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[Women Dining at Blue Willow Tea Room]

Photograph of two women sitting at a table at the Blue Willow Tea Room, being attended by a man. The man is wearing a light-colored suit jacket and dark-colored pants, and the women are wearing light-colored dresses. There is a mantle and fireplace in the background, as well as a cabinet with china.

Date: January 30, 1947

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.295728 -97.744059

[Jazz Band Playing at Law School Party]

Photograph of a jazz band playing at a law school party at the Avalon Club hosted by Louis C. Davis. Three members of the band are holding saxophones, four members are holding trumpets, and one is holding an upright bass The band members' music stands have the initials "CL" on them.

Date: April 30, 1948

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.330349 -97.723829

[People Dancing at a Law School Party at the Avalon Club]

Photograph of a group of people dancing at a law school party at the Avalon Club hosted by Louis C. Davis. Three women are sitting in the foreground at a table, and the dance floor is full of people.

Date: April 30, 1948

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.330349 -97.723829

[Two Men and a Woman in the Kitchen of the Blue Willow Tea Room]

Photograph of two men and a woman working in a kitchen. They are all wearing light-colored uniforms. The woman is wearing a dress, and putting muffins into an oven. One of the men is holding a plate, ready to serve, and the other is preparing a plate.

Date: January 30, 1947

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.295728 -97.744059

[Newlyweds Sharing a Piece of Wedding Cake]

Photograph of newlyweds J. C. Simpson and Miss Palma Hughs sharing a piece of wedding cake. Simpson is wearing a dark-colored suit, and Hughs is wearing a white satin wedding dress. There are two women standing on either side of them in dark-colored dresses.

Date: May 30, 1948

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

[Party Goers Sitting at a Table]

Photograph of six people sitting at a table for a meal at a tower party. There are other people sitting at a table in the background.

Date: March 30, 1948

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

[J. C. Simpson and Miss Palma Hughs Walking Down the Aisle]

Photograph of J. C. Simpson and Miss Palma Hughs walking down the aisle from the alter on their wedding day. Simpson is wearing a suit and tie, and Hughs is wearing a white satin dress. There are multiple rows of people looking the other way on either side of them.

Date: May 30, 1948

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

[Seven People at a Table at a Law School Party]

Photograph of four men and three women sitting at a table with bottles on it at a law school party at the Avalon Club hosted by Louis C. Davis.

Date: April 30, 1948

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.330349 -97.723829

[Entertainers at a Tower Party]

Photograph of two men entertaining people at a tower party. One man is standing at a microphone, and the other is dressed in a hobo or hillbilly - type costume and holding a homemade fishing pole. There are people sitting at tables in the background.

Date: March 30, 1948

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

[Five Men Entertaining People at a Party]

Photograph of five men standing in front of a room at a tower party. One is wearing a dark-colored suit, and the other four are wearing light-colored suits. There is extra chairs and tables and a stage in the background.

Date: March 30, 1948

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

[Girl Holding a Hearing Aid]

Photograph of a young girl holding a hearing aid. She is sitting on a couch, wearing a light-colored dress, and visible from the knees up.

Date: April 30, 1948

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

[Man Standing on the Dance Floor at a Law School Party]

Photograph of a man in a dark-colored suit standing in the middle in the middle of a floor, holding a champagne bottle at a law school party at the Avalon Club hosted by Louis C. Davis. There are other men and women in the background in dark- and light-colored clothing.

Date: April 30, 1948

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.330349 -97.723829

[Palma Hughs Preparing for Wedding]

Photograph of Miss Palma Hughs getting ready for her wedding day. She is adjusting her hat in a vanity mirror, and there is a portrait of her soon-to-be husband J. C. Simpson on the vanity.

Date: May 30, 1948

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

Austin Athletic Club at Shoal Creek by House Park

Photograph of rear exterior of the Austin Athletic Club at Shoal Creek by House Park. Visible are: a tennis court; benches for watching matches; two workers changing out screens on the second floor windows. The first organized recreation center in Austin was the privately owned Austin Athletic Club, built in 1923, by William T. Caswell. In 1931. Mr. Caswell sold the club to the City of Austin for "a small remuneration". The name of the center was officially changed to the Austin Recreation Cent… more

Date: October 30, 1942

Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab., Austin

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.276988 -97.749428

Stephen F. Austin grave

Grave marker of Stephen F. Austin. The top of the marker has a statue of Austin with his arm outstretched and his name listed below. At the base there is a plaque.

Date: June 30, 1949

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Man Speaking at Podium]

Photograph of a man standing at a podium speaking into a KNOW microphone in the Capitol. On the negative sleeve, the photographer wrote "Judge Story."

Date: May 30, 1941

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Senator Henry L. Winfield with Woman]

Photograph of Senator Henry L. Winfield standing with a woman in an office.

Date: September 30, 1941

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Capitol Machine Works]

Photograph of the exterior of the Capitol Machine Works building. A large tow truck is parked in front of the building and three men are leaning against the truck.

Date: May 30, 1941

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Capitol Truck and Trailer Building]

Photograph of the exterior of the Capitol Truck and Trailer building. There is a large truck that is carrying a crane parked outsid the building. Two men are leaning against the hood of the truck. Sinclair gas pumps are visible in front of the building, and the Capitol Machine Works building is in the background.

Date: May 30, 1941

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Jim Farley

Photograph of three men -- two seated and one standing -- looking at a booklet.

Date: June 30, 1941

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Garrison -- Golden Wedding Anniversary

Photograph of an elderly couple on their 50th wedding anniversary.

Date: January 30, 1941

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Mayor Mary Kyle Hartson standing next to furniture]

A woman standing by an old piece of furniture.

Date: March 30, 1940

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Mayor Mary Kyle Hartson and man standing at Fire Station]

A man and woman shaking hands outside of a building.

Date: March 30, 1940

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Mayor Mary Kyle Hartson in driver's seat of fire truck]

A woman sitting in the driver's seat of a fire truck.

Date: March 30, 1940

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

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[Women Dining at Blue Willow Tea Room]

[Jazz Band Playing at Law School Party]

[People Dancing at a Law School Party at the Avalon Club]

[Two Men and a Woman in the Kitchen of the Blue Willow Tea Room]

[Newlyweds Sharing a Piece of Wedding Cake]

[Party Goers Sitting at a Table]

[J. C. Simpson and Miss Palma Hughs Walking Down the Aisle]

[Seven People at a Table at a Law School Party]

[Entertainers at a Tower Party]

[Five Men Entertaining People at a Party]

[Girl Holding a Hearing Aid]

[Man Standing on the Dance Floor at a Law School Party]

[Palma Hughs Preparing for Wedding]

Austin Athletic Club at Shoal Creek by House Park

Stephen F. Austin grave

[Man Speaking at Podium]

[Senator Henry L. Winfield with Woman]

[Capitol Machine Works]

[Capitol Truck and Trailer Building]

Jim Farley

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Garrison -- Golden Wedding Anniversary

[Mayor Mary Kyle Hartson standing next to furniture]

[Mayor Mary Kyle Hartson and man standing at Fire Station]

[Mayor Mary Kyle Hartson in driver's seat of fire truck]