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Austin Aerials - TEC Building

Aerial shot of cranes and scaffolding at TEC construction site. 15th Street running left to right in center of photograph. Brazos St on the lower right and 14th on the lower left. The back of the Swedish Central Methodist Church (State purchased and demolished in the 1950s, as state administration grew and government complex spread). The University campus on the top right.

Date: January 1, 1958

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Austin Aerials - TEC Building

Aerial shot of finished TEC Building. Brazos St on the lower right and 14th on the lower left. The Swedish Central Methodist Church (State purchased and demolished in the 1950s, as state administration grew and government complex spread). The University Tower in the background.

Date: January 1, 1958

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Austin Aerials - TEC Building

Aerial shot of steel frame structure of TEC building. Brazos St is on the lower right and 14th on the lower left. The Swedish Central Methodist Church (State purchased and demolished in the 1950s, as state administration grew and government complex spread). In the center of photograph note steeple of Gethsemane Lutheran Church (15th and Congress; above the TEC building), to the left St. Austin's Catholic Church steeple (20th and Guadalupe) and the Goodall Wooten Dormitory to the right. The … more

Date: January 1, 1958

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Bill Gaines & goat (in office setting)

Man holding Bill Gaines' goat in office corridor

Date: July 24, 1958

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Bill Gaines & goat (in office setting)

Woman supervises Bill Gaines' goat next to a chair in his office

Date: July 24, 1958

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Blizzard in the Chicago Station]

One of the most unique of all railroad photographs: It is a January night in 1958 and a blizzard-snowstorm rages in the "Windy City". This scene is in the yards - the Chicago and North Western Railway's Chicago passenger station is visible in the background. Observe the gas jets which are keeping switches from being frozen.

Date: January 1958

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Blue Bird" near St. Louis, Missouri]

Wabash Railroad's famous streamliner "Blue Bird" train No. 24 northbound, powered by diesel locomotive No. 1002 with domes on Pullman cars and coaches. glides through beautiful Forest Park, St. Louis, enroute to Chicago.

Date: 1958~

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Boneheads" Working in the Community]

Photograph of an explorer scout troop, known as the "Bonehead Boys", putting up signs in an open field. The men and boys are standing around a newly put up sign labeled "Childress & Baylor Lakes".

Date: 1958

Partner: Childress County Heritage Museum

Bridal Portrait of JoAnn Polansky

Bridal portrait of JoAnn Polansky holding a bouquet.

Date: August 18, 1958

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Checker Cab & Yellow Cab

Shot of competing Checker & Yellow Cab parked nearby the Texas State Capitol

Date: April 15, 1958

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Children's home

Mrs. Bob Hunt leads children as they prepare to watch television

Date: July 7, 1958

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Crowning Queen Homecoming Night

Homecoming Queen and King pictured together at Anderson High School

Date: November 19, 1958

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Crowning Queen Homecoming Night

Homecoming Queen crowned on stage at Anderson High School

Date: November 19, 1958

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Crowning Queen Homecoming Night

Homecoming Queen and King dance among other couples

Date: November 19, 1958

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

["The Cyrus K. Holliday" near Dodge City, Kansas]

The Cyrus K. Holliday, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1880, is shown under steam for a special event on the Larned Branch of the Santa Fe Railway near Dodge City, Kansas, 1958.

Date: 1958

Partner: Museum of the American Railroad