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[An aerial view of Acock Laboratories]

Description: A distant aerial view of Acock Laboratories in East Austin. East Fifth street runs from left to right in the foreground. The Iglehart building is across the railroad tracks in the center. East 7th Street runs left to right in the upper left background is the baseball field [now Zaragoza Park]
Date: October 8, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Austin Beverage Company [warehouse interior]

Description: Photograph of the interior of the Austin Beverage Company warehouse/distribution center at 411 Chicon Street. The trucks bear advertisements for the beverages they transport including "Jax Special Pale Brew" and "Blatz Pilsener Beer". Crates marked "Canada Dry" sit at the right of the image, ready to be loaded onto the empty truck at the left.
Date: October 24, 1946
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Austin Beverage Company exterior]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of the Austin Beverage Company factory and warehouse located at 1923 E. Seventh Street. Six cars and company trucks are parked in front of the main entrance. Seven drivers and company executives pose around the vehicles.
Date: October 24, 1946
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Simmons Motor Company [garage]

Description: Photograph of the mechanics work area of the Simmons Motor Company garage. A myriad of mechanics tools and machines line the walls of the garage, but the floor is shiny and free of clutter. Signs hang above the work space reading "Austin's Largest Independent New Car Dealer / authorized to sell all makes" and "Interference makes a mechanic's work less efficient."
Date: October 23, 1956
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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