Photograph of musicians in the orchestra pit and actors on stage during a production of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" at Zilker Hillside Theater.

Photograph of a band performing on a stage before a large audience seated on the lawn at the Pan American Recreation Center Hillside Program.

A letter to Governor E.M. Pease from John Bigler, governor of California.

Photograph of women sewing in a room in the old Pan American Recreation Center on 3rd and Comal Streets. Most women sit at sewing machines while four women crowd together on a bench and sew or embroider by hand. four women stand at a table in the back for cutting fabric A young boy of a bout five sits on footrest in the foreground. There is Mexican art on the walls and the only door to the room is open. The Pan American Recreation Center was opened in June 1942 as the first Latin American Recreation Center in Austin and run under the auspices of the Federated Latin American Club and directed by the Austin Recreation Department. The name "Pan American Recreation Center" was chosen by the executive committee during a center naming contest. On September 7, 1956, a new Pan American Recreation Center was formally dedicated at 2100 East 3rd Street, just west of the old location and where it currently exists today. The building adjoins Zavala School and was built at a cost of $155,261. The Hillside Theater was later built and completed in June 1958.

Photograph of an aerial view of all six tennis courts, spectator stands, and parking at the Caswell Tennis Center on Shoal Creek at 24th and N. Lamar. Two men's doubles matches are visible in the back two courts. Spectators crowd in the shade under the awning. Residential neighborhoods are visible behind the tennis courts in the background.

Photograph of a group of older adults seated for a Christmas event at Hancock Recreation Center. A wreath is visible along one of the walls of the room.

Photograph of East 1st Street, showing brick immediately after rails have been picked up and method of loading rails. Houses on either side of the street are visible on both sides of the street. Workers and their vehicles are in the background.

Photograph of two construction workers using jackhammers to remove the street cars tracks on East 1st Street.

People stand in front of a wood and corrugated metal building at a housing project. There is debris scattered on the dirt ground around them.

Aerial view of Tarrytown Shopping Center flanked on west by Exposition Blvd. and on the south by Windsor Rd. Austin, Texas.

Aerial view of Town Lake looking northwest. Riverside drive in center. Fish hatchery on the north side of the Colorado river and east of IH 35.

Aerial view of neighborhood south of the University of Texas in foreground, with the University Campus in the center and the Capitol and downtown visible above Texas Memorial Stadium. Red River Street is prominent in the frame.

Aerial photograph of downtown Austin. The photograph shows a view of downtown Austin from East Avenue highway during the construction of IH 35. The intersection is Airport Boulevard on the foreground, with the golf course on the right hand side in the middle of the photo, which later became Hancock Center, the first shopping center in Austin.

Aerial view of State Capitol and north downtown, looking north to the University of Texas. East Avenue on the far right corner of the photograph.

Pierce with three unknown men in a small one-propeller plane. The plane's propeller is spinning and it is outside of a hanger. More planes and a few cars are visible in the background.

Photograph of Austin High School football players in a game with San Marcos High School players.

Photo of Bascom Giles, former commissioner of the General Land Office and former chairman of the board of the Veterans' Land Board. Austin, Texas.

Photograph of Bascom Giles signing a document. Giles was Texas Land Commissioner from 1931-1955.

Photograph of Bascom Giles holding an old ledger and a map of Gregg County.

Three women and a baby.

Photograph of a young woman, visible from the knees up, wearing a light-colored, lace wedding gown and veil with a crown. She is holding a small book or wrapped box in her hands. She is posed in front of a wall between two doors; the one on the left is open and a bedroom is visible in the background.

Cecil Hill's players and crew pose for a group shot. Part of the Austin Civic Theater.

P. K. Williams posed in an old horse-drawn buggy in front of Rambler (car parts and service)

Aerial close up shot of Capitol dome in color