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- Barton Springs during the First World War
- Photograph of men and women in bathing suits at Barton Springs during World War I.
- [Barton Springs]
- Photograph of Barton Springs.
- [Family at Barton Springs]
- Photograph of family portrait taken at Barton Springs.
- [Aerial View of Zilker Park]
- Photograph of an aerial view of Zilker Park looking north. Shows the area of Barton Springs with Lady Bird Lake in the background
- Summer Musical at Hillside Theater
- Photograph of the Summer musical, "Peter Pan", at the Hillside Theater at Zilker Park. Photograph of Peter Pan and the Lost Boys.
- Summer Musical "Peter Pan"
- Photograph of the Zilker Park Hillside Theater Summer musical, "Peter Pan". In the photograph Captain Hook and Peter Pan are sword fighting.
- [Zilker Hillside Theatre - Peter Pan]
- Photograph of two actors of the Zilker Hillside Thearte summer musical "Peter Pan" in August 1971. The two actors playing Captain Hook and Peter Pan are crossing their swords.
- [Future Site of the Recreation Department Building]
- Photograph of the future site of the Recreation Department Building for the City of Austin. There is a construction sign, side-step pick-up truck and bleachers in the photograph.
- Austin About 1839 or 1841.
- Photograph of a print in the book "Austin Yesterday and Today". The Daughters of the Republic of Texas own the original artwork.
- The New Capital of Texas in January 1, 1840
- Photograph of an illustration by Edward Hall of the City of Austin; the new capitol of Texas in January 1, 1840.
- [Austin City Plan, 1840]
- Photograph of an illustration by Edward Hall of a city plan for the Texas Government buildings in Austin. Architectural renderings of buildings can be found on the top half of the illustration. Handwritten on the photograph is a list of buildings that are seen in the plan including: the President's House, Capitol Hill and Bullock's Tavern.
- [E. 6th Street and Brazos]
- Photograph of the Northeast corner of E. 6th Street and Brazos. St. David's is in the upper left of the photograph and the two story building is where the Driskell now stands.
- [Texas State Capitol]
- Photograph of a view of the Texas State Capitol taken from the south.
- [View of Austin, TX]
- Photograph of a view of Austin, TX taken from 1802 Colorado Street.
- [View of Austin, TX]
- Photograph of a view of Austin, TX looking northeast with General Land Office building in view.
- [View of Austin, TX]
- Photograph of a view of Austin, TX. Governor's Mansion in the foreground.
- [View of Austin, TX]
- Photograph of a view of Austin, TX.
- [View of Austin, TX]
- Photograph of a view of Austin, TX.
- [Aerial View of Austin, TX]
- Photograph of an aerial view of Austin, TX looking directly west from the Capitol dome. The photograph is of Block 135, which includes, Dr. Hayne's house, built by Abner Cook. Dr. Hayne's house was later Abner Cook's home and later the Quality Shops after it was moved to the front of the lot in the center of the block.
- [Aerial View of Austin, TX]
- Photograph of an aerial view of Austin, TX. The "Power House" or Boiler House is for construction of new Capitol building that began in 1881. A Swedish or German Lutheran church is in the foreground. The building in the distance, left of the Power House stack is the old City Hospital.
- [Aerial View of Austin, TX]
- Photograph of an aerial view of Austin, TX north of the Colorado River looking southwest.
- [Laguna Gloria Grounds]
- Photograph of trees and water on the grounds of Laguna Gloria (Austin Museum of Art). The name "Les Simon" is written on back of the photo.
- Guadalupe Street
- Photograph of Guadalupe Street taken from the west approximately where the present-day "The Drag" is located. A street car is in motion along the street. Texas Bookstore, University Co-Op and Roach Brothers pharmacy are on the west side of Guadalupe Street.
- [Congress Avenue looking south from Capitol Building]
- View of Congress Avenue, looking south from Capitol Building