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[619 S. Sycamore - A.R. Howard Home]

Description: Photograph of the front and south side of "A.R. Howard Home," a two-story, Victorian Italianate-style house located at 619 S. Sycamore in Palestine, Texas. This house is noteworthy because of its load-bearing masonry (brick) construction and its segmental-arched openings, bracketed eaves, and low-pitched roof. The house is behind a brick fence with metal ornamentation.
Date: 1965~
Creator: McReynolds, Oliver
Location: 31.756336 -95.630319
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[722 S. Magnolia - Lucas Davey House]

Description: Photograph of the front and south sides of the "Lucas-Davey House," a white, two-story Queen Anne-style home located at 722 S. Magnolia in Palestine, Texas. Distinctive features include the asymmetrical massing, a richness in details and materials and superb craftsmanship. There are trees and bushes around the house, obscuring the porch and first floor.
Date: 1965~
Location: 31.755089 -95.631390
Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Aerial view of Gulf Oil Co.]

Description: Aerial photograph of the Gulf Oil Company facilities in Orange, Texas.
Date: November 16, 1965
Creator: Watkins Studio
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Austin Aerials - CB Francis Rest Home

Description: Aerial shot of CB Francis Rest Home, 6909 Burnet Rd. Burnet Road running left to right in center. Cullen Ave on left and Justin Lane intersecting Burnet Lane and Burnet Road on the right. Two of buildings on left hand side of Justin Lane on the upper right are churches. Daugherty St running left to right (to Justin) on lower left.
Date: July 13, 1965
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Austin Aerials - Lowich Building

Description: Aerial shot of Downtown Austin, State Capitol, and in particular the Lowich Building, 314 W 11th St.
Date: January 15, 1965
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Austin Aerials - Lowich Building

Description: Aerial shot of Downtown Austin, State Capitol, and Lowich Building at 314 W 11th and Catercornered from Travis County Courthouse, which is adjacent to Wooldridge Park.
Date: January 15, 1965
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Bratton Drug Store - Corner of N. Sycamore and W. Oak Str]

Description: Photograph of the Bratton Drug Company on the northwest corner of W. Oak and N. Sycamore streets in Palestine, Texas, looking west on Oak. It is a two-story brick building with a series of four-pane windows along both sides of the upper story. There is a sign that says "Bratton Drug Co." above the first story, in between "Coca Cola" signs. Several unidentified people are walking on the sidewalk and vehicles are parked along Oak street.
Date: 1965~
Creator: McReynolds, Oliver
Location: 31.762613 -95.631371
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

Bulls and Austinites

Description: Young men display their competing cattle side by side in front of a barn
Date: December 1, 1965
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Bulls and Austinites

Description: Young man J J Pettus leads an award-winning bull in the field
Date: December 1, 1965
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

A.C.T. Cast & Crew

Description: Cecil Hill's players and crew pose for a group shot. Part of the Austin Civic Theater.
Date: May 20, 1965
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

A.C.T. Dancers

Description: One of Cecil Hill's ACT [Austin Civic Theater] ballerinas in a stretched pose.
Date: April 28, 1965
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

A.C.T. Dancers

Description: Cecil Hill's ballerinas with a synchronized pose. Part of the Austin Civic Theater.
Date: April 28, 1965
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

A.C.T. Dancers

Description: Cecil Hill's A.C.T. [Austin Civic Theater] group ballerina dancers pose
Date: April 28, 1965
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

A.C.T. Mime

Description: Mime from Cecil Hill's A.C.T. [Austin Civic Theater] theatrical group
Date: March 2, 1965
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

A.C.T. performer atop piano

Description: Costumed young lady from the Austin Civic Theater sits atop piano.
Date: February 1, 1965
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

A.C.T. "Tom Sawyer" play

Description: A scene from the play "Tom Sawyer" put on by Austin Civic Theater. Randall Craig on the left as Tom, center is Marylyn Germind as Beckie Thacher, and on the right is Steven Foster as Huck Finn.
Date: June 18, 1965
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Camp Wildurr]

Description: Photograph of Camp Wildurr and it's young campers. Front row center are (with long pants and dark shirt) Mark Cater and (with white socks and legs crossed) Al Reese. They and two others were high school counselors and officers in the district youth group of the Disciples of Christ Christian Church.
Date: 1965~/1966~
Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[Chicago Union Station]

Description: Early morning commuters from Chicago Union Station cross the Jackson Street bridge. In the background is the office portion which contains the Station's main waiting room.
Date: 1965
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

Farmland and Countryside

Description: Sheep graze on Vince Taylor's land on the Central Texas prairie
Date: December 1, 1965
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[First Presbyterian Church]

Description: Photograph of the First Presbyterian Church in Orange, Texas from the west side. This building is also know as the Lutcher Memorial Building because it was was planned, built and underwritten by Mrs. Henry Jacob (Frances Ann) Lutcher as a memorial to the Henry Jacob Lutcher Family. It is an example of classic Greek Revival architecture, completed in 1912. It was one of the earliest air-conditioned buildings in the United States. The church has a large copper dome, large granite Corinthian colum… more
Date: 1965
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Fuller, Mercer & Sheffield Funeral Home

Description: Direct head on exterior shot of funeral home, 1164 Angelina St.
Date: August 27, 1965
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Hurricane Betsy Relief

Description: Austin Telephone Co. Pioneers hold up parcels of supplies to be sent on truck to supply the victims of Hurricane Betsy in New Orleans
Date: September 23, 1965
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Hurricane Betsy Relief

Description: Austin Telephone Co. Pioneers stand outside relief truck, seeing off goods to the victims of Hurricane Betsy in New Orleans
Date: September 23, 1965
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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