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[Interior view of a Home]

Photograph of a kitchen with a small stove and pots hanging on the walls, as seen from a bedroom. The door between the two rooms is made of a cardboard. Most likely this was the home of an African American family in Austin.
Date: August 8, 1949
Creator: Studtman Photo Service
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View of a Kitchen]

Photograph of a small kitchen with a small stove, oven, and table. The walls are covered in newspaper. The floor is uneven and stained. This was most likely the kitchen in the home of an African American family.
Date: August 8, 1949
Creator: Studtman Photo Service
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Family Outside Their Home]

Photograph of a family with two small children and a dog outside of their wooden house. Laundry is hanging to dry on lines. Other wooden houses in the background. Dirt, patches of weeds, and small trees surround the houses.
Date: August 8, 1949
Creator: Studtman Photo Service
System: The Portal to Texas History

Completion photo of building

Exterior view of completed building. Southwestern Bell Telephone building with the Norwood Towers building in the right.
Date: August 8, 1961
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Confederate Veterans

Unidentified Confederate veterans from the Civil War at Camp Ben McCullough.
Date: August 8, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Confederate Veterans

Unidentified Confederate veterans from the Civil War at Camp Ben McCullough.
Date: August 8, 1940
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Interior View of Texas State Teacher's Association]

Photograph of a man and a woman sitting a desk inside a Texas State Teacher's Association building. There is another chair and a bookcase on the left side of the photo.
Date: August 8, 1951
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Exterior View of the Texas State Teacher's Association Building]

Photograph of an exterior view of a Texas State Teacher's Association building. There are exterior windows, and a stone pathway in the courtyard. There is a tree in the middle of the courtyard and trees on the right side of the photo.
Date: August 8, 1951
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Interior View of the Texas State Teacher's Association Building]

Photograph of an interior view of a Texas State Teacher's Association building. There are two chairs, a bench seat, and three exterior windows looking out into a grassy courtyard. The curtains on the windows have a large floral pattern.
Date: August 8, 1951
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Exterior View of the Texas State Teacher's Association Building]

Photograph of an exterior view of a Texas State Teacher's Association building. There are exterior windows, and a stone pathway leading up to the building. There are cars on the street outside the building. The UT Tower is partially visible in the background at left.
Date: August 8, 1951
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
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

[Haschke Family in their Car]

Photograph of the Haschke Family (Cecilia, Reinhold, and Feodor) in a car parked in front of an unidentified stone building. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Ma Haschke, Pa Haschke, Fedo Haschke - About the first car in Austin, Texas." The photograph is a cyanotype.
Date: August 8, 1901
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wonderland Amusement Park

View of Wonderland Kiddy Park which was located at 6845 Burnet Rd. Manager was John W. Adams. Young man is standing in a scale model replica of a Missouri Kansas, Texas train.
Date: August 8, 1955
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

Traffic Jam on Congress Avenue

Large truck transporting a boiler trying to turn south onto Congress Avenue resulting in a traffic tie up.
Date: August 8, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Capitol Chevrolet Sales Personnel

Photograph of Jack A. Fulkes.
Date: August 8, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Capitol Chevrolet Sales Personnel

Photograph of James J. Stahl, who was a salesman at Capitol Chevrolet in 1949.
Date: August 8, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Playday Events #2]

Photograph of a group of children on stage holding signs reading "Best All-Round Playground South District".
Date: August 8, 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History