[Tornado over Capitol]

Photograph of tornado above Capitol building looking northwest.
Date: May 4, 1922
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tornado over Courthouse]

Photograph of a tornado over the Travis County Courthouse.
Date: May 22, 1922
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Deep Eddy Bathing Beach

Photograph of panoramic view of Deep Eddy Bathing Beach.
Date: 1925
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Deep Eddy, Austin Tex

Photograph of spectators and swimmers at Deep Eddy Bathing Beach.
Date: 1920~/1929~
Creator: Guzley
System: The Portal to Texas History

Guadalupe Street

Photograph of Guadalupe Street taken from the west approximately where the present-day "The Drag" is located. A street car is in motion along the street. Texas Bookstore, University Co-Op and Roach Brothers pharmacy are on the west side of Guadalupe Street.
Date: April 17, 1927
Creator: Boone
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Seaholm Power Plant]

Photograph of the Seaholm Power Plant. Caption on print: "L-R: 'New' boiler room, turbine room, 'old' boiler room--which became the shop after equipment was removed and black stack torn down." A smokestack reads "Austin the Friendly City."
Date: 1927~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Seaholm Power Plant]

Photograph of Seaholm Power Plant. A dirt road and power lines are in the foreground and there are buildings in the background with two smoke stacks. One of the smoke stacks reads "Austin The Friendly City".
Date: 1929/1951
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Six men in front of a "Enfield Special" railroad car at the Southern Pacific station in Austin, Texas]

Photograph of six men in suits and hats posed in front of a private railroad car in the Austin Southern Pacific terminal at 301 Congress Avenue. A banner hung on the car says: "ENFIELD SPECIAL FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS TO WASHINGTON D.C. VIA S.P. LINES", and the same information was recorded on the bottom of the negative. The depot was constructed in 1902 as the Houston and Texas Central depot, and an addition was added to the east side in 1935.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas State Capitol]

Photograph of the Texas State Capitol building taken from the south.
Date: 1926
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas State Capitol]

Photograph of the Texas State Capitol taken from the southeast. The photograph was copied from the 1920 "Cactus".
Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Governor's Mansion Under Snow

Photograph of the Texas Governor's Mansion afer a recent snowfall in February, 1923.
Date: February 1923
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Boys' woodworking class at John T. Allan Junior High School]

Photograph of a boys' woodworking class at the Old Red Campus building of the John T. Allan Junior High School, formerly Stephen F. Austin High School. The room is crowded with work stations, where the boys are engaged in making various projects such as wooden stools and picture frames. The rounded masonry wall has arched windows, covered by translucent roller shades for indirect light. There are frames mounted between the windows displaying various tools and examples of metal work. The exposed wood truss ceiling has several belts and pulleys mounted on it. Examples of finished wooden stools stand on a wooden file case to the left in the photograph. Pictured are: Rufus Watterson, Malcolm Williams, Willie Earnest, Durwell Johnson, Sid Colquitt, Vincent Murray, Windom Burke, Louis Blenderman, Ernest Von Rosenberg, Harry Hafer, Henry Murray, Homer Wedig, ____ Yates, Francis Patton, Henry Paggi, ____ Brady. The teacher is Mr. N. S. Hunsdon. The building was completed in 1900 from the plans of Burt McDonald and James Reily. It was used as Austin High School until 1925, when it became the John T. Allan Junior High School. Classes were held here until 1956, when the school was destroyed by fire. A State …
Date: 1925/1930
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View of tornado as seen from Congress Avenue downtown Austin, Texas]

Photograph of the May 4, 1922 tornado in Austin, Texas, as seen from a rooftop on downtown Congress Avenue. Visible in the foreground are: the Queen Theater at 700 Congress Avenue, the Walter Tips Building at 708-710-712 Congress Avenue, and the F. W. Woolworth & Company at 800-802 Congress Avenue. The side of the Paramount Theater is also visible. There is a painted sign, on a building in the foreground, for Maxwell House Coffee. The tornado is clearly visible in the dark sky to the northwest of downtown. The original of this image is PICA 25989, which has not yet been scanned.
Date: May 4, 1922
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of Children at Governor's Mansion]

Photograph of First Lady Willie Hobby, seated on the steps of the Governor's Mansion, surrounded by a group of children. Included are Marie Hanna Bernheim; Roy Rather, Jr.; Margaret Soreano Beverly; Kathleen Crawford; Catherine Teten Nash; Mary Watt Avery; Mary Louise Hill Sparks; Virginia Horton Roberdeau; Helen Phinney Avery; George Sparks; and Frances Seybolt Rather.
Date: 1920~
Creator: Gazley Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Kilian Hall - Concordia Lutheran College]

Photograph of people standing in front of Kilian Hall at Concordia Lutheran College. Writing on the back reads: "Killian Hall- administration building at Concordia. Cornerstone laid Sunday, June 27, 1926."
Date: 1926
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two small conjoined pyramid-roofed buildings at the end of a path lined by vegetation next to the fairway at Austin Municipal Golf Course]

Photograph of at two small woodframe pyramidal roofed buildings, joined with a hyphen, which sit at the end of a vegetation-lined path next to the fairway at Austin Municipal Golf Course. One building is a board and batten structure with a 4/4 window. There is a large tree to the left of the buildings, and a 1920s-era car to the left of that. A man stands to the right of the buildings near the path or road.
Date: 1920~/1930~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Old Red Campus building, John T. Allan Campus of Stephen F. Austin High School]

Photograph of Old Red Campus building, at the John T. Allan Campus of Stephen F. Austin High School, showing an oblique view of the front and side of the classical four-story building. The exterior walls of the first floor are constructed of stone and the upper three floors are dark brick. The front is symetrically arranged in three parts, with the central part inset from the outer parts. Porches stretch across the central part of the first and second floors, and a gable is centered above on the roof. There are punched windows on the upper floors of the front facade, while windows are ganged on the side facade. A portion of the facade, near the back of the building, has a curved wall. There is a three-story brick addition to the side of the building, and there are chute style fire escapes on both the main building and the addition. A parking lot lies to the front of the building, with several circa 1920s cars. A boy wearing knickers stands in the parking lot. The building was completed in 1900 from the plans of Burt McDonald and James Reily, and featured a domed rotunda. It was used as Austin …
Date: 1929/1930
Creator: Jordan-Ellison Photo Company
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

[Kite Tournament at Lamar Park]

Photograph of a kite tournament at Lamar Park. Crowds of people are gathered in a grassy field. There are some kites in the air.
Date: 1929
Creator: Jordan Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Winfred Gustafson and Winning Box Kite]

Photograph of Winfred Gustafson and his winning kite (for largest box kite) at the first kite flying contest.
Date: March 1929
Creator: Jordan Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carver Branch Library

Photograph of a man wearing glasses is looking at a book whlie sitting at a table inside the Carver Branch Library. It is a wide view of the room and there are a couple of children checking out books in the background.
Date: [1926,1979]
Creator: University Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Minnie Fisher Cunningham for US Senate]

Minnie Fisher Cunningham (far right) and two others in front of car holding sign that reads: "Mrs. Minnie Fisher Cunningham for United States Senator."
Date: 1920~
Creator: Jordan Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portait of a Young Woman]

Photograph of a formal portrait of an unidentified young woman. She wears a white dress and has a ribbon in her hair. There is a painted backdrop behind her.
Date: [1920..1929]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[May 4, 1922 Tornado]

Photograph of storm clouds with a tornado funnel in the sky.
Date: May 4, 1922
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History