[Photograph of Tornado Damage in Glazier, Texas]

Photograph of tornado damage in Glazier, Texas. There are three trees stripped bare with broken limbs. Strewn all over the ground are wooden planks and other objects like chairs and couches. In the far background is a two story building.
Date: April 9, 1949
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Higgins Tornado Destruction]

Photograph of buildings and concrete destroyed by the tornado. On the left side of the frame in the foreground is the front end of an old truck.
Date: April 9, 1949
Creator: Russel Minton
System: The Portal to Texas History

Medical Bill Filibuster

Man dons his socks as he arises for hearings on the Medical Bill in the legislature
Date: April 21, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Medical Bill Filibuster

Sleeping Legislator naps on a couch during medical bill filibuster hearings
Date: April 21, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Ranger aerial blimp at the Municipal Air Port

This is The Ranger, an aerial blimp in distance. This is one of five Goodyear blimps that was commandeered by the Navy to the patrol the coastline during WWII.
Date: April 5, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

The aerial blimp Ranger: Austin area, boarding etc

Boarding the aerial blimp Ranger, which was one of five Goodyear blimps commandeered by the Navy to patrol the coasts during WWII. The blimp landed at the Municipal Air Port.
Date: April 5, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Ranger, an aerial blimp

Blimp on ground at mooring with people. This is The Ranger, one of five Goodyear blimps commandeered during WWII by the Navy to patrol the coasts.
Date: April 5, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dancer with painted backdrop

Woman dancer
Date: April 15, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Portrait - county asst agt.

man sitting at desk
Date: April 6, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Val F. Aldred

woman sitting at desk
Date: April 7, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mr W Achilles

man behind counter in grocery store
Date: April 26, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas State Optical

Group of employees posed for a photo. All are dressed in white uniforms.
Date: April 23, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas State Optical

Storefront and display window of Texas State Optical at 907 Congress Avenue.
Date: April 23, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Art Anderson

Photograph of six men joking around. Art Anderson, laughing, is being given a hat and a certificate. Anderson served as commander of the local Reserve Seabee Division after World War II. In the 1949 Austin City Directory he is listed as Utility Designer, Lower Colorado River Authority.
Date: April 7, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History