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Restoration & Repair to Legation de France, Austin, Texas. For The Daughters of the Republic of Texas

Description: These are the blueprints of the restoration of the Legation de France, now the French Legation Museum maintained by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. The architectural renderings were drawn in white on three sheets, each of which is labeled in part of the title box at the bottom of every page (in the lower right corner). The first page includes three drawings. The main drawing shows a floor plan of the building and is labeled: First Floor Plan. Scale 1/4:=1'-0". To the right, a tilt… more
Date: November 1955
Creator: Raiford Stripling Associates, Inc.
Partner: French Legation Museum

[Aerial Photo]

Description: Aerial photo. Austin, Texas. Looking south toward the Colorado River from East Austin. East 7th Street running from right to left (West to East) in mid center of frame. The swimming pool area (notice baseball field) in the center foreground of the photograph is now Zaragoza Park. In the center is the Iglehart buildings next to the railroad and lower the Govalle Shopping Center . Far left center is Brooks School.
Date: January 11, 1958
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

The Austin plan.

Description: Map shows land use, public facilities, schools, airports, and major roads. Includes key to symbols used. Scale [1:56,320].
Date: 1958
Creator: Pacific Planning and Research
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Shipments of Refined Sugar Into Texas

Description: Refined sugar shipment report disclosed by testimony at a hearing in the District Court at Austin, Texas. Information includes company names, number (equivalent) of 100 pound bags, proportion of total shipped, and total cane.
Date: December 3, 1953
Creator: District Court at Austin, Texas
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[View looking south on Guadalupe Street, "the Drag", at 24th Street]

Description: Photograph of Guadalupe Street, also known as "the Drag," at 24th Street, looking south. The view includes the Varsity Theater in foreground on the right, and an oblique view of the U. T. campus in the background on the left. Just past the intersection is a pickup truck stopped in the street, and three men wearing hats appear to be repairing a hole in the road next to the pickup. The back of a highway sign, for Texas highways 79, 81, and 183, faces south on the northbound side of the road. Ther… more
Date: 1950/1953
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Aerial view of the Texas State Capitol, looking Northwest]

Description: Aerial photograph of the Texas State Capitol and downtown Austin, facing North. Lavaca Street, San Jacinto Boulevard, and West 11th Street are most prevalent in the photograph. The University of Texas at Austin campus is present in the very back of the image. Automobiles can be seen parked and driving down the streets.
Date: [1950..1970]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Aerial view of the Texas State Capitol]

Description: Aerial photograph of the Texas State Capitol and downtown Austin, facing North. Lavaca Street, San Jacinto Boulevard, and West 11th Street are most prevalent in the photograph. The University of Texas at Austin campus is present in the very back of the image. Automobiles can be seen parked and driving down the streets.
Date: [1950..1970]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Capitol visit]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about students from Tarrant County schools taking a special chartered train to Austin for a tour of the state capitol and surrounding city.
Date: April 20, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Aerial views

Description: Looking NW from about the north approach from Lamar bridge. At the lower right, RR tracks cross Lamar Blvd. and note the RR Depot in the mid center of photograph and the water tank toward the bottom left. West 6th St runs in the center from left to right.
Date: April 18, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Aerial views - East Avenue Highway

Description: Aerial view of neighborhood south of the University of Texas in foreground, with the University Campus in the center and the Capitol and downtown visible above Texas Memorial Stadium. Red River Street is prominent in the frame.
Date: September 20, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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