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Travis County Clerk's Office
County Clerk's office inside the Travis County Courthouse.
[Travis County Courthouse Courtroom]
Courtroom inside the Travis County Courthouse.
[Senate Chambers]
Image of the Senate Chambers from the back of the room at the State Capitol.
[South Congress Avenue looking north]
Looking north from the about the 1100 block of South Congress. State Capitol is in view.
[Magnesium Plant]
Two buildings connected by a covered conveyor belt. Future site of the Balcones Research Center, now known as the J. J. Pickle Research Campus.
[Wooldridge Square Park]
Dedication of the bandstand at Wooldrige Square Park. Crowds of people gathered around the bandstand, dressed in formal wear.
[Capitol Laundry & Cleaning Co.]
Exterior of building with delivery van in driveway. 801 Barton Springs Road.
[Governor’s Mansion]
Looking west at the entrance of the Governor's Mansion.
[The UT Tower and Littlefield Fountain]
Looking north at the Tower on the University of Texas campus from the Littlefield Fountain with lily pads in the foreground.
[Texas State Capitol]
Looking north at the Capitol building from the roof of a building, possibly the Littlefield building at 6th and Congress. The photo shows the Travis County Courthouse in a state of disrepair at the corner of 11th and Congress.
[Capitol Greenhouse]
Exterior of a greenhouse building.
[Texas State Capitol with snow]
Exterior of the Capitol building looking north with snow on the ground.
[Capitol Grounds]
Looking northwest at the Capitol dome from a pond on the grounds. Pond is no longer present, but noted by a marker on the grounds.
[Corner of South Congress and Riverside]
Looking northwest at the corner of South Congress Avenue and Riverside Drive. Gulf Service Station visible.
[Hall Level Works]
Four women making levels in a workshop.
[University of Texas Old Main Building]
Back of photograph reads: "University of Texas. This view shows the west wing of the present main building taken from about where Sutton Hall now stands. The erection of this was started in the fall of 1883 and finished in the summer of 1884. The University of Texas opened Sept. 1883 in the temporary Capitol building and moved to the west wing in the fall of 1884. Copy of old photograph."
[Falstaff Beer Trucks]
Beer trucks belonging to the Lightsey Carroll Company Distributors stand at the ready to deliver beer to thirsty Austinites. Featuring the Capitol in the background lends an air of legality to beer distribution, particularly considering that Prohibition had ended just five months before.
[Gearing Hall, Painter Hall and Lily Pond]
Looking northeast from the lily pond behind the Tower on the University of Texas campus. Gearing Hall, known then as the Home Economics building, on the left and the Painter Hall, then the Physics building, on the right, are in view.
[Hogg Memorial Auditorium]
Looking west at the front and southside of the building.
[Battle Hall]
Looking southwest at the front and side entrance to Battle Hall on the University of Texas campus. The street in front of the building no longer exists.
[Victor's Italian Village Restaurant]
Portrait of the staff of the restaurant behind the bar. The restaurant, owned by Victor D. Nardecchia, was located at 409 West 23rd Street.
[Victor's Italian Village Restaurant]
Exterior of the restaurant. The restaurant, owned by Victor D. Nardecchia, was located at 409 West 23rd Street.
[Camp Mabry Auto Repair Shop]
Men with machine parts in a workshop.
[Seton Infirmary]
Front of building with cars in the driveway.
