Polk's Morrison & Fourmy Austin City Directory, 1918 (open access)

Polk's Morrison & Fourmy Austin City Directory, 1918

"Containing a miscellaneous directory of state, county and city governments, a postoffice [sic] directory, educational institutions, churches, banks, incorporated companies, secret and benevolent societies, etc., etc., a street guide and householders directory, an alphabetically arranged list of business houses and private citizens giving full name, occupation or pursuit and address, also a complete classified business directory 'The Buyers' Guide'."
Date: 1918
Creator: R.L. Polk & Co., Compilers
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Joint Directory of the Christian Churches of Austin, Texas (open access)

Joint Directory of the Christian Churches of Austin, Texas

List of names and addresses of the members of each church including lists of officers and other church leaders.
Date: May 11, 1918
Creator: Central Christian Church
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Specifications: road and bridge construction (open access)

Specifications: road and bridge construction

A book covering the details of road and bridge construction in Travis county, Texas.
Date: 1918
Creator: Travis County (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Armistice parade down Congress from Capitol

People lining Congress Avenue watching a parade of military personnel pass on their way from the Capitol.
Date: November 11, 1918
Creator: Jordan Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Buildings on Congress Avenue]

Photograph of a view looking south down Congress Avenue. Among the buildings lining the street are he Austin American and the Von Boeckmann Jones Company.
Date: 1918~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[University of Texas School of Military Aeronautics Squad 36]

Copy print of Squad 36 standing in four lines on the steps in front of the State Capitol. The men are all wearing their uniforms and holing their campaign hats in their right hands at their sides as they stand at attention.
Date: February 1918
Creator: Jensen Raymer Photographers
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas School for the Deaf]

Photograph of exterior front view of the primary oral building of the Texas school for the Deaf.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Camp Mabry Gate]

Photograph of front gate of Camp Mabry. Cars are parked along the fence and horse-drawn wagons are visible behind the fence. Men in uniform stand near the cars.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Technical instructor with engine components and diagram]

Photograph of a technical instructor at the UT School of Military Aeronautics stands between two engine components and uses a wooden pointer to explain pieces of the engine from a chalkboard diagram. In 1917, President Woodrow Wilson and the Council of National Defense established military schools for aviators at six college campuses around the country. The Schools of Military Aeronautics (SMAs) were to provide basic technical instruction for beginning pilots before they moved on to flight training. The SMA students were not considered regular university students. Those attending the SMA became soldiers in a new branch of the US Army called "Air Service," later becoming the United States Air Force. The UT SMA was initially housed in B. Hall, but moved housing once enrollment expanded from 50 to several hundred men. By the end of the war, the UT SMA had over 1,000 men enrolled--the largest in the country--and was known as the "West Point of the Air." It would be the prototype for the Air Force Academy.
Date: 1918
Creator: Ellison Photo Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Armistice Parade up Congress

People lining Congress Avenue watching a parade of military personnel pass on their way toward the Capitol.
Date: November 11, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Armistice Parade up Congress to Capitol

People lining Congress Avenue watching a parade of military personnel pass on their way toward the Capitol.
Date: November 11, 1918
Creator: Jordan Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Biplanes]

Photograph of a line of biplanes with a large crowd of observers in the background. The field is near St. Edward's University in south Austin.
Date: April 7, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Campbells and Caldwells at Mount Bonnell]

Photograph of the Campbell Family and Caldwell Family at Mount Bonnell (Lover's Leap) in Austin. The Colorado River is visible in the distance.
Date: April 7, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People near Biplanes]

Photograph of a crowd of men, women, and children observing a line of biplanes. They are in a field near St. Edward's University in south Austin.
Date: April 7, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Campbell Family at Mount Bonnell]

Photograph of the Campbells and John Barry Caldwell at Mount Bonnell (Lover's Leap) in Austin. The family is posing on a tree leaning off of a cliff. The Colorado River is visible in the background.
Date: April 7, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Biplane]

Photograph of a grounded biplane in a field near St. Edward's University in south Austin.
Date: April 7, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men near Biplanes]

Photograph of men observing grounded biplanes. They are in a field near St. Edward's University in south Austin.
Date: April 7, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tail Spin Training

Photograph of a large group of men at the Texas School of Military Aeronautics excercising in a large field. They are seated on teh ground with their arms and legs outstretched. There is one man standing behind the group next to an old car.
Date: 1918
Creator: Jensen Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Retreat

Photograph of a large group of men from Texas School of Military Aeronautics standing at attention, in formation, and all facing the same way.
Date: 1918
Creator: Jensen Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Drum and Bugle Corps

Photograph of a group of men standing at attention in formation at the Texas School of Military Aeronautics. Several men play bugles and a few beat drums.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Passing in Review

Photograph of a large group of men from Texas School of Military Aeronautics walking in formation. Some flags can be seen in the background.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Emblems at Texas School of Military Aeronautics]

Photograph of a front of a brick building with an archway. Within the archway, there are decorative emblems. Handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "Emblems presented to S.M.A. by graduating squadrons. These emblems are in the University of Texas Library."
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

I'm a Little Daisy, Growing Wilder Every Hour

Photograph of a large group of men from the Texas School of Military Aeronautics walking in a circle with their hands on their hats. There is one man standing on a platform overlooking them. Buildings in the background are obscured by trees.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas School of Military Aeronautics Portrait]

Photograph of the Squadron 48 posing in front of the Texas State Capitol.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History