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[Herb Fields Band on Stage]

Description: Photograph of a band on stage with their instruments. From left-to-right is a man at a piano, a woman, a man behind drums, a man with a guitar, and a man with saxophones. The piano and a small stand on the right have the words "Herb-Fields" painted on them. A microphone stands at center stage; an amplifier cabinet with a potted plant is visible on the right.
Date: 1959~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Two Men in a Tailor Shop]

Description: Photograph of two men in a tailor shop. One man stands on the left behind a suitjacket on a stand, while the other sits at a table to the right behind a sewing machine. Various pieces of cloth are scattered around and hanging. Spools of thread and buttons are visible on the table. A pair of scissors and a coat hanger hang on the wall in the background.
Date: 1950~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Frosty Acres Vegetable Display]

Description: Photograph of a man advertising Frosty Acres vegetables to a woman. Between them on a table are several boxes sampling different kinds of frozen vegetable products, along with signs displaying their prices. On the curtain behind the man are posters advertising the company's "grade certificates."
Date: 1960~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Woman in Lobby]

Description: Photograph of a lobby in an unidentified building with a young woman standing at a desk in the right background. On the left is a coffee table surrounded by chairs and a couch, set against large windows. Another table stands next to the couch with a lamp on top; a potted plant stands on the floor next to that. In the center background a counter can be seen with the word "Information" lettered on one corner.
Date: 1956~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Library Study and Periodicals Section]

Description: Photograph of a library. Around the room, patrons sit at tables reading and conversing. Shelves of periodicals line the walls in the background. In the middle of the floor are some short, freestanding bookshelves. In the center background is a desk with a woman behind it talking to two patrons. Behind the desk are some windows to an office and three doors.
Date: 1975~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Men with Merc 1000 Motor]

Description: Photograph of two men in a boat dealership, interacting with a display of the Merc 1000 engine. The engine is suspended from a stand with an advertisement on it: 100 HP Merc 1000. Most powerful outboard ever built." Behind the men and display several boats for sale are visible.
Date: 1961~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Secretaries]

Description: Photograph of two women secretaries, one smiling at the camera, on the phone, and the other going through a filing cabinet behind her. Two more women sit on a chair and couch behind them to the left. On the desk is a large typewriter, rotary phone, a logbook, and some standing books.
Date: 1964~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Truck at Austin Lacquer Company]

Description: Photograph of ten men posing in front of a truck at the Austin Lacquer Company's building. The truck, belonging to Central Freight Lines, is parked so that it blocks the road, with a station wagon belonging to the company perpendicular to it. At the center of the men on the ground are cans of lacquer. The bumpers of 1950s-era cars are visible in the bottom right, as well as a car behind the truck.
Date: 1963~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Herb-Fields Band and Others around a Piano]

Description: Photograph of four women and seven men standing and sitting around a piano. The woman in the black dress, the man at the keys in the silver jacket, and the three men in tuxedos are the Herb-Fields band. The piano has a table set on top of it making it appear larger. In the left background is a brick counter with taps and a mixer.
Date: 1959~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Home Economics Class]

Description: Photograph of eight young women in a home economics class. Their instructor stands with a bowl behind an island counter and stove in a kitchen classroom.
Date: 1975~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Piano Player and Trapeze Woman at the Gay Nineties]

Description: Photograph of a smiling man at an upright piano and a smiling woman swinging on a trapeze at the Gay Nineties bar ("Ninties" on the mirror). Both people are in period costume, emulating an 1890's honky tonk establishment. The price of some drinks is written on the mirror behind the bar, including the "Yard-O-Beer, $2.00" and margaritas for ¢30, ¢35, ¢85, and ¢95. A metal chandelier hangs from the rafters.
Date: 1965~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Young Women in Transcription Class]

Description: Photograph of nine young women in a transcription class. Each student sits at a counter along a wall, wearing an earpiece plugged into an audio jack and writing what they hear on a notepad. A woman, presumably their instructor, stands behind a podium in the middle of the room.
Date: 1964~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[People Waiting in a Hospital Lobby]

Description: Photograph of three women and a man waiting in a hospital waiting area. They sit on a large, segmented couch of three sides, with a matching circular couch in the middle. Behind the couch in the background is an entrance to a hallway with directional signs for mental health, ob/gyn, inpatient radiology, and neurosurgery above it. On the wall to the right is a large artwork.
Date: 1981~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Printing Shop]

Description: Photograph of three women and a man at work in a printing shop. Stacks of printed sheets and shreds of paper are scattered around the floor while workers operate machinery.
Date: 1960~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Young Women in a Typing Class]

Description: Photograph of twenty young women in a typing class headed by a male teacher who stands behind a podium at right. Everyone is typing on a typewriter, transcribing words from a sheet of paper to their right.
Date: 1964~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[People on an airstair]

Description: Photograph of seven people posing on an airstair next to a Continental airplane. A man and woman at the bottom hold a large package with a bow; to their right a man holds camera equipment and a bottle of wine. Above them is a man in a suit, two stewardesses, and a pilot.
Date: 1975~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[People in Hospital Atrium]

Description: Photograph of what appears to be medical professionals and employees sitting in a atrium at an unidentified hospital. Multiple stories of windows surround the space, which is built of varying levels of brick architecture around a fountain, with chairs and benches spread around.
Date: 1981~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Men Reading at Tables]

Description: Photograph of a break or waiting room in an unidentified building. Multiple round tables with metal chairs are set up around the room. A tall plant takes up the left foreground; a tiled island with more plants is visible in the right background. At center a man sits with a briefcase, reading a book. Another man sits reading behind him and to the right; to the left two men sit conversing. Large windows on the right reveal an adjacent building.
Date: 1964~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Boat Shop]

Description: Photograph of men in a boat shop. Several small motor boats of different designs stand around the floor in a large building with hanging fluorescent lights. In the foreground, two men in suits examine the stern of one boat, while other men move around between boats in the background.
Date: 1961~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Library Study Room]

Description: Photograph of a large library study room. Several rows of tables and chairs have students sitting at and standing near them. Other students sit at cubicle-desks. In the background blackboards, cork boards, and posters.
Date: 1975~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Hotel Circular Buffet]

Description: Photograph of buffet within a hotel named Villa Capri, located at 2360 North Interstate Highway 35. Three men in suits can be seen standing in front of the circular buffet in a dining hall. A man in a chef hat can be seen sitting within the buffet circle. Star burst light fixtures hang from the ceiling and a geometric mural can be seen in the right background. A table set with dinnerware can be seen in the left foreground and a few others similarly set can be seen in the left background.
Date: March 17, 1960
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Hotel Buffet]

Description: Photograph of uniformed woman in a hotel buffet named Villa Capri, located at 2360 North Interstate Highway 35. The woman is wearing a dark dress with a light colored collar and apron. An unknown device can be seen sticking out in her dress pocket and she is wearing light colored lace-up shoes. She can be seen pushing a cart full of food in front of a buffet with heat lamps. A geometric wall mural can be seen in the background to the right.
Date: March 17, 1960
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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