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[Pan American Tiny Tot Christmas party]

Photograph of Santa Claus visiting the children at the Pan American Recreation Center Tiny Tot Christmas party. A girl sits on Santa's lap while the rest of the children wait and watch from tables around the room. They wear paper reindeer hats and have candy canes. Christmas decorations include Santa's sleigh with three reindeer on the far wall.

Date: December 1966

Creator: Austin (Tex.). Department of Parks and Recreation.

Item Type: Photograph

PARD Exhibit at Cavalcade of Commerce

Photograph of Parks & Recreation Department exhibit at Cavalcade of Commerce. Banner hanging in background reads "National Gold Medal Award - Class II - 1968."

Date: March 15, 1968

Creator: Austin (Tex.). Department of Parks and Recreation.

Item Type: Photograph

[W.T.Williams, Ladybird Johnson, and Beverly Sheffield]

Photograph of City Manager W. T. Williams, Mrs. Lyndon Johnson and Mr. Beverly Sheffield standing in front of the Parks and Recreation Department office.

Date: December 23, 1966

Creator: Austin (Tex.). Department of Parks and Recreation.

Item Type: Photograph

[Wildcat Orchestra at Zilker Hillside Theater]

Photograph of Photograph of the orchestra from a summer musical "Wildcat" performed on stage at the open-air Zilker Hillside Theater in Austin. The orchestra sits on a raised platform while spectators sit on the ground surrounding.

Date: 1962-08-23/1962-08-25

Creator: Austin (Tex.). Department of Parks and Recreation.

Item Type: Photograph

[Wildcat performed on stage at Zilker Hillside Theater]

Photograph of a scene from a summer musical "Wildcat" performed on stage at the open-air Zilker Hillside Theater. Cast of men and women perform on stage and two actors climb a tower set.

Date: 1962-08-23/1962-08-25

Creator: Austin (Tex.). Department of Parks and Recreation.

Item Type: Photograph

[The Music Man at Zilker Hillside Theater]

Photograph of a performance of "The Music Man" for the 11th Summer Musical at the Zilker Park Hillside Theater. Spectators sit on the grass and watch the play.

Date: August 19, 1969

Creator: Austin (Tex.). Parks and Recreation Department.

Item Type: Photograph

Trio Los Amigos

Photograph of a trio of Mexican mariachi musicians at the Pan American Recreation Center. The mariachi wear sombreros and patterned panchos. The two mariachi on the right and left play six-string guitars while the middle mariachi plays the Mexican vihuela. The mariachi mouths are open in mid-song. The Pan American Recreation Center was opened in June 1942 as the first Latin American Recreation Center in Austin and run under the auspices of the Federated Latin American Club and directed by the … more

Date: 1965

Creator: Austin (Tex.). Parks and Recreation Department.

Item Type: Photograph

All Tied up on Zilker Kite Field

Photograph of "All tied up on Zilker kite field." Two teenagers try to untangle a number of kite strings while two girls stand by. They are in a field at Zilker Park in Austin.

Date: [1969..1979]

Creator: Austin Citizen

Item Type: Photograph

[Aftermath of Fire at Hancock Recreation Center]

Photograph of a room at the Hancock Recreation Center following a fire. Water from fire hoses and debris covers the floor. A charred piano sits along the back wall.

Date: October 1965

Creator: Austin Fire Department

Item Type: Photograph

[Aftermath of Fire at Hancock Recreation Center]

Photograph of rubble in the aftermath of a fire at the Hancock Recreation Center, October 1965.

Date: October 1965

Creator: Austin Fire Department

Item Type: Photograph

[Performance at the Zilker Hillside Theater]

Photograph of two actors perform on stage at the Zilker Hillside Theater in Austin. They wear rumpled suits and a bridge set piece is visible behind the actors.

Date: 1963

Creator: Barnes, Walter

Item Type: Photograph

[Performance at the Zilker Hillside Theater]

Photograph of actors performing a song while extras look on in the background at Zilker Hillside Theater in Zilker Park in Austin.

Date: 1963

Creator: Barnes, Walter

Item Type: Photograph

[19th Street Looking West]

Photograph of 19th Street (now Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.) looking west from about Trinity. Buildings line the left side of the street and construction vehicles and workers are on the right side.

Date: January 19, 1965

Creator: City of Austin

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.279687 -97.734585

[Austin Municipal Airport]

Distant view of the municipal airport parking lot and terminal with air control tower in background.

Date: November 12, 1962

Creator: City of Austin

Item Type: Photograph

[City of Austin Auditorium]

Photograph of the City of Austin Auditorium taken from the north side of Town Lake after a snowfall.

Date: February 1967

Creator: City of Austin

Item Type: Photograph

[Interior of the Carver Branch Library]

Photograph of an Interior view of the Carver Branch Library. Tables and chairs are in the foreground.

Date: March 1, 1967

Creator: City of Austin

Item Type: Photograph

["Oklahoma!" Cast Members]

Photograph of several cast members of Zilker Hillside Theatre's "Oklahoma!" posing in costume in a surrey. Written on back of photo: "Norman Eaton (Curley), Shaaron Melcher (Laurey), Camille Tracy (Aunt Eller)."

Date: August 16, 1965

Creator: City of Austin

Item Type: Photograph

[Railroad tracks near Austin]

Photograph of International and Great Northern railroad tracks outside of Austin. On the tracks in the distance can be seen the switch, and in the far distance, the city watertower is visible. Telephone poles and brush are dominant, though some houses and fences indicating residences are visible.

Date: July 22, 1966

Creator: City of Austin

Item Type: Photograph

[Texas State Capitol]

Photograph of the Texas State Capitol building in the late 1890s or early 1900s taken from the balcony at 1006 Congress Avenue.

Date: July 12, 1962

Creator: City of Austin

Item Type: Photograph

[Tiny Tots - Austin Athletic Club]

Photograph of eight young children sitting on a bench, mimicking gestures made by their instructor. Caption on back reads: "Tiny Tots- 1963, Austin Athletic Club. (Brunette girl in center is daughter of John Bustin)."

Date: July 23, 1963

Creator: City of Austin

Item Type: Photograph

[Governor's Mansion]

Photograph of the Governor's Mansion taken from "Souvenir of Austin" (1906).

Date: November 1964

Creator: Dora Dieterich Bonham Fund

Item Type: Photograph

The Zilker Zephyr

Photograph of children and parents riding the Zilker Zephyr miniature train through Zilker Park. Downtown Austin and the Capitol building are visible in the background.

Date: [1960,1980]

Creator: Haddon, E.P.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.267282 -97.762270

[Visitors and bust of Elisabet Ney at the Elisabet Ney Museum]

Photograph of Visitors Lesly Cain (age 7) and Mrs. Don Johnson examine a bust is of Mrs. Elisabet Ney at the Elisabet Ney Museum. In 1892, European portrait sculptor Elisabet Ney (1833-1907) purchased property in Austin at 304 East 44th Street, established a studio named Formosa, and resumed her career as a noted sculptor. Ney sculpted and collected portraits of notable Texans and Europeans. Following Ney’s death in 1907, her friends preserved the studio and its contents as the Elisabet Ney Mu… more

Date: [1969..1979]

Creator: Hyatt, Darl

Item Type: Photograph

Horse Training at Manor Downs

Photograph of a man at Manor Downs holding a lead for a dark horse who is trotting in front of him. A barn and pickup truck are in the background.

Date: [1967..1980]

Creator: Muitt, Mike

Item Type: Photograph

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