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Aerial View of Flood

Description: Aerial photograph of the 1938 flood. Looking Northeast from Congress Avenue, south of the Colorado River. Palm School in center background.
Date: July 26, 1938
Creator: Douglass, Neal

[Austin Dam]

Description: Photograph of Austin Dam. Several people watch as the water runs into the spillway. The machine building is visible at left.
Date: December 6, 1938

[Austin Dam]

Description: Photograph of the Austin Dam. This photograph was taken from the side where the water flows out of the dam.
Date: 1938?

[Austin Dam]

Description: Photograph of the Austin Dam. The water is flowing through the dam's open floodgates.
Date: 1938?

[Austin Dam]

Description: Photograph of the Austin Dam. Several people watch as water flows into the spillway. The machine building is visible at left.
Date: December 6, 1938

[Children swimming at Rosewood Park]

Description: Photograph of a group of African-American children swimming and splashing at the Rosewood Park for Negroes swimming pool. Extensive use of swimming pool and facilities demonstrates success of this recreation center.
Date: August 19, 1938
Creator: Ellison Photo Service

[Entrance to Zilker Park]

Description: Photograph of a car driving past a large stone marker which reads "Zilker Park."
Date: September 3, 1938
Creator: Ellison Photo Service

[Gaston Avenue in Pemberton Heights]

Description: Photograph of Gaston Avenue looking west from Claire Avenue in the Pemberton Heights subdivision. Two large homes are in the background.
Date: November 1938

Governor O'Daniel at Camp Bullis

Description: Governor W. Lee O'Daniel stands with the troops in a grassy field at Camp Bullis as they salute.
Date: August 10, 1938
Creator: Douglass, Neal

Montopolis Bridge

Description: View of the Montopolis Bridge across the Colorado River. It is a steel truss bridge. Though dated 1886 in the photo, the bridge was not built until 1937-1938.
Date: [1938..]

[Partially Submerged House in Floodwaters]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of a house submerged almost to the roofline in the water of the flooded Colorado River. Trees and debris can be seen in the water.
Date: 1938
Creator: Douglass, Neal

[Photograph of a Flooded Road]

Description: Photograph of a view looking down a flooded street with homes on either side and standing water in the road during the 1938 flood.
Date: July 26, 1938
Creator: Douglass, Neal

Rosewood Park for Negroes

Description: Photograph of a group of black children watching a youth prepare to dive from the diving board into the public pool at Rosewood Park.
Date: September 8, 1938
Creator: Ellison Photo Service, Austin

Shrine Parade

Description: Photograph of a Shrine parade in New Orleans, LA. The crowd watches uniformed people march through the street while carrying U.S. flags and flags of the Christian cross. Houston and Austin groups are represented in the photograph.
Date: April 25, 1938

Sing Song at Barton Springs

Description: Photograph of a large audience seated on the grass at a performance of "Sing Song" at Zilker Hillside Theatre.
Date: 1938
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
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