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[Cosmetology Class]

Photograph of a cosmetology class at the old Anderson High School. Several students stand in front of tables with busts and wigs. All of the students are African American females.

Date: 1967

Item Type: Photograph

[Cotton Gin]

Photograph of a cotton gin near Austin. In front of the cotton gin are men with horse drawn carts full of cotton. There is another man standing near a cotton bale in the foreground.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[The Cotton Gin at Manchaca]

Photograph of workers posing at the cotton gin in Manchaca, Travis County, Texas.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Couples in State Lunatic Asylum Park]

Photograph of two couples at the State Lunatic Asylum Park. "Mary" and "C.H.W." are in seated in the foreground. The names of the couple on the bridge are unknown. The hospital opened in 1856, is operated by the Texas Department of State Health Services, and changed its name in 1925. It is the oldest psychiatric hospital in the state of Texas and the third oldest standing public building in the state. It opened with 12 patients and saw as many as 3000 at once time. The Austin State Hospital cu… more

Date: 1901

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.305010 -97.739255

[Couples Playing Dominoes at Hancock Recreation Center]

Photograph of three older couples playing dominoes. Caption on the back reads: "Adult Friendship Club the Hancock Recreation Center each Tuesday night."

Date: 1955

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

Item Type: Photograph

Court-House crowd [Group of Travis County officials standing on the steps of a stone building]

Photograph of a group of men wearing suits standing on the steps of what may be either the Travis County Courthouse or the Travis County Jail. The identified men, including Judge George Calhoun, District Clerk James P. Hart, and Deputy Sheriff Fred Peck, are all Travis County officials, but most of the group are unidentified. One of the the men is African American, and he appears to be the only person not wearing a suit coat. Several of the men are wearing ties -- including bow ties, string tie… more

Date: 1900?

Item Type: Photograph

Courthouse from Westgate

Exterior view of the Travis County courthouse from above. The Butler House (now demolished) is visible in the left foreground and some cars are in the parking lot.

Date: [..1971]

Item Type: Photograph

[Covered Tables at Zilker Park]

Photograph of covered tables at Zilker Park, surrounded by trees. A stone structure is visible in the right foreground.

Date: unknown

Creator: Identification Bureau, Police Department

Item Type: Photograph

[Crockett-Porter Bus]

Photograph of African American students and parents waiting for a school bus, as seen from inside the bus over the should of the driver. Most likely this was the Crockett-Porter bus from 1974-1975.

Date: 197X

Creator: Austin Citizen

Item Type: Photograph

[Crowd at Zilker Hillside Theater Production]

Photograph of a crowd attending a production of "The King and I" at Zilker Hillside Theater.

Date: August 23, 1966

Creator: Vaughn, Ronald

Item Type: Photograph

[Crowd watches a concert on the hillside at Zilker Hillside Theater]

Photograph of a crowd of people watching a concert at Zilker Hillside Theater in Austin. The people are seated on the grassy hillside.

Date: 197X

Creator: Austin Citizen

Item Type: Photograph

[Crown on 6th Street, Halloween]

Photograph of crowds on 6th Street on Halloween. Various businesses and buildings line both sides of the street.

Date: 1985~

Item Type: Photograph

[Custer at Texas School for the Blind]

Photograph of General George A. Custer, Elizabeth Custer, and unidentified others on the steps of the School for the Blind building. Custer spent a few months in Austin after the Civil War.

Date: 1866

Item Type: Photograph

Location: None

Cutstone yard, Burnet, Texas

View of the cut stone yard in Burnet, Texas. The stones were used to construct the Texas state Capitol building.

Date: 1886

Creator: Cooper, S.H.

Item Type: Photograph

Damned up Creek between East Avenue and Red River Street

Photograph of a damned up creek between East Avenue and Red River Street.

Date: April 29, 1938

Creator: Austin Police

Item Type: Photograph

[Dan Davidson and Jack Robinson]

Photograph of (left to right): Dan Davidson, Austin City Manager, shaking the hand of Jack Robinson, Director of Austin Parks and Recreation Department (facing) in an office. Architectural plans lean against the wall behind manager Davidson.

Date: September 19, 1973

Creator: City of Austin

Item Type: Photograph

[Dance Class at Rosewood Recreation Center]

Photograph of a woman and a young girl during a dance lesson at Rosewood Recreation Center. The instructor, Ada Bonner, and the girl are both wearing tap shoes.

Date: July 27, 1973

Item Type: Photograph

Dancers on Stage at Symphony Square

Crowd of children and parents watching dancers on stage at Symphony Square in Austin.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Dancing at Hancock Recreation Center]

Photograph of couples dancing inside of Hancock Recreation Center.

Date: April 30, 1950

Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory

Item Type: Photograph

Deaf and Dumb Institute

Photograph of men a women standing on top of foundation of the Texas school for the Deaf. Francis Fischer and J.B. Nitchke hold the cornerstone. "Deaf and Dumb Institute, Fischer and Lambie Contractors, Lumber from Clacasieu Lumber Co." is written in the bottom left-hand quarter of the photo.

Date: 1902

Item Type: Photograph

[Dedication - Givens Recreation Center]

Photograph of mayor Carole Keeton speaking at a podium at the dedication of Givens Recreation Center. A group of people, including city government officials, are sitting behind her listening to her speak. On the stage is a display honoring Dr. Everett H. Givens.

Date: March 1979

Item Type: Photograph

Dedication of Lohman's Bridge

Photograph of the road leading to Lohman's Bridge taken during dedication celebration. Several cars are visible on the road and on the new bridge.

Date: June 17, 1933

Creator: Studer

Item Type: Photograph

Dedication of Stacy Pool

Photograph of people swimming as crowds look on at the nighttime dedication of Stacy Pool in 1937.

Date: 1937

Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.240228 -97.746923

[Dedication Plaque - Givens Recreation Center]

Photograph of two people looking at a dedication plaque inside Givens Recreation Center.

Date: March 1979

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.276797 -97.690328

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[Cosmetology Class]

[Cotton Gin]

[The Cotton Gin at Manchaca]

[Couples in State Lunatic Asylum Park]

[Couples Playing Dominoes at Hancock Recreation Center]

Court-House crowd [Group of Travis County officials standing on the steps of a stone building]

Courthouse from Westgate

[Covered Tables at Zilker Park]

[Crockett-Porter Bus]

[Crowd at Zilker Hillside Theater Production]

[Crowd watches a concert on the hillside at Zilker Hillside Theater]

[Crown on 6th Street, Halloween]

[Custer at Texas School for the Blind]

Cutstone yard, Burnet, Texas

Damned up Creek between East Avenue and Red River Street

[Dan Davidson and Jack Robinson]

[Dance Class at Rosewood Recreation Center]

Dancers on Stage at Symphony Square

[Dancing at Hancock Recreation Center]

Deaf and Dumb Institute

[Dedication - Givens Recreation Center]

Dedication of Lohman's Bridge

Dedication of Stacy Pool

[Dedication Plaque - Givens Recreation Center]