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[Austin High School students read at long tables in the school library, Austin, Texas]

Description: Photograph of students reading at long wooden tables in the school library at Austin High School. They are seated in wooden chairs with vertical back slats. The view is taken through an ornamental wrought iron arch, featuring scrolls, a Texas star and the letters "AHS" at each top corner. The iron work may be attributable to the Weigl Iron Works, a local business known for architectural and decorative iron work.
Date: 1934

Construction of Boy Scout Hut in Zilker Park

Description: Photograph of two men sitting on wooden beams while constructing a boy scout hut in Zilker Park. The stone structure is surrounded by boulders and sawhorses are visible in the foreground.
Date: 1934~

[Falstaff Beer Trucks]

Description: Beer trucks belonging to the Lightsey Carroll Company Distributors stand at the ready to deliver beer to thirsty Austinites. Featuring the Capitol in the background lends an air of legality to beer distribution, particularly considering that Prohibition had ended just five months before.
Date: May 25, 1934
Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

[Governor's Mansion]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of the Texas Governor's mansion taken from the southwest.
Date: 1934
Creator: Emil Niggli

[Governor's Mansion]

Description: Photograph of the Texas Governor's mansion taken from the southeast.
Date: 1934
Creator: Emil Niggli

[O. Henry House]

Description: Moving the O. Henry house to its present location as the O. Henry Museum at 409 E. 5th.
Date: 1934
Creator: Jordan-Ellison Co.

[Library interior of Austin High School with students reading at tables, Austin, Texas]

Description: 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 photograp… more
Date: December 11, 1934

[School Bus In Front of Allan Junior High School]

Description: Photograph of a school bus and students in front of Allan Junior High School. The bus is full of students and more studnets stand on the street and school campus. A man stands at the back of the bus. The school bus looks to be a 1930 Ford.
Date: 1934
Creator: Boone
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