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Aerial View of Town Lake

Description: Aerial view. Downtown Austin. Congress Avenue in center, the Driskill Hotel on the lower left, the Brown building upper right. Fifth street on the left and Eight Street on the right.
Date: November 1968
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Aerial View of Town Lake

Description: Aerial view of Town Lake looking north. Congress bridge on far right, South First Bridge mid-center and railroad bridge far left. The Auditorium (later known as Palmer Event Center and now Long Center) in center foreground, Disch Field lower left with the Coliseum next to the field.
Date: November 1968
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Aerials of area around Congress Avenue Bridge

Description: Aerial view of area around Congress Avenue Bridge facing the west. Other bridges and buildings are shown. The bridge in the foreground (eastmost bridge) is the Congress Ave bridge, and the 1st Street bridge and Lamar Blvd. bridge are also visible.
Date: January 30, 1962
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

St. Edwards University Girls Dormitory

Description: The foreground is occupied by a large tree on the right side of the frame. In the center of the frame is the girls dormitory at St. Edwards University. A small group of men playing soccer in the field between the tree and the dormitory are also visible.
Date: November 15, 1966
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

St. Edwards University Girls Dormitory

Description: Exterior view of the girls dormitory at St. Edwards University. A car is parked in the parking lot in the foreground and an unidentified man is digging with a shovel in the dirt on the right side of the frame.
Date: November 15, 1966
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Construction of Thomas Residence Hall

Description: View of the Thomas Residence Hall under construction at St. Edwards University. The foundation work is underway and a wooden skeleton has been created. An unidentified construction worker is visible in the back right of the scene.
Date: March 3, 1966
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Austin Chapter of The Links, Inc.

Description: Photograph of members of the Austin Chapter of The Links, Inc. The photograph was taken during the chartering ceremony of the chapter on December 10, 1960 in the home of Lillie Belle Hines. The charter members in the photograph from left to right are: Lillie Belle Hines, E. Louise Woodward, Thelma M. Elliott, Opan M. Seabrook, Percy G. Lyons, Dr. Connie Yerwood Conner, Mary Y. Thompson, Olive Durden Brown, Clara M. Johnson, Ruth W. Mayes, Catherine B. Lamkin, and Hazel P. Adams.
Date: December 10, 1960
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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