[Seton Infirmary doctors]
Group portrait of men on steps of building. Back reads: "1923 Seton Infirmary. Top row: 1. Richardson, Dalton, 2. Watt, William Elliot, -1961, 3. Hilgartner, Henry Louis, 1868-1937, 4. Granberry, Howard B., 1870-1942, 5. Kreisle, Matthew Ferninand, 1886-1964, 6. Gilbert, Joseph M., 1873-1951. Second Row: 7. Gibson, James W., 8. Kirk, Louis Harry, 1877-1938, 9. Black, 10. Hill, Homer Barksdale, 11. Weller, Cyrus Burford, 1881-1935, 12. Gilbert, G. Horace, 1879-1945, 13. Gregg, Frank (?), Third row: 14, Loving, James M., 1879-1948, 15. Hudson, Samuel Edward, 1860-1943, 16. Mathews, Claud, 17. Thomas, John, 18. Stroberg, 19. Beverly, Albert Fitzhugh, 1884-1943, 20. Scott, Zachary Thomson, 1880-1964. Fourth Row: 21., 22. Wooten, Goodall Harrison, 23. Key, Samuel N. Sr., -1956, 24. Wooten, Joe Sil, 1871-1949, 25. Harper, W. A., 26. Wickline, Robert M., 27. Boerner, Morris Hirshfield, 1885-1932, 28. Herd, Alan"
[Flood waters on Shoal Creek]
Looking south from the bend in Shoal Creek at the corner of Nueces and West 4th Street. The railroad bridge at West 3rd is in view. The back of Quality Mills can be seen slightly obscured by trees.
[Flood waters at Shoal Creek and West 6th Street]
Crowd of people across Shoal Creek observing a street rail car passing through the flood waters.
Austin Dam Flood Scene
Water raging through the inoperable Austin Dam.
[Cotton bales on a rail platform]
Cotton bales piled four high on open-air rail platforms for the Texas & New Orleans Rail line.
[Armistice Parade on Congress Avenue]
Looking south down Congress Avenue from 5th Street at military parade on street.
[Interregional Highway 35]
Back of photograph reads: "East Avenue over Airport Blvd."
[Tornado Damage]
Photograph of damage caused by a tornado on May 4th, 1922 in Austin. A collapsed building is visible in the foreground with damaged buildings in background, possibly on the St. Edward's University campus.
Tornado Damage
Fallen water tower at unknown location. Damaged caused by tornado on May 4th, 1922.
[Colorado River Flooding]
Looking West from the north end of the Congress Avenue bridge.
[Colorado River Flooding]
Intersection of South Congress and Barton Springs Road.
[St. David's Hospital]
Exterior of the St. David's Hospital building at 606 W. 17th. Building is now the Rio House Apartments.
[Nursing School Graduation]
Group of women in nurses uniforms standing outside Seton Hospital.
[Texas Rangers - Company "E" Frontier Battalion]
Group of men with guns sitting in front of an encampment. Captain JS McNeel is seated in the center.
[Mansfield Dam under construction]
Dam under construction. Caption on photo reads: "U. S. Royal Boots on Marshall Ford Dam. Brown & root-McKenzie Const. Co. Austin, TX." Construction began in 1937, and Marshall Ford Dam was renamed Mansfield Dam in 1941.
[Mansfield-Marshall Ford Dam Construction]
Group photograph of "U.S. Royal Boots on Marshall Ford Dam. Brown & Root - McKenzie Construction Co., Austin, Tex."
[V-J Day Celebration]
Group of servicemen and women on Congress Avenue to celebrate V-J (Victory over Japan) Day.
[Southwestern Bell switchboard]
Women sitting at a large switchboard at Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
[Heep's Jersey Farm]
Man filling bottles at machine.
[Texas Senate]
Senate Chambers in the Texas Capitol
[O. Henry House]
Moving the O. Henry house to its present location as the O. Henry Museum at 409 E. 5th.
[Congress Avenue]
Looking north at the Capitol building
[Photographer with family]
Man taking photograph with family behind him outdoors.
[1908 County Officials]
1. John W. Hornsby, County Judge; 2. Tom Anderson, Commissioner Precinct 1; 3. Jack Booth, Commissioner Precinct 4; 4. Sid Nolan, Commissioner Precinct 3; 5. J. Ben Fischer, Commissioner Precinct 2; 6. Tom Davis, County Auditor; 7. Orlands Caldwell, Secretary to the Commissioners Court; 8. John Kreuz
[Spinach Farming]
Photograph of two men standing in a spinach field, located on the south bank of the Colorado River. The man on the left is wearing a dark-colored suit and the man on the right is wearing lighter-colored clothing that is more casual; other workers are visible in the field behind them.
[Dedication of Memorial Stadium]
Aerial view of stadium with the UT band on the field forming a "T"
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