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Aerial view of 919 E. 32nd St. - St. David's Hospital

Description: Aerial view of 919 E. 32nd Street and the surrounding area. On the upper right is Blue Star Memorial Highway (Now part of I.H. 35), below and running parallel is Airport Blvd, connecting Airport Blvd and the Highway is Middle Fiskville Road. Below Airport Blvd is the golf course on the left and right hand side of Red River, which runs from the lower left through the middle of the photograph. Concordia College is visible on the right-center.
Date: June 7, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal

[Aerial view of Jefferson Chemical Plant]

Description: Aerial view of Jefferson Chemical Plant. Austin, Texas. Looking west. N. Lamar Blvd runs left to right in the center of picture. Airport Blvd merges into Lamar from lower left. Justin Lane also is on left, just above Airport. The Crestview neighborhood is the background, with Burnet Road running left to right in background. Brentwood School in the center left and on the upper left on school is the drive-in theater. [Cloud or dust like in the background is the area past Shoal Creek/Shoal Creek… more
Date: March 7, 1951
Creator: Douglass, Neal

[American Cancer Society Group Photo]

Description: Photograph of a group photo taken at a panel conference for the American Cancer Society. The group stands in front of a theater concession stand, all dressed in formal attire with ribbon bands around their arms. The stand with a cancer awareness sign laying on the floor in front of the group. Several concessions signs can be seen in the background and a doorway showing a set of carpeted stairs can be seen to the left.
Date: February 7, 1957
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[American Cancer Society Panel]

Description: Photograph of a panel addressing a crowd of people at an American Cancer Society conference. The panel consists of eight men in suited attire at a table on a theater stage with signs for the American Cancer Society. The photo is taken from an aisle at the left of the room and the curtains on stage are drawn behind the panel.
Date: February 7, 1957
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Art Anderson

Description: Photograph of six men joking around. Art Anderson, laughing, is being given a hat and a certificate. Anderson served as commander of the local Reserve Seabee Division after World War II. In the 1949 Austin City Directory he is listed as Utility Designer, Lower Colorado River Authority.
Date: April 7, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal

[Austin Public Library]

Description: Photograph of the interior of the public library building located at 819 Congress Avenue on the second floor above the newspaper Pressler and Ziller on March 7, 1933. The library opened at this location on February 16, 1926. Grace Delano Clark served as volunteer librarian. Shortly thereafter, the library moved to its first building on West 9th street and Guadalupe street. "Gossip" written and underlined beneath date on back of photo.
Date: March 7, 1933

[Austin Skyline at Night]

Description: Photograph of the downtown Austin skyline taken in the evening. The skyline can be seen lit up green on the horizon due to under-exposure of the photo. Suburbs full of trees and house rooftops can be seen in the foreground.
Date: March 7, 1984
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Bankers Convention on UT Campus]

Description: Photograph of a large group of people attending a bankers convention. They are standing in front of the University of Texas Main Building and Tower. The photographer wrote the name "Milton Boswell" on the envelope of the negative.
Date: September 7, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
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