[Aerial Shot of Construction Site and Cement Truck]

One of 32 photographs in the series: Austin Seminary Chapel Construction, 1942 available on this site.

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Photograph of an aerial view of the construction site of Shelton Chapel looking south at 27th and Wichita Street. A group of men are lined up along the left edge of the site with a cement truck in front of them. The University of Texas at Austin Tower and the Texas State Capitol building are visible in the distance.

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 6 x 8 cm.

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Foster, William Hague 1942.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2016 and was provided by the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 145 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

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Photograph of an aerial view of the construction site of Shelton Chapel looking south at 27th and Wichita Street. A group of men are lined up along the left edge of the site with a cement truck in front of them. The University of Texas at Austin Tower and the Texas State Capitol building are visible in the distance.

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 6 x 8 cm.

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Rescuing Texas History, 2016

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  • 1942

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  • April 27, 2017, 4:10 p.m.

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  • Sept. 1, 2017, 2 p.m.

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  • 30.292184, -97.737718

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Foster, William Hague. [Aerial Shot of Construction Site and Cement Truck], photograph, 1942; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth845368/: accessed May 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

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