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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

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

[East 8th Street at Sabine]

Photograph of E. 8th St. looking east from Sabine St. after paving. Cars and businesses, including East Produce, line the sides of the street.
Date: December 21, 1944
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
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

Aerial Photograph of Train Wreck at San Marcos

Aerial photograph of train wreck. Cars are off track and smoking.
Date: October 21, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Allred Finance Banquet

Banquet for Allred Finance, includes Mr. Davis
Date: December 21, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Attorney Dean Moorhead in office smoking pipe

Attorney Dean Moorhead, of Looney, Clark & Moorhead, sitting behind his desk, smoking a pipe.
Date: May 21, 1951
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Austin Organ Club Recital

Side angle of woman playing organ in front of the audience
Date: October 21, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Austin Organ Club Recital

Woman plays organ in front of audience
Date: October 21, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Austin Organ Club Recital

Woman standing before the audience
Date: October 21, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Austin Organ Club Recital

Man plays organ while other man sings in the distance front of the audience
Date: October 21, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Austin Organ Club Recital

Frontal shot of audience members.
Date: October 21, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Austin Organ Club Recital

High shot of woman playing harp while the audience looks on
Date: October 21, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Austin Organ Club Recital

Medium shot wide angle of man playing organ with man singing
Date: October 21, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Austin Organ Club Recital

Frontal shot of audience members
Date: October 21, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Austin Organ Club Recital

Side angle of man playing organ while crowd looks on
Date: October 21, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Austin Organ Club Recital

High shot of man playing organ in the distance while audience looks on
Date: October 21, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Austin Organ Club Recital

High shot of woman playing organ in the distance while the audience looks on
Date: October 21, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Baseball Player

Little League baseball player
Date: June 21, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bishop Reicher Anniversary Party

Group of people seated around a banquet table. Bishop Louis J. Reicher stands behind the microphone.
Date: April 21, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
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

[Cashiers at Youngblood's Fried Chicken restaurant]

Photo of cashiers inside Youngblood's Fried Chicken restaurant. Austin, Texas.
Date: May 21, 1958
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Central Forwarding and Freight Warehouse]

Photograph of the corner lot on the southeast corner of Colorado and 4th Streets.
Date: March 21, 1948
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Central Forwarding and Freight Warehouse]

Photograph of the corner lot on the southeast corner of Colorado and 4th Streets.
Date: March 21, 1948
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History