[Savings and Loan Building]

Description

Photograph taken at either dawn or dusk of a mid-century modern building being used for offices and businesses, most prominently as a Savings and Loan. An empty parking lot stretches to the left of the building, and a prominent wall of windows can be seen on the building staged at the center of the photograph. In the foreground are two trees and a sidewalk leading from the street to the building's entrance. In the background to the left, a darkened building can be seen behind a wooden fence.

Physical Description

1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

Creation Information

Mears, Dewey G. February 11, 1954.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Dewey G. Mears Photograph Archive and was provided by the Austin History Center, Austin Public Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 14 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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  • Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

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Description

Photograph taken at either dawn or dusk of a mid-century modern building being used for offices and businesses, most prominently as a Savings and Loan. An empty parking lot stretches to the left of the building, and a prominent wall of windows can be seen on the building staged at the center of the photograph. In the foreground are two trees and a sidewalk leading from the street to the building's entrance. In the background to the left, a darkened building can be seen behind a wooden fence.

Physical Description

1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

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Client/Job: San Antonio Savings and Loan

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Dewey G. Mears Photograph Archive

Dewey Gerald Mears was a noted architectural photographer based in Austin, Texas from the 1940s through 1990s. Photographs from his collection document the architecture, commercial businesses and people of Austin and Central Texas during the mid-to-late 20th century.

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  • February 11, 1954

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  • June 9, 2018, 8:26 a.m.

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  • Sept. 10, 2018, 11:19 a.m.

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  • 29.424122, -98.493628

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Mears, Dewey G. [Savings and Loan Building], photograph, February 11, 1954; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1011058/: accessed May 31, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.

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