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The aerial blimp Ranger: Austin area, boarding etc

Boarding the aerial blimp Ranger, which was one of five Goodyear blimps commandeered by the Navy to patrol the coasts during WWII. The blimp landed at the Municipal Air Port.

Date: April 5, 1949

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Art Anderson

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: Photograph

[Attorney J.M. Harris]

Attorney J.M. Harris sitting at desk. Austin, Texas.

Date: April 6, 1948

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Austin Body Works]

Austin Body Works. Austin, Texas.

Date: April 30, 1948

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Austin Body Works

Exterior view of Austin Body Works building at 510-512 E. 6th Street.

Date: April 30, 1948

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Austin Electro Plating Company]

Photograph of front of building at 2406 E. 1st Street.

Date: April 8, 1948

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.262477 -97.741265

Austin High Orchestra

Photograph of an orchestra on stage. Several people are in the audience of the auditorium.

Date: April 4, 1945

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Baby in Crib]

Photograph of Ralph Dorsett baby in a crib, lying under a blanket.

Date: April 22, 1941

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Band Playing at Square Dance]

Photograph of two men and a woman on a stage, posing for a picture at Henlee Studios. Left to right: man seated with lap steel guitar, woman seated with hollowbody guitar, and a man standing in front of a microphone. The group is about to play a square dance.

Date: April 14, 1948

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

[Band Playing Square Dance]

Photograph of members of a western swing/hillbilly band standing on a stage, playing during a square dance. One is holding a fiddle, one is holding an upright bass, two are holding guitars, and a woman is standing at the microphone.

Date: April 17, 1948

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

[Barton Spring Style Show]

Photograph of the audience members at a Barton Springs style show in 1941.

Date: April 6, 1941

Item Type: Photograph

[Barton Springs Style Show]

Photograph of the scenery at a Barton Springs style show and a model is seen posing on stage with a couple of people seated behind her.

Date: April 6, 1941

Item Type: Photograph

[Batter Standing in Position on Baseball Field]

Photograph of a batter wearing a baseball uniform, standing in position in a field with a bat over his left shoulder. In the background, several men are seated on steps outside entrances to the fieldhouse, a large, white building with wooden siding.

Date: April 17, 1948

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.229047 -97.755883

[Beauford Jester with the Texas Square Dance Association]

Photograph of Governor Beauford Jester posing in an office with a man and a woman from the Texas Square Dance Association. They are holding a Les Gotcher square dance album.

Date: April 17, 1948

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph