Resource Type

[Women on court at Caswell Tennis Center]

Photograph of a large group of female tennis players standing at equal distances apart on both sides of both tennis courts. All players carry rackets and look toward the spectators in the stands.
Date: [1950,1969]
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Worker at Seaholm Power Plant]

Photograph of an old man wearing a hat, boots, khaki pants, and a long-sleeved shirts stands amongst machines inside Seaholm Power Plant. The machines are stamped "Allis-Chalmers."
Date: [1950..1959]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Young African American Talking to Reporter

Man standing
Date: January 1, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Young African American Talking to Reporter

Man sitting at desk
Date: January 1, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Young African American talking to Reporter

Man on stairs
Date: January 1, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Young African American Talking to Reporter

Photograph of a man leaving office. He is walking down a flight of stairs and there are several men behind him, holding cameras.
Date: January 1, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Young African American Talking to Reporter

Photograph of a man in a suit walking in a tiled corridor. He has just walked out of a set of double doors with the words "Offices of the President and Vice President" written on the outside.
Date: January 1, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Samuel Huston College]

Photograph of a building on Samuel Huston College campus.
Date: January 3, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Austin Country Club (new)

6 men standing in front of a memorial plaque for Lewis Hancock.
Date: January 4, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Austin Country Club (new)

Two men standing
Date: January 4, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Governor Allan Shivers & Mexican President Miguel Aleman Valdez

None
Date: January 4, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Steck Company Building

Photograph of the exterior of The Steck Building at 205 W. 9th -- corner of Lavaca and W. 9th.
Date: January 4, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Capitol Chevrolet, Inc.

Photograph of the exterior of the building with personnel standing in front.
Date: January 7, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Thomas Ford

Portrait of a man.
Date: January 9, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mayor Tom Miller - citizen of the year presentation

Mayor Miller holding award
Date: January 10, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Exterior View of the Texan Café]

Photograph of the exterior of the Texan Café. There are two advertisements for chicken on the door, and an advertisement for the building being air conditioned.
Date: January 14, 1950
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Men Reading a Menu at the Texan Café]

Photograph of four men reading a menu. There are wait staff standing in the background behind them. There are five posters on the walls advertising "Swift's Premium Chicken."
Date: January 14, 1950
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Men Reading Menus at the Texan Café]

Photograph of three men sitting at a table, reading menus. There is a waitress standing next to them. Two of the men are wearing bibs advertising chicken.
Date: January 14, 1950
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aerial View of Downtown Austin

Aerial view of downtown Austin looking west. Driskill Hotel is on left.
Date: January 15, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aerial View of Downtown Austin

Austin High School (first campus - note semicircular part of building) on the top right of the Stephen F. Austin Hotel and to the top left of the St. David's Episcopal Church (top of Driskill Hotel). The roof top of St. Mary's Academy is noticible between Stephen F Austin Hotel and St. David's Episcopal Church. Left center on 7th Street and Lavaca two churches visible First Presbyterian Church (Original Site) on top and Cumberland Presbyterian on bottom (sold in 1955).
Date: January 15, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aerial View of Downtown Austin

Downtown Austin seen from the air. Looking south towards the river.
Date: January 15, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aerial View of the Concordia Neighborhood

An aerial view of Concordia and surround neighborhood. Concordia campus on upper left and Lee School in the center background. 38th St [Now 38 1/2] last street on the right and East Avenue running from center left, by Concordia grounds, to center right.
Date: January 15, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

Congress Avenue Bridge

Photograph of Congress Avenue Bridge looking north up Congress Avenue towards the capitol.
Date: January 15, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tom Brosher, Jr.]

Photograph of Tom Brosher, Jr. of the Census Bureau. He wears glasses and is seated at desk with a large notebook book in his hands.
Date: January 16, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History