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[1963 Aqua Festival]

Description: Photograph of the scenery at the Aqua Festival in 19063. A group of people are seen posing by the statue of three sea horses.
Date: 1963

[Aqua Festival Scenery]

Description: Photograph of the scenery at the Aqua Festival in 1963. A child is seen seated wearing a cape and crown.
Date: 1963

[Aqua Festival]

Description: Photograph of the view at the Aqua Festival in 1963.
Date: 1963

[Scenery at the Aqua Festival in 1963]

Description: Photograph of people holding a banner reading "Austin Recreation Dept. Playground" during the Aqua festival in 1963. A small crowd and a parked vehicle are seen behind them.
Date: 1963

[Halloween Event at Rosewood #2]

Description: Photograph of the scenery at a Halloween event at Rosewood Park in 1969. People are gathered around a stand selling sweets and candy.
Date: 1963

[Pool at the Aqua Festival]

Description: Photograph of a group of people in a pool labelled "Keep Cool with a Pool" at the Aqua Festival in 1963.
Date: 1963

[National Recreation Month Event]

Description: Photograph of a group of musicians performing at a National Recreation Month event at Zilker Park. The musicians are performing behind a stand labelled "Know Now On The Air".
Date: June 1, 1963

[Austin Municipal Band]

Description: Photograph of two men part of the Austin Municipal Band. The people are identified as Roy Lyon who is on the left and Weldon Covington.
Date: 1963

[Austin National Bank]

Description: Photograph of the Austin National Bank building. Several cars are parked or driving on the street. To the left a JC Penny and other storefronts are visible. A woman stands in the street on the far right; some people cross the street in the opposite direction at center.
Date: 1963~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Building on the Colorado River and Palmer Auditorium]

Description: Photograph of a small building, possibly a restaurant, on the Colorado River in Austin, Texas. The photo was probably taken from the Congress Avenue Bridge; South 1st Street runs past the building towards the river on the right, off of which turns a 1950s/60s-era car. Palmer Auditorium is prominently visible in the background right; on the left is a business called Nelson's. A double-billboard is visible on 1st St. in the center, featuring advertisements for Yellow Pages and Buick.
Date: 1963~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Location: 30.261690 -97.747814

[Office with Plants]

Description: Photograph of a modern, postwar office space. A line of desks with chairs in front runs from the center foreground to the left background. Each has a set of rotary telephones, stationary, pens, an ashtray, and other supplies neatly arranged. Behind them is a glass walkway, on the opposite side of which are several large plants and a sculpted wall.
Date: 1963~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Dining Room near Living Area]

Description: Photograph of a dining room. Four set tables with chairs stand in the foreground and centerground. The left wall is composed of windows looking into a courtyard. In the background is an array of couches and tables, and two wooden doors. A potted plant stands in the far right corner. The courtyard has stone tiling and a concrete island with shrubs and a small tree, behind which is a metal table and some chairs.
Date: 1963~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Truck at Austin Lacquer Company]

Description: Photograph of ten men posing in front of a truck at the Austin Lacquer Company's building. The truck, belonging to Central Freight Lines, is parked so that it blocks the road, with a station wagon belonging to the company perpendicular to it. At the center of the men on the ground are cans of lacquer. The bumpers of 1950s-era cars are visible in the bottom right, as well as a car behind the truck.
Date: 1963~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[City National Bank, Austin]

Description: Photograph of the City National Bank building at 823 Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas. Several people walk about the side walk at the corner of Congress and East 9th Street, along which several cars are parked. To the right of the bank is Carl Mayer Jewelers and a store called Ward's. The Commodore Perry Hotel (800 Brazos) and a parking garage stand in the background.
Date: 1963~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Location: 30.270452 -97.741475

[Empty Lobby with Desks]

Description: Photograph of a large lobby. In the foreground are chairs adjoined to small tables with ashtrays on them. In the background center and left are several desks with chairs. The space is segmented by large concrete columns. Tables stand in the background right, behind which is the entrance and exit.
Date: 1963~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Empty, Plain Office]

Description: Photograph of a office space. Several desks with chairs are spaced around the room with glass dividers between them. In the left foreground are two chairs and a potted plant for waiting. A door with a clock above it is visible in the center background.
Date: 1963~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Travel agency office]

Description: Photograph of a travel agency office. In the foreground on the left is a desk with a typewriter, some books, and an ashtray. Behind the desk is a chair and a screen composed of rings. On the right against the wall is a chair and some filing cabinets with brochures and a globe on top. Hanging on the wall are posters for Lufthansa and the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, two posters for Japan, and a poster in the center background for Germany. Beneath that poster is another desk with a chair be… more
Date: 1963~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Couch Set with Plant]

Description: Photograph of a small couch and matching chair, standing in a corner with a potted plant between them. The corner is draped with a curtain; to the right is a framed landscape photograph.
Date: 1963~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
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