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[Wildcat Orchestra at Zilker Hillside Theater]

Description: Photograph of Photograph of the orchestra from a summer musical "Wildcat" performed on stage at the open-air Zilker Hillside Theater in Austin. The orchestra sits on a raised platform while spectators sit on the ground surrounding.
Date: 1962-08-23/1962-08-25
Creator: Austin (Tex.). Department of Parks and Recreation.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Opening of the Pan American Recreation Center

Description: Photograph of the interior of the basketball court in the gymnasium at the opening of Pan American Recreation Center at 2100 East 3rd Street. A basketball hoop is visible on one wall and there are exposed metal beams along the ceiling.
Date: September 1956
Creator: Austin (Tex.). Department of Parks and Recreation.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.258107 -97.720709
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Elisabet Ney's Studio

Description: Photograph of an exterior view of Elisabet Ney's Studio. The stone building has a classical style pediment. Two people are visible seated at a table to the side of the building.
Date: 1893
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Arc welder at Weigl Iron Works]

Description: Photograph of a member of the Weigl family using an arc welder on a project. The Weigl Iron Works was founded in 1922 by German immigrant and founder Fortunat Weigl. In 1935 Weigl moved his foundry from its Exposition Boulevard location to 100 Red River location where it remained for several decades. He was joined in business by his sons Lee and Herbert who continued to operate after Fortunat's death in 1973 until their retirement in 1977. In 1978, the location was reopened as Iron Works BBQ in… more
Date: 19XX
Creator: Austin Citizen Photograph
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Emancipation Day Celebration, June 19, 1900]

Description: Photograph of Emancipation Day celebration, June 19, 1900 held in "East Woods" on East 24th Street in Austin. Mrs. Grace Murray Stephenson also kept a diary of the day's events which she sold to the San Francisco Chronicle which reported a full-page feature on it.
Date: June 19, 1900
Creator: Stephenson, Mrs. Charles (Grace Murray)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: None
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Treaty Oak]

Description: Photograph of Treaty Oak on Baylor Street between Fifth and Sixth Streets in Austin shows the approximately 450-year-old tree's twisting branches and trunk. A low stone wall surrounds the tree, and sun dapples the grass beneath the branches.
Date: May 1, 1941
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab, Austin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: None
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[May Day play at Treaty Oak]

Description: Photograph of children playing on and around the Treaty Oak branches on May Day ca. 1925. Three girls sit and stand on the oak's low branches. A fourth girl looks on with a young boy and their caretaker. Everyone is dressed in white. The lawn is littered with children's chairs and various outdoor equipment.
Date: 1925~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.271225 -97.755519
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[University of Texas practice game, 1900]

Description: Photograph of University of Texas practice game, which still draws a crowd of spectators to fill the stands. The University of Texas began its football program in 1893 managed by Albert Lefevra, playing two games in the fall and two in the spring. The following year, the team hired its first official head coach, R.D. Wentworth.
Date: 1900
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: None
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[University of Texas practice game, 1900]

Description: Photograph of Tackle at a UT practice game. Even for a practice game, the spectators fill the bleachers. The University of Texas began its football program in 1893 managed by Albert Lefevra, playing two games in the fall and two in the spring. The following year, the team hired its first official head coach, R.D. Wentworth.
Date: 1900
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Line of Cars Waiting to Enter a Festival]

Description: Photograph of a line of cars and people waiting for entry to an unidentified music festival. Bumper-to-bumper traffic sits long enough for people to sit on and hang out of vehicles. Many individuals choose to enter the festival on foot and are visible in lines on either side of the road.
Date: [1970,1979]
Creator: Austin Citizen
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Aerial View of Deep Eddy]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of Deep Eddy pool and surrounding area. The pool is dried out and the trees are bare indicating winter. There are no visible people or activity near the pool. Deep Eddy began as a natural swimming hole in the Colorado River and was expanded into a man-made swimming pool in 1915 by A.J. Eilers, Sr. Deep Eddy pool is the oldest swimming pool in Texas and is operated and maintained by the City of Austin.
Date: 19XX
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Austin Dam broken in Colorado River flood]

Description: Photograph of Southeast view of the Austin Dam on the Colorado River after breaking during a flood. The dam was built in 1890 in an attempt to bring industry to the city, but failed after upriver storms sent a flood cracking the dam and killing eight people when the powerhouse flooded.
Date: 1900
Creator: Marks, H. R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Avoid this in fairway No. 2

Description: Photograph of a man standing in a sand trap to show how deep it is, on fairway number two at Austin Municipal Golf Course. A typed caption under the image says "Avoid this in Fareway No. 2."
Date: 19XX
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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