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2-J Hamburger [Interior]

Description: Photograph of interior of 2-J Hamburger at North Lamar and 40th streets in Austin, Texas. The overhead view shows male kitchen workers preparing burgers on the left, female workers bagging orders and cashiering in the center, and the customers ordering at the counter on the right. The back of a large menu hanging from the ceiling is visible on the right above the customers. Cars are visible in the parking lot, seen through the windows. The male employees wear white pants, white shirts, and whit… more
Date: August 10, 1960
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Location: 30.307867 -97.741353

2-J Hamburgers

Description: Photograph of 2-J Hamburgers in Austin, Texas. A large sign reading "2-J / Hamburgers / Over 6 million sold" is visible on the left side of the image and the restaurant is visible on the right. A parking lot surrounding the restaurant is full of cars. Crowds of people are lined up to order food at the windows. On the left side of the roof of the restaurant there is a large model of a man in a white suit with white hair who holds a sign reading "Colonel / Sanders / Recipe." Across the top of the… more
Date: 1960
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Location: 30.307531 -97.741620

[14th Annual Calvacade of Commerce]

Description: Photograph of the convention floor taken from above at a business and trade exposition. Several booths can be seen in both the center of the room and around the perimeter, and dozens of people can be seen wandering the floor to observe the various displays. A stage can be seen in the background with another booth positioned at its center. Above it hangs a sign with the convention's name.
Date: [1961-03-03..1961-03-05]
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Location: 30.260535 -97.752958

[1962 Senior Citizens Week]

Description: Photograph of a group of people gathered at a Senior Citizen Week event in the Summer of 1962.
Date: May 1962

[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

[19th Street Looking West]

Description: 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
Location: 30.279687 -97.734585

[Academic Study Area]

Description: Photograph of the interior of the Flawn Academic Center. Several round and rectangular tables can be seen throughout the space with dark and light chairs. On each of the rectangular tables, a different bust can be seen. A wooden partition wall can be seen to the left, and two structural pillars can be seen toward the room's center. Along the back and far left wall, many cabinets full of books can be seen.
Date: [1964-11-20..1964-11-21]
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Location: 30.286562 -97.740264

[Acting at Rosewood]

Description: Photograph of a small group of people performing some moves at Rosewood Park in 1969.
Date: December 10, 1969

Aerial: Austin Downtown

Description: Photograph of a high aerial view of downtown Austin.
Date: January 6, 1963
Creator: Douglass, Neal

[Aerial View of Municipal Airport]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of construction of the municipal airport. The terminal building is surrounded by dirt fields.
Date: August 23, 1960

Aerial View of Town Lake

Description: Aerial view. Downtown Austin. Congress Avenue in center, the Driskill Hotel on the lower left, the Brown building upper right. Fifth street on the left and Eight Street on the right.
Date: November 1968
Creator: Douglass, Neal

Aerial View of Town Lake

Description: Aerial view of Town Lake looking north. Congress bridge on far right, South First Bridge mid-center and railroad bridge far left. The Auditorium (later known as Palmer Event Center and now Long Center) in center foreground, Disch Field lower left with the Coliseum next to the field.
Date: November 1968
Creator: Douglass, Neal

Aerial View of Town Lake

Description: Aerial view of Town Lake looking northwest. Riverside drive in center. Fish hatchery on the north side of the Colorado river and east of IH 35.
Date: May 20, 1968
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Location: 30.24472 -97.72852

Aerials of area around Congress Avenue Bridge

Description: Aerial view of area around Congress Avenue Bridge facing the west. Other bridges and buildings are shown. The bridge in the foreground (eastmost bridge) is the Congress Ave bridge, and the 1st Street bridge and Lamar Blvd. bridge are also visible.
Date: January 30, 1962
Creator: Douglass, Neal

[Aftermath of Fire at Hancock Center]

Description: Photograph of two men surveying rubble in the locker room of Hancock Recreation Center, in the aftermath of a fire.
Date: October 1965
Creator: Parks and Recreation Department

[Aftermath of Fire at Hancock Recreation Center]

Description: 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
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