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[Austin Skyline]
Photograph of the Austin skyline taken from the top of the Light Plant.
[Canadian Street Library Branch]
Photograph of the Canadian Street Branch Library located at 2131 East Ceaser Chaves/1st st. (was Canadian Street).
[Green Water Treatment Plant]
Photograph of the Green Water Treatment Plant in Austin, TX.
[Library interior of Austin High School with students reading at tables, Austin, Texas]
Photograph of students reading at long wooden tables in the Austin High School library, located at 1202 Rio Grande. The students are seated in wooden chairs with vertical back slats. The circulation desk is visible at the back of the room, and there are two framed prints on the walls. There are four pendant schoolhouse lamps on the ceiling, and a ceiling fan over the circulation desk. The name Mameye Robison is written on the foreedge of a book stacked on a table near the front of the photograph.
[Men Saving Belongings from Flood Waters]
Photograph of "three residents carry(ing) a TV set out of a flooded house along Williamson Creek as heavy rains forced numerous creeks out of their banks."
[Old City Hall]
Photograph of the Old City Hall building.
[President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt making a whistle-stop campaign appearance in Austin]
Photograph of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt standing behind a podium, on a platform, at the end of a train car as he addresses the large, night-time crowd assembled before him. His outstretched arms grasp the podium. Roosevelt is surrounded by a group of people including his wife, Eleanor, and possibly John Nance Garner ("Cactus Jack"), the vice-president. A neon sign above the train car reads, "PROSPERITY'S ROSE BLOOMS AGAIN WITH ROOSEVELT." The crowd is standing shoulder-to-shoulder.
[Town Lake's First Tree]
Photograph of the planting of Town Lake's first tree by the Women's Architectural League. Two women and a man are gathered around the tree, the man holding a shovel. The state Capitol building, UT tower, and other buildings are visible in the background. The young woman in the photograph is Gail Swallow, President of Women's Architectural League.
[View from Zilker Club House]
Photograph of Zilker Park lookout at Zilker Club House. The UT Clock Tower and the State Capitol building are visible in the distance.
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