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[1956 Lincoln Continental on Display at Carr's Motor Sales]

Photograph of a 1956 Lincoln Continental on display in a Ford auto showroom inside of Carr's Motor Sales. A woman in a formal gown is standing next to the car opening the door. The store is located at San Antonio street and West 6th street.
Date: October 21, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abilene Country Club]

Photograph of the interior lobby of the Abilene Country Club. In the foreground, a long sofa facing three chairs can be seen. A glass coffee table is at their center and an end table with a lamp sits to the right of the sofa. The area is sectioned off by a room partition that wraps behind the sofa. In the background beyond the partition, multiple plants are placed throughout the room and views of the property can be seen through several tall windows.
Date: March 15, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abilene Country Club Sitting Area]

Photograph of a sitting area in the Abilene Country Club. Two long couches, a sofa, three chairs, and four end tables can be seen arranged into a square. Three of the end tables have lamps, and a glass coffee table can be seen roughly in the center. The wall to the right is covered in mirrors, and a circle of metal ceiling lamps hangs above the sitting area. On the left wall, a large metal door, and a set of french doors can be seen.
Date: March 15, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Architects Page Southerland & Page]

Photograph of architects, Page, Page, and Southerland, wearing suits and seated together at a table with a blueprint in front of them. There is a tobacco pipe in an ashtray on the table as well. A light colored curtain and wood paneled wall can be seen in the background.
Date: November 19, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Auditorium]

Photograph of an empty auditorium. A series of tables and folding chairs are set up in rows in the foreground. In the center background is a stage with a piano in the corner. More tables and chairs and a series of doors are in the left-background, beneath an air-conditioning fan.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Austin Club]

Photograph of the Austin Club lounge with a seating area enclosed in a low brick wall. In the foreground, a large plant, a sofa, and a chair can be seen along with a wood door that is opened behind the planter. The seating area enclosed in brick-work can be seen in the mid-ground, with a table and long couch visible. Three columns and more seating can be seen in the background.
Date: March 18, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Austin Photographer's Guild Meeting]

Photograph of a group of people at an Austin Photographer's Guild meeting. There is food and drink on the tables, and a mounted stag's head on the back wall.
Date: June 22, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Austin Symphony Musicians on Stage]

Photograph of the Austin Symphony posing with their instruments on stage.
Date: January 11, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aztec Apartment Dining Area]

Photograph of mid-century modern apartment furnishings in the Aztec Apartment House, located at 2511 Pearl Street. To the left is a small dining table with two chairs and a metal ceiling lamp hanging above.A small bookshelf can be seen on the wall in the background and to the right of that, a fire place with two chairs sitting in front of it can be seen.
Date: March 11, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aztec Apartment Dining Furnishings]

Photograph of a dining area in the Aztec Apartments with mid-century modern furnishings. On the left is a window wall and door leading to a patio area. In the background a small table with two dining chairs can be seen with a metal ceiling lamp hanging above. A small bookshelf on the back wall, and a round moon chair can be seen below that. A sofa and table can be seen in the foreground. The apartments sits at 2511 Pearl Street.
Date: March 11, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aztec Apartment Living Area]

Photograph of an apartment living area in the Aztec Apartments with mid-century modern furnishings. A sofa and a plant can be seen in the foreground to the left, and a closet door can be seen in the center of the back wall. To the right of the closet, a second sofa and floor lamp can be seen with a coffee table resting in front them. Two masks hang above the sofa on the back wall. There is a large wall of windows on the right with a view of a patio. The apartment is located on 2511 Pearl Street.
Date: March 11, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aztec Apartment Sign]

Photograph of a sign in front of the Aztec Apartment House, located at 2511 Pearl Street. The sign and the mural on the building both use designs and colors that are either early native american or Hispanic in style. A group of cacti can be seen growing beneath the sign and a large tree can be seen to the left of the photo.
Date: March 11, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aztec-Style Apartment Building]

Photograph of the exterior of the Aztec Apartment building with geometric, abstract "Aztec" cut outs on it, located at 2511 Pearl Street. In front of the building is also a decorative tower in the same style.
Date: March 24, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Back of a House]

Photograph of the backside of a house or set of high-end apartments. On the left is a set of two doors and large windows, followed by a third door surrounded by smaller segmented windows. The nearer set is surrounded by paneling while the further one has sand- or limestone walls. The foundation is lined with shrubs. Above them is an overhanging second story with windows. In the center and to the right is a stone pathway leading up matching stairs into the background; it joins a porch at the further door while separated from the nearer doors by a manicured lawn. Behind the path on the right are foliage and large Texas oaks. A dog is visible at center on the porch.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Backyard with In-Ground Pool]

Photograph of a backyard with an in-ground pool. A stone walkway leads down stairs from the left to the stone-lined pool. Various tables and chairs are set up around it while two tubes float on the surface. In the background is a modern, two-story house or set of apartments. Various shrubs line the wall behind and to the left of the pool, with two large oaks visible at center and right.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bar]

Photograph of a barroom. In the foreground are some tables with ashtrays and chairs. Tall, backed stools line the bar in the center background, with ashtrays in front of each. A stylized clock hangs on the wall at the end of the bar; a mixer and blender sit on the counter. In right-background a larger dining section with tables and chairs is visible.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bedroom with TV and Lounge Space]

Photograph of a bedroom in a postwar home. In the right foreground is a bed next, to which is a nightstand with a lamp. In the left foreground is a dresser with a fruitbowl and a statuette on top. Past the bed is a desk and chair, with a framed picture of a male figure, an ashtray, and some other items on it. In the center and left background stands a coffee table surrounded by cushioned chairs. The right corner has a table with a rotary phone on it, above which hangs a cylindrical lamp. The left corner has a record collection and a TV set.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bradford Paint Company Building]

Photograph of the Bradford Paint Company building, formerly located at W 4th Street and Guadalupe Street in Austin, Texas. The photo was taken from across Guadalupe. 1940s and 50s-era cars are parked on the street at the bottom right and center-left of the photo; more cars are parked in the lot beneath and just past a covered walkway connecting the two-story Bradford building to a nearby one-story building.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Buildings nears Austin]

Photograph of unidentified buildings on a hill northwest of downtown Austin, Texas. In the center is a four story brick building rising from the middle of a matching single story section. To its right are low structures obscured by trees and a freestanding four story building with a covered walkway next to it. A single story building is visible nearby to the left, behind which on an adjacent ridge is a watertower. The hills are covered with short trees, with a road winding through them in the left-background. The University of Texas Tower and the Texas State Capitol are visible on the horizon above the trees to the right, along with a second watertower.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Car in Carport]

Photograph of a 1950s-era car parked in a carport attached to a small, single story building. A palm tree stands in a lawn on the left side. In the right background a house can be seen.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cars on Display at Carr's Motor Sales]

Photograph of a 1956 Mercury Monterey and a 1956 Lincoln Continental on display in a Ford auto showroom. A small crowd of people is visible behind a rope behind the cars. Carr's Motor Sales is located at San Antonio street and West 6th street.
Date: October 21, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Catering Truck and Server Outside the Terrace Motor Hotel]

Photograph of a server and catering truck outside the Terrace Motor Hotel, located at 2100 South Congress Avenue.
Date: October 8, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Catering Truck Outside Terrace Motor Hotel]

Photograph of a server holding containers and trays beside a catering truck. The truck is outside the Terrace Motor Hotel Restaurant, located at 2100 South Congress Avenue.
Date: October 8, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Church Facade]

Photograph of the front of an unidentified church. The top of the building is obscured by a large oak tree. Leaves hang over the top of the picture in the foreground. A cattle trailer is visible in the bottom right background.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History