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[Seaholm Power Plant]

Description: Aerial photographic view of Seaholm Power Plant. The Colorado River is in the foreground, and other buildings are in the background. The UT tower is visible in the distance.
Date: [1951..]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Disch Field]

Description: Photograph of the outfield of Disch Field with a few baseball players on it. "Disch" is mowed into the lawn. The scoreboard is for Austin vs. Sherman. A body works shop is in the background.
Date: 1950~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Saint David's Episcopal Church

Description: Photograph of Saint David's Episcopal Church Austin, Texas as seen from the intersection of 7th Street and San Jacinto looking north east. The photograph also features a 1950 Mercury station wagon and a 1955 Ford Fairlane. A handwritten note on the back reads "Saint David's Episcopal Church, Oldest Protestant Church in Austin."
Date: May 1955
Creator: Studer
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Men erecting telephone or power pole in Crestview neighborhood]

Description: Photograph of several men erecting a telephone or power pole in the Crestview neighborhood of Austin. The men are wearing hats and one appears to be wearing a short-sleeved Hawaiian shirt. A small crane is visible on the right side of the image. In the background to the left, there is a sign which reads: "CRESTVIEW LARGE LOTS, $595, TERMS, A. B. Beddow, REALTOR, 7106 WOODROW AVE. - PHO._-7631". Several structures are visible in the background, which appear to be part of the old Richcreek Dairy … more
Date: 1952
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[View looking south on Guadalupe Street, "the Drag", at 24th Street]

Description: Photograph of Guadalupe Street, also known as "the Drag," at 24th Street, looking south. The view includes the Varsity Theater in foreground on the right, and an oblique view of the U. T. campus in the background on the left. Just past the intersection is a pickup truck stopped in the street, and three men wearing hats appear to be repairing a hole in the road next to the pickup. The back of a highway sign, for Texas highways 79, 81, and 183, faces south on the northbound side of the road. Ther… more
Date: 1950/1953
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Palmer Municipal Auditorium, interior view during construction]

Description: Photograph of lobby interior, ramps and exterior glass curtain wall of the Palmer Municipal Auditorium just prior to completion in 1958. Also visible are the decorative terrazzo floor, aluminum pendant light fixtures, and drinking fountains on the far wall. The Auditorium was designed by Page, Southerland and Page, with Jessen, Jessen, Millhouse & Greeven consulting architects.
Date: 1958
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Aerial view of the construction of Palmer Municipal Auditorium]

Description: Photograph of the construction of the old Palmer Municipal Auditorium as seen from the air looking south toward Barton Springs Road at the top of the view, with Riverside Drive at the bottom. Portions of the Auditorium's concrete frame are completed, and the metal framework for the flyloft is under construction. Several commercial buildings are visible on Barton Springs Road. The site is littered with construction debris, and various construction support buildings are visible.
Date: 1957
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.260677 -97.750651
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[A. J. Campbell search near Goliad, September 1958, with Victoria County Sheriff M. W. "Monte" Marshall, Goliad County Sheriff A. Claude Taylor, and Travis County Sheriff T. O. Lang]

Description: Photograph of five men, four white and one black, next to a car with an open door. One man, the Goliad Sherriff, is sitting in the car, wearing a cowboy hat and with his cowboy-boot clad feet out on the ground. He holds a flashlight trained on several papers, also in his hands, and the other men lean intently in to see the papers. The two men standing on either side of him are the Victoria Sherriff on the left and Travis County Sherriff T.O. Lang on the right. They also wear cowboy hats, and La… more
Date: September 1958
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Governor's Mansion]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of the Texas Governor's mansion taken from the side lawn. "Originally part of a student report written in 1950" is written on the back of the photograph.
Date: 1950
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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