotel Cleveland, Medical Arts Builder's Exchange Building, Midland Bank Building, the Higbee Company's Department Store Building and the 52-story Terminal Tower.
Date: April 8, 1948
Creator: Nowak, Ed
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ben White - Man behind counter

Photograph of Ben White standing behind a a counter at a pharmacy or store. Behind him, there are shelves full of bottles, small boxes and round containers; in the foreground, the counter has a glass top to display open boxes, and other bottles are arranged on top of the counter.
Date: February 8, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Presbyterian Seminary ; Austin Ground Breaking

Group of people outside holding books
Date: May 8, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Low water bridge at Austin dam, Mayor Taylor Glass with dignitaries

Photograph of a group of people at the opening of a low water bridge at Austin Dam.
Date: August 8, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Low Water Bridge at the Austin Dam, City Council Member Emma Long with Dignitaries]

Photograph of a group of cars parked over a bridge spanning the Austin Dam; the water underneath is very close to the bottom of the bridge. City Council Member Emma Long is standing there with her dignitaries.
Date: August 8, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Bridge at Austin Dam and Mayor Emma Long with Dignitaries]

Photograph of a bridge over the Austin Dam spanning a river. There are cars backed up along the bridge and Mayor Emma Long is there with her dignitaries. At the time of this photo the water level was very low.
Date: August 8, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pete Caruso

Man standing behind counter next to cash register waiting on woman customer. Caruso's Cafe & Delicatessen was located at 311 W. 6th Street. Owner was Pasquale Caruso.
Date: September 8, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas Rangers at Capitol

Group of men standing at the Texas capitol.
Date: September 8, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

J.E. McDonald, Commissioner; State Department of Agriculture

Man seated at desk holding papers.
Date: November 8, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Presentation of portrait

Three men standing in front of portrait
Date: February 8, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Shettles Memorial Methodist Church 40th & Speedway

Photograph of Shettles Memorial Methodist Church on the corner of 40th & Speedway in Austin. A woman is standing on the corner across the street from the building.
Date: March 8, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Capitol Chevrolet , Inc.

Nigh time view of the exterior of Capitol Chevrolet. In 1950 Capitol Chevrolet was located at 224 E. 5th Street.
Date: May 8, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

City Library

woman standing behind desk
Date: June 8, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History