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[Adam R. Johnson at his desk]

Description: Photograph of Adam R. Johnson, the Director of the Texas Relief Commission, at his desk in his office. A portrait of Franklin Roosevelt is on the desk behind him. Photograph is signed and dated 5/19/1936.
Date: 1936
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Adobe Home]

Description: Photograph of an adobe home. Visible on the right side of the picture is a woman with her back to the camera, and on the left side of the home there is a chicken wire fence.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
Partner: Texas A&M University Kingsville

[Aerial Shot of Construction Site and Cement Truck]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of the construction site of Shelton Chapel looking south at 27th and Wichita Street. A group of men are lined up along the left edge of the site with a cement truck in front of them. The University of Texas at Austin Tower and the Texas State Capitol building are visible in the distance.
Date: 1942
Creator: Foster, William Hague
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Aerial View of the Construction Site and Cement Trucks]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of the construction site of Shelton Chapel at 27th and Wichita Street. On the left side of the picture the cement trucks can be seen. There is a group of men working on the foundation, and another group of men working with one of the cement trucks.
Date: 1942
Creator: Foster, William Hague
Partner: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

[Alice Lungkwitz]

Description: Photograph of Alice Lungkwitz, who is only visible from the chest up and wearing a dress with a large bow at the chest.
Date: unknown
Creator: Oliphant, William J.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[American Legion Men In Costume]

Description: Photograph of a group of men from Travis Post 76 dressed in costumes for the American Legion Fool's Parade. The one on the far left is wearing a dress with a colander on his head, the next is wearing a sign that reads, "A Bath in Austin is 99% Chlorine Water". Next to him, a man is wearing a dress and a wig and holding a sign that is partially cutoff reading "Looking for the new hotel." and the final two are wearing suit jackets without pants.
Date: October 30, 1922
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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