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[Children playing outside at a nursery]

Description: Five children playing outside at a nursery. Two boys are painting on top of what appears to be a pen for an animal. Two girls are painting the bottom of the pen, while one boy is stirring a liquid substance in a wagon.
Date: February 16, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Large buildings along a street]

Description: A busy street with large buildings along the street. There is a pharmacy on the left side of the street with an advertisement in front of it for "Austin's largest electric sign for Capital National Bank." There are automobiles and people all along the street.
Date: February 9, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[A man with a trowel laying a cornerstone at St. David's Hospital]

Description: A man using a trowel to lay the cornerstone at St. David's Community Hospital. There are other men in suits standing around the stone. The stone states: "St. David's Community Hospital, Erected 1954, Board of Trustees, 1951-1954, Hulon W. Black, Pres., Joseph Cocke, Vice Pres., Ronald W. Byram, Sec., Ben H. Parrish, Treas., R.C. (Bob) Armstrong, John A. Barclay, Fred W. Catterall Jr., Edward Clark, Ed P. Cravens, John E. Harrison, E. W. Jackson, Gatewood Newberry, A. Bryan Spires, Max Starcke, … more
Date: December 19, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

John Roberts Band

Description: Photograph of nine members of the Mello-Tones playing instruments at a function. Several guests are sitting in the background at right.
Date: November 22, 1958
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[1959 Dairy Princess Crowning]

Description: Photograph of the crowning of the 1959 Mid-Texas Milk Producers Association Dairy Princess. A group of 17 female contestants stand in a row behind a banquet table with a punch bowl full of milk. All of the contestants pose with glasses of milk in front of a sign that says "June's Best Meals Start With Dairy." Other signs on the wall behind them are obscured. In the foreground a long dining table is set.
Date: May 8, 1959
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

2-J Hamburgers

Description: Photograph of 2-J Hamburgers in Austin, Texas. A large sign reading "2-J / Hamburgers / Over 6 million sold" is visible on the left side of the image and the restaurant is visible on the right. A parking lot surrounding the restaurant is full of cars. Crowds of people are lined up to order food at the windows. On the left side of the roof of the restaurant there is a large model of a man in a white suit with white hair who holds a sign reading "Colonel / Sanders / Recipe." Across the top of the… more
Date: 1960
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

2-J Hamburger [Interior]

Description: Photograph of interior of 2-J Hamburger at North Lamar and 40th streets in Austin, Texas. The overhead view shows male kitchen workers preparing burgers on the left, female workers bagging orders and cashiering in the center, and the customers ordering at the counter on the right. The back of a large menu hanging from the ceiling is visible on the right above the customers. Cars are visible in the parking lot, seen through the windows. The male employees wear white pants, white shirts, and whit… more
Date: August 10, 1960
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Children bowling]

Description: Photograph of two children bowling in a school hallway. The young girl has released her ball, which rolls towards the seven pins. The boy is bent over, ready to release his ball as well.
Date: 1961
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Holly Street Power Plant Construction]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of the Holly Street Power Plant. The wall still needs to be constructed, and the interior support beams and columns are visible from the outside. Two pickup trucks and a cement mixer are visible on the left. A disconnected crane claw sits on the ground near two construction sheds in front of the building.
Date: 1965
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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