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Austin Aerials - TEC Building

Description: Aerial shot of cranes and scaffolding at TEC construction site. 15th Street running left to right in center of photograph. Brazos St on the lower right and 14th on the lower left. The back of the Swedish Central Methodist Church (State purchased and demolished in the 1950s, as state administration grew and government complex spread). The University campus on the top right.
Date: January 1, 1958
Creator: Douglass, Neal

Austin Aerials - TEC Building

Description: Aerial shot of finished TEC Building. Brazos St on the lower right and 14th on the lower left. The Swedish Central Methodist Church (State purchased and demolished in the 1950s, as state administration grew and government complex spread). The University Tower in the background.
Date: January 1, 1958
Creator: Douglass, Neal

Austin Aerials - TEC Building

Description: Aerial shot of steel frame structure of TEC building. Brazos St is on the lower right and 14th on the lower left. The Swedish Central Methodist Church (State purchased and demolished in the 1950s, as state administration grew and government complex spread). In the center of photograph note steeple of Gethsemane Lutheran Church (15th and Congress; above the TEC building), to the left St. Austin's Catholic Church steeple (20th and Guadalupe) and the Goodall Wooten Dormitory to the right. The … more
Date: January 1, 1958
Creator: Douglass, Neal

[Children at "Little Red School House" Bus Stop]

Description: Photograph of two boys and three girls waiting at a bus stop. The bus stop has a wooden shelter designed like an antique school house, with white letters painted on the right side: "Drive With Care... buy SINCLAIR. Wesley Pearson, Good Year Tires. School Bus Stop, 'Little Red Bus Stop.'" The road is gravel, set next to a river lined with various trees.
Date: 1958~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Dining room interior of the Villa Capri Motor Hotel]

Description: Photograph of Villa Capri Motel restaurant dining room, located at 2300 North Interregional Highway (East Avenue, now I-35), with a burnished steel sunken charcoal broiling pit, for cooking steaks, in the center. There are overhead chandeliers made of bundles of radiating brass rods that simulate sunbursts, or perhaps exploding atoms. On the far wall is a modern wall design made with colored panels. The vaulted ceiling has exposed beams. Four-top dining tables with white table cloths are set wi… more
Date: 1958
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Dining Room with Glass Doors]

Description: Photograph of a large dining room. Round tables with several chairs each are spaced evenly on the floor. Large windows and two doors lead outside on the left; in the wall to the right of that are open doors leading into a living or recreation room.
Date: 1958~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Girl's and Women's Clothing Store]

Description: Photograph of a women's clothing store. On the left are racks of skirts, pants, sweaters, and coats for children and adults. On the right are a line of counters with shelves and cases behind them stocked with boxes and items of clothing. Four display dummies stands around the store, and an assortment of handbags, shoes, and other products sit on top of racks and counters.
Date: 1958~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
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