Commodore Perry Hotel

Photograph of the exterior of The Commodore Perry Hotel.
Date: November 23, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Senior Reynolds Brothers Arranged in Front of a Stone Wall]

Photograph of senior Reynolds brothers arranged in front of a stone wall. Four men stand at the wall and two sit in front of them at a table covered with glassware and silverware. A wood stove stands to the right of the men. The photo was taken in the inside porch of the Reynolds Bend cookshack at the wedding of Sally Brittingham and Jack Wallace.
Date: November 8, 1952
Creator: Rhea-Engert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Women in a Room]

Photograph of three women in a room. The wall is made of vertical wood planks and adorned with a painting to the left of a door with a curtained window. A woman on the left (Ethel Matthews Casey) stands in front of this door and to the right of a stool. She is wearing a hat, dark dress, and a pearl necklace and is holding a drinking glass. An senior woman (Susan Alice Matthews) sits in a chair beneath her. This woman is wearing a black hat with a mesh veil, glasses, a pearl necklace, and black clothing. To her right is a desk topped with drinking glasses and a flower pot. At the right of the picture stands another senior woman (Mamie Moore) wearing a dark hat, dark clothes, and holds a drinking glass in her right hand and a coat over her left arm.
Date: November 8, 1952
Creator: Rhea-Engert
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Restoration & Repair to Legation de France, Austin, Texas. For The Daughters of the Republic of Texas

These are the blueprints of the restoration of the Legation de France, now the French Legation Museum maintained by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. The architectural renderings were drawn in white on three sheets, each of which is labeled in part of the title box at the bottom of every page (in the lower right corner). The first page includes three drawings. The main drawing shows a floor plan of the building and is labeled: First Floor Plan. Scale 1/4:=1'-0". To the right, a tilted drawing shows the "Plot Plan" and a smaller drawing below is labeled: Column Detail. Scale 3"=1'-0" The title box in the lower right corner includes a revision date (11-1-'55) and there is a stamp of a seal above the box. Also at the bottom of the page are two signatures granting approval for the project including Mrs. Barclay Megarity (text below, "For Owner: Mrs. Margaret Megarity) and Louis Runnels (text below, "Contractor: Louis Runnels). The second page has only a single perspective and is labeled: Second Floor Plan. Scale 1/4"=1'-0". The third sheet includes four different drawings. To the left, "East Elevation" at the top and "South Elevation" at the bottom, each with …
Date: November 1955
Creator: Raiford Stripling Associates, Inc.
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ben Hur Temple Benefit Football Game

Photograph of an announcement for the 9th annual benefit game for Crippled Children's Clinic sponsored by the Ben Hur Shrine Temple. The game was played between the Texas freshmen and the A&M freshmen and was held at Memorial Stadium on November 19, 1955.
Date: November 8, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Santa for Continental Airlines]

Photograph of man dressed as Santa boarding a plane.
Date: November 23, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sinclair Service Station]

Photograph of the interior of J. W. Johnson Service Station at 510 E. 5th. Demolished.
Date: November 26, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sinclair Service Station]

Photograph of H & L Sinclair Service Station at 5517 Cameron Rd. Demolished. Photo shows two station attendants pumping gas and checking the engine of a customer's automobile.
Date: November 26, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sinclair Service Station]

Photograph of the J&M Sinclair Service Station at 520 W. 6th St.
Date: November 26, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History