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[Tiny Tot Program]

Description: Photograph of the scenery at a Tiny Tot program in 1937. A group of children are seen playing around some trees and a few adults are with them.
Date: March 29, 1937

[Boxer Posing]

Description: Photograph of a man in boxing gloves posing with his arms up.
Date: 1939

[Family Standing in Bull Creek]

Description: Photograph of a family wading in Bull Creek. There are three children, an adult man, and a small dog standing in the water; a number of trees are visible along the bank in the background.
Date: July 25, 1936

[Austin Dam]

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

Governor’s Mansion

Description: View of front elevation with walkway lined with plantings, Porch is screened, no fences visible.
Date: 1937

[Texas Ranger Captains]

Description: Four men standing behind a seated man on a porch. Back reads: "Texas Ranger Captains. Seated: Captain Dan Roberts. Standing L to R: Captain J. A. Brooks, Adjutant General W. W. Sterling, former Ranger Captain Frank A Hamer and Captain John R. Hughes."
Date: August 30, 1932
Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Travis County Courthouse

Description: Exterior of the Courthouse with cars parked in the parking lot.
Date: June 18, 1931
Creator: Jordan-Ellison

[Tax Collector's Office]

Description: The Tax Collector's office inside the Travis County Courthouse.
Date: 1931
Creator: Jordan-Ellison

[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.

[Gearing Hall, Painter Hall and Lily Pond]

Description: Looking northeast from the lily pond behind the Tower on the University of Texas campus. Gearing Hall, known then as the Home Economics building, on the left and the Painter Hall, then the Physics building, on the right, are in view.
Date: September 1936
Creator: Ellison Photo Co.
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