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[Acting governor Aikin in office]

Description: Acting governor A. M. Aikin Jr. sitting and speaking at a desk in the Texas governor's office, surrounded by what appear to be reporters. An aide sits to his left smoking a cigar, while most of the rest are writing on notepads.
Date: January 17, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Advent of the Streamliners]

Description: This photograph portrays the dawn of a new era in railroading - advent of the streamliners in the late 1930s and early 1940s, plus modernization of the " Age of Steam" streamlining steam motive power. The splendor of Southern Pacific's "The Sunbeam" is shown. This train went into service between Dallas and Houston on September 15, 1937 - traversing the rail distance: 265 miles in 265 minutes. The consist of eight lightweight cars is headed by Engine No. 652, a Pacific type 4-6-2 streamlined s… more
Date: 1940~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Aerial View of Orange, Texas]

Description: Aerial photograph of Orange Texas along the Sabine River. In the foreground is the railroad tracks and storage buildings, a ship is seen to the left. In the background is the Port of Orange. The building in the foreground is an older Port of Orange. Those buildings have been replaced with a newer Port of Orange. Levingston Shipyard would eventually build on the island in center left. Above the island is the town Orange, and in the background to the discerning eye is Consolidated Steel, or Amer… more
Date: June 26, 1948
Creator: Lang, B. A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Apperson Girl

Description: Two women. One is seated in a chair. The other is standing over her shoulder pointing out a Women's Auxillary Army Corps button on her lapel.
Date: May 1, 1943
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Arnold Chote and Buggy

Description: Man sitting in a horse-drawn buggy on a city street. Arnold Chote was the County Commissioner for Precinct 1 according to the Austin City Directory for 1942.
Date: February 3, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Art Anderson

Description: Photograph of six men joking around. Art Anderson, laughing, is being given a hat and a certificate. Anderson served as commander of the local Reserve Seabee Division after World War II. In the 1949 Austin City Directory he is listed as Utility Designer, Lower Colorado River Authority.
Date: April 7, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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