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[Veterinarian Clinic]

Description: Photograph of Northside Veterinarian Clinic in front of an empty street. The building is a mid-century design and features an abstract horse mural next to the building's sign. Three trees, an empty street, and power lines can be seen in the fore ground. Two cars can be seen in the background just behind the building.
Date: March 23, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Travis County Coliseum]

Description: Photograph of a reproduction of an artist's rendering of the Travis County Coliseum (Palmer Auditorium) exterior. The title of the design can be seen on the bottom edge, and the architects associated with the design can be seen listed in the bottom right corner.
Date: March 17, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.260926 -97.752828
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Terrace Motor Hotel]

Description: Photograph of a car parked under the covered entrance of the Terrace Motor Hotel, located at 2100 South Congress Avenue, in front of the main doors. A bellman can be seen greeting guests getting out of the car and two more staff can be seen inside the building.
Date: February 17, 1955
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[St. Austin Catholic School]

Description: Photograph of the porch and entrance to St Austin's Parish School, now St. Austin Catholic School, at 1911 San Antonio St., Austin, Texas. The corner of the building has "St. Austins Parish School" in metal letters on the right side of the wall, and a large metal cross on the left. Two trees and a bush stand to the right near the entrance.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.282861 -97.743045
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Living Room near Kitchen and Bedroom]

Description: Photograph of a living room in a postwar home. In the left foreground is a chair and table with an ashtray on it, behind which is an opening to a bedroom. In the center against a wall is a TV set on a stand and a desk with a chair, lamp, rotary phone, ashtray, and mirror. In the right background is a bar with three stools at it, behind which is the kitchen.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Single-Story Building and Landscaping]

Description: Photograph of a single-story, postwar building used as a club or restaurant. The structure is set on top of brick and stone landscaping that leads down to a sidewalk. An overhanging room extends out, with large curtained windows, a door, and a wooden staircase. A tree stands in the right-foreground, behind which is a water tower.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Lobby]

Description: Photograph of a lobby. At center are some chairs with a metal table and glass coffee table. Behind them in the background is a couch with more tables and lamps on either side of it. The couch is set against a set of windows, through which two parked 1950s-era cars are visible. A potted plant stands on the far right; a door is visible in the far left.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Finishing a Bus]

Description: Photograph of an assembly line of Ford buses. In the center three men work on a nearly completed, unpainted bus. In the background to the right is a line of buses in various states of completion with several laborers around them. In the background on the left various tools and pieces of machinery are visible.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Empty Kitchen]

Description: Photograph of a kitchen with tile flooring. To the left is an oven, stove, and sink with cabinets beneath a window. At center is a dishwasher with light-colored cabinets on either side and lining the wall above it. To the right is a door, next to which is a Frigidaire refrigerator.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Living Room with Fireplace]

Description: Photograph of a living room. On the left is a sand- or limestone fireplace with a potted plant, two cushioned chairs and two lamps. Next to the nearer chair is a table with an ashtray and a rotary phone. In the background is a curtain next to a glass door and two tall, wide windows, in front of which are two more chairs and a table with a potted plant on it. In the center-foreground is a coffee table with a ceramic ashtray and flowers in a vase.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Portrait of a Woman and Young Men's Group]

Description: Portrait photograph of 38 young men posing with 1 woman in front of a drawn curtain. The subjects are arranged in four rows: the rearmost two are standing, while the second from front sits and the front kneels, plus one man front-and-center sitting cross-legged. The woman stands in the middle of the second row from back, wearing a belted dress. The men are all wearing suits and ties of varying shades and styles.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Buildings nears Austin]

Description: Photograph of unidentified buildings on a hill northwest of downtown Austin, Texas. In the center is a four story brick building rising from the middle of a matching single story section. To its right are low structures obscured by trees and a freestanding four story building with a covered walkway next to it. A single story building is visible nearby to the left, behind which on an adjacent ridge is a watertower. The hills are covered with short trees, with a road winding through them in the l… more
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Seaholm Power Plant]

Description: Photograph of four metallic exhaust stacks at Seaholm Power Plant in Austin, Texas. A 1940s-era pickup truck and a coupe are parked in the foreground. Workmen can be seen walking at the base of the stacks.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Backyard with In-Ground Pool]

Description: Photograph of a backyard with an in-ground pool. A stone walkway leads down stairs from the left to the stone-lined pool. Various tables and chairs are set up around it while two tubes float on the surface. In the background is a modern, two-story house or set of apartments. Various shrubs line the wall behind and to the left of the pool, with two large oaks visible at center and right.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Two-Story House with Balcony]

Description: Photograph of a modern two-story house with a balcony and built-in carport, in which are two parked 1950s-era cars. Three cloth folding chairs are set up in the front yard with a bush in the foreground. The yard is surrounded by trees, including one which appears to have had a notch in the roof built around its trunk.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Small, Furnished Room]

Description: Photograph of a furnished room, arranged as a combined sleeping and living room. On the left under a window is a wide couch with a back cushion and pillows; next to that in the middle of the room is a metal table with a statuette, ashtray, and magazines on it. Behind the couch in the left corner is a lampstand, a chair, and a table with vase, all in front of a curtained window and a door leading to a balcony. A cushioned chair is pushed against some cabinets on the right.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Living and Dining Room]

Description: Photograph of a living and dining room in a single-story, postwar house. In the left foreground is a coffee table with ashtrays and a magazine on it. In the left background beyond the coffee table is a dining table set with four cushioned chairs and a fruitbowl. Behind that, against a stone wall, is a cabinet with a mirror and potted plants on top, as well as some small shelves with a metal pitcher. To the right of the dining table is a plaster wall, in which are some paper doors. To the right … more
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Church Facade]

Description: Photograph of the front of an unidentified church. The top of the building is obscured by a large oak tree. Leaves hang over the top of the picture in the foreground. A cattle trailer is visible in the bottom right background.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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