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[St. Austin Catholic School]

Description: Photograph of the porch and entrance to St Austin's Parish School, now St. Austin Catholic School, at 1911 San Antonio St., Austin, Texas. The corner of the building has "St. Austins Parish School" in metal letters on the right side of the wall, and a large metal cross on the left. Two trees and a bush stand to the right near the entrance.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.282861 -97.743045

[Living Room near Kitchen and Bedroom]

Description: Photograph of a living room in a postwar home. In the left foreground is a chair and table with an ashtray on it, behind which is an opening to a bedroom. In the center against a wall is a TV set on a stand and a desk with a chair, lamp, rotary phone, ashtray, and mirror. In the right background is a bar with three stools at it, behind which is the kitchen.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Single-Story Building and Landscaping]

Description: Photograph of a single-story, postwar building used as a club or restaurant. The structure is set on top of brick and stone landscaping that leads down to a sidewalk. An overhanging room extends out, with large curtained windows, a door, and a wooden staircase. A tree stands in the right-foreground, behind which is a water tower.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Lobby]

Description: Photograph of a lobby. At center are some chairs with a metal table and glass coffee table. Behind them in the background is a couch with more tables and lamps on either side of it. The couch is set against a set of windows, through which two parked 1950s-era cars are visible. A potted plant stands on the far right; a door is visible in the far left.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Finishing a Bus]

Description: Photograph of an assembly line of Ford buses. In the center three men work on a nearly completed, unpainted bus. In the background to the right is a line of buses in various states of completion with several laborers around them. In the background on the left various tools and pieces of machinery are visible.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Empty Kitchen]

Description: Photograph of a kitchen with tile flooring. To the left is an oven, stove, and sink with cabinets beneath a window. At center is a dishwasher with light-colored cabinets on either side and lining the wall above it. To the right is a door, next to which is a Frigidaire refrigerator.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Living Room with Fireplace]

Description: Photograph of a living room. On the left is a sand- or limestone fireplace with a potted plant, two cushioned chairs and two lamps. Next to the nearer chair is a table with an ashtray and a rotary phone. In the background is a curtain next to a glass door and two tall, wide windows, in front of which are two more chairs and a table with a potted plant on it. In the center-foreground is a coffee table with a ceramic ashtray and flowers in a vase.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Portrait of a Woman and Young Men's Group]

Description: Portrait photograph of 38 young men posing with 1 woman in front of a drawn curtain. The subjects are arranged in four rows: the rearmost two are standing, while the second from front sits and the front kneels, plus one man front-and-center sitting cross-legged. The woman stands in the middle of the second row from back, wearing a belted dress. The men are all wearing suits and ties of varying shades and styles.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Buildings nears Austin]

Description: Photograph of unidentified buildings on a hill northwest of downtown Austin, Texas. In the center is a four story brick building rising from the middle of a matching single story section. To its right are low structures obscured by trees and a freestanding four story building with a covered walkway next to it. A single story building is visible nearby to the left, behind which on an adjacent ridge is a watertower. The hills are covered with short trees, with a road winding through them in the l… more
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Seaholm Power Plant]

Description: Photograph of four metallic exhaust stacks at Seaholm Power Plant in Austin, Texas. A 1940s-era pickup truck and a coupe are parked in the foreground. Workmen can be seen walking at the base of the stacks.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Backyard with In-Ground Pool]

Description: Photograph of a backyard with an in-ground pool. A stone walkway leads down stairs from the left to the stone-lined pool. Various tables and chairs are set up around it while two tubes float on the surface. In the background is a modern, two-story house or set of apartments. Various shrubs line the wall behind and to the left of the pool, with two large oaks visible at center and right.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Two-Story House with Balcony]

Description: Photograph of a modern two-story house with a balcony and built-in carport, in which are two parked 1950s-era cars. Three cloth folding chairs are set up in the front yard with a bush in the foreground. The yard is surrounded by trees, including one which appears to have had a notch in the roof built around its trunk.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Small, Furnished Room]

Description: Photograph of a furnished room, arranged as a combined sleeping and living room. On the left under a window is a wide couch with a back cushion and pillows; next to that in the middle of the room is a metal table with a statuette, ashtray, and magazines on it. Behind the couch in the left corner is a lampstand, a chair, and a table with vase, all in front of a curtained window and a door leading to a balcony. A cushioned chair is pushed against some cabinets on the right.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Living and Dining Room]

Description: Photograph of a living and dining room in a single-story, postwar house. In the left foreground is a coffee table with ashtrays and a magazine on it. In the left background beyond the coffee table is a dining table set with four cushioned chairs and a fruitbowl. Behind that, against a stone wall, is a cabinet with a mirror and potted plants on top, as well as some small shelves with a metal pitcher. To the right of the dining table is a plaster wall, in which are some paper doors. To the right … more
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Church Facade]

Description: Photograph of the front of an unidentified church. The top of the building is obscured by a large oak tree. Leaves hang over the top of the picture in the foreground. A cattle trailer is visible in the bottom right background.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Bedroom with TV and Lounge Space]

Description: Photograph of a bedroom in a postwar home. In the right foreground is a bed next, to which is a nightstand with a lamp. In the left foreground is a dresser with a fruitbowl and a statuette on top. Past the bed is a desk and chair, with a framed picture of a male figure, an ashtray, and some other items on it. In the center and left background stands a coffee table surrounded by cushioned chairs. The right corner has a table with a rotary phone on it, above which hangs a cylindrical lamp. The le… more
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Kitchen with Doll and Stuffed Animal]

Description: Photograph of a kitchen. A combined counter and stove is in the foreground, set with two chairs, plates, and silverware. A doll and stuffed animal lie next to the plates. On the right are two refrigerators separated by a counter, with a fruitbowl on top and drawers beneath. Above the counter is a window looking out into a wooded yard. An oven is mounted in the wall in the background on the left, past which is an opening into another room.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Print of proposed Bradford Paint Company Building]

Description: Photograph of a print pinned to a wall, depicting a proposed building for the Bradford Paint Company in Austin, Texas. The image shows a building in a modern style, with an awning over the entrance and drive-thru, connecting the store to an adjacent building. A woman is depicted entering the store next to two men interacting at a walk-up window, while a couple windowshops around the corner.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Bradford Paint Company Building]

Description: Photograph of the Bradford Paint Company building, formerly located at W 4th Street and Guadalupe Street in Austin, Texas. The photo was taken from across Guadalupe. 1940s and 50s-era cars are parked on the street at the bottom right and center-left of the photo; more cars are parked in the lot beneath and just past a covered walkway connecting the two-story Bradford building to a nearby one-story building.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.267284 -97.746964

[Single-Story House, Walkway and Wall]

Description: Photograph of a postwar, single-story house. A concrete path with benches on it leads from the camera to the porch on the right side. The front yard is bordered by a low brick wall to the left; there is a carport behind it in the left background, with a 1950s-era station wagon parked in it. A segment of the yard on the left has wooden benches and trees in it; the rest is open grass, with one small, bare tree in the center. The house has shrubs planted around it, some in the ground and others po… more
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Patio]

Description: Photograph of a patio area at a single-story, postwar home. Two cloth folding chairs are set up on the ground beneath an open roof of wooden beams, possibly an unfinished overhang. To the left and center is a covered walkway lined with a brick wall. To the right is a side of the house with three large windows surrounded by paneling.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Interior Construction]

Description: Photograph of the inside of a unidentified building undergoing extensive construction, possibly a factory. An overhead crane is visible in the center background above a large piece of machinery. In the foreground, a handrail runs around an opening to a lower story; standing against it on far left is a wooden barrel. A segment of offices with windows is visible on the second story to the left, above which a blurred man can be seen on scaffolding.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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