[Austin Dam Broken after Flood]

Photograph of a view southeast at the Austin Dam on the Colorado River after breaking during a flood.
Date: January 1, 1900
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Congress Avenue]

Photograph of Congress Avenue looking north. Cabaniss Hardware and Dewey Garage are visible at right, as well as cars and some advertisements painted on the buildings. The Capitol is visible in the distance. Streetcar rails are in the center of the road.
Date: January 26, 1920
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[East 1st Street]

Photograph of East First Street looking west from San Marcos Street after track removal. Lockhart Ice Cream store sign visible on left.
Date: January 4, 1941
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

East First Street

Photograph of East First Street looking west from San Marcos Street, after track removal. Cagles Place, Lockhart Ice Cream and Heep Dairy Products are on the south side of the street.
Date: January 4, 1941
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gaston Avenue]

Photograph of Gaston Avenue looking east to McCallum Drive; Pemberton Heights subdivision. Houses are visible on both sides of the street and in the background; also in the far background is the UT tower.
Date: January 25, 1940
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of African American women in the Negro War Recreation Council Building]

Photograph of a group of African American women seated in a reading room at the Negro War Recreation Council Building and bus depot, located in the former city market building at 702-14 East Avenue (now I-35). The group is seated in a "U" shape, facing a woman seated at a the head table. Books, a four-drawer card file, magazines, and a radio line the back wall. On the wall there is a war bond poster which reads: "Don't let that shadow touch them, Buy WAR BONDS", where the "shadow" is in the shape of a swastika and three children cower in its wake. There is a wall-mounted electric fan to the right of the war bond poster, and a fur coat hangs on a coat hook on the left window wall. A hand-made poster on a window at the back reads: "ATTENTION, Have you written a Letter home to-day? Writing facilities may be obtained at the information desk. Books and Magazines are available in the office for SERVICE MEN."
Date: January 6, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Interior view of the Negro War Recreation Council Building with 3 women and 3 Soldiers around a table]

Photograph of the interior of the Negro War Recreation Council Building, located at 702-14 East Avenue (now I-35) in the former city market building, showing a group of African Americans, including 3 women and 3 soldiers in uniform. Four of the women and men are seated in couples at a table, while the remaining soldier is sitting on the table as the woman stands in front of it. All of the women are nicely dressed; one has a fur collar and hat, and one has flowers in her hair. The building, which also served as a bus depot, has several wooden benches, roughly constructed of lumber. Several of the windows to the rear of the photograph are decoratively painted with stars, patriotic shields and the letter "V". Three single glass globe pendant light fixtures are visible hanging from the open vaulted ceiling. The market building was originally constructed as a 1935 Public Works Administration (PWA) project, which opened in June 1935.
Date: January 6, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Looking north on Congress with Capitol in view]

Photograph of the view looking north along Congress Avenue with businesses, cars and people.
Date: January 1, 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

McCallum Drive Looking North

Photograph of McCallum Drive facing north. Houses are visible on both sides of the street and a car is parked on the right side of the street.
Date: January 25, 1940
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Municipal Airport Hangar]

Photograph of a view of a hangar with doors open. There is a man on top of the roof and man below with truck.
Date: January 31, 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Negro War Recreation Council Headquarters building]

Photograph of the Negro War Recreation Council Headquarters building, a concrete frame building located at 702-14 East Avenue (now I-35) in the former city market, repurposed as a bus depot and recreation building for African American soldiers. The windows are 6/6 configuration, many of which are decoratively painted with stars, patriotic shields and the letter "V". The 5-panel double wooden entrance doors, at the center of the photograph, each have painted or decal flags on the second horizontal panel from the top. The sign above the doors reads: "HEADQUARTERS, SUB-BUS STATION, NEGRO WAR RECREATION COUNCIL". To the left of the doors sits a 1930s-era sedan, and to the left of that is a ground-mounted sign that reads: "SUB-BUS STATION for COLORED SOLDIERS". There is a large flag pole, without a flag, visible to the rear of photograph. A wooden bench sits in front of the right building bay. There are several suitcases on the bench, and an overcoat appears to be draped over some of them. The market building was originally constructed as a 1935 Public Works Administration (PWA) project, which opened in June 1935.
Date: January 6, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

New Sanitation Truck

Photograph of the new City of Austin Sanitation Division sanitation truck. The truck in the photograph is a 1939 General Motors dump truck.
Date: January 9, 1940
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
System: The Portal to Texas History

Pool at Zilker Park

Photograph of the pool at Zilker Park. Inscription on back of photo reads "Lily Ponds built w/relief labor 1935 Annual Report"
Date: January 30, 1936
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory - City of Austin
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rio Grande Campus in Winter]

Photograph of Austin High School, Rio Grande Campus, after snowfall.
Date: January 14, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Santa Rita Street

Photograph of a view down Santa Rita Street looking West from Perdenales in East Austin. L.A. Preston Food Store can be seen on the South side of the street.
Date: January 25, 1940
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
System: The Portal to Texas History

[St. David's Episcopal Church]

Photograph of St. David's Episcopal Church taken from the front of the building looking northeast at the intersection of San Jacinto and East 7th.
Date: January 1, 1881
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Street Car Railroad]

Photograph of a street car and street railroad tracks on West 40th Street near Avenue A.
Date: January 18, 1940
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photograph Laboratory
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Streetcar on West 40th Street]

Photograph of "West 40th Street, looking east from Guadalupe Street, before street railway tracks were removed." A streetcar is in the middle of the road and cars are on each side.
Date: January 18, 1940
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
System: The Portal to Texas History

UT Tower under construction

View of University Avenue showing park in center and Tower under construction in background.
Date: January 31, 1936
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Woolridge Drive looking north from Claire Avenue

Photograph of Wooldridge Drive looking north from Claire Avenue. Several houses are visible in the background.
Date: January 25, 1940
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
System: The Portal to Texas History