[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

[Indoor View of Plower Plant]

Photograph of power plant machinery.Caption on back of photo reads: "Foreground L-R: 500KW air-injector, 2000KW air-injector - takes non-condensable vapors out of condensor; 5000KW generator is behind photographer. Background L-R: two excitors, small Allis-Chalmers turbine generator. Mid-Bkgrd: larger Allis-Chalmers generator ?; rt bkgrd: "W" denotes Westinghouse turbine generator - relatively new (In 1934, another Westinghouse turbine generator was placed on a platform in left bkgrd.)"
Date: 1929
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

[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

[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

[Kite Tournament]

Photograph of a kite flying tournament with cars parked in a row by a field and spectators watching. A small boy in the foreground holds the string of a kite.
Date: [1928..1938]
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory, Austin
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

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

[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

[Texas State Capitol]

Photograph of the Texas State Capitol building taken from the south.
Date: 1926
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

Deep Eddy Bathing Beach

Photograph of panoramic view of Deep Eddy Bathing Beach.
Date: 1925
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

[Music Memory Contest Winners]

Photograph of group of 37 students at Baker Elementary School, the Music Memory Contest Winners 3 times in a row. Mercy Ramsey is 2nd from left in 1st row. Two boys in the front hold a large trophy, the boy on the right has been identified as William Erwin McIntosh.
Date: [1923..]
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

[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

[Tornado]

Photograph of a tornado that has yet to touch down.
Date: May 4, 1922
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tornado Damage]

Photograph of a view of the steel tank at Penn Field damaged after the May 4, 1922 tornado.
Date: May 4, 1922
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tornado in Sky]

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

[Tornado in Sky]

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

[Tornado in Sky]

Photograph of a tornado in the sky on May 4, 1922. Caption on back reads: "Cyclone at Austin, Texas; Ruth Granberry."
Date: May 4, 1922
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tornado in Sky]

Photograph of a tornado in the sky on May 4, 1922, over downtown Austin. Writing on back reads: "Alta Heflin Wilder, photographer (?)."
Date: May 4, 1922
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tornado, May 4, 1922]

Black and white photograph of a tornado in the sky that has yet to touch down. The roof of a building is visible in the lower left corner.
Date: May 4, 1922
Creator: McCaskill, D.E.
System: The Portal to Texas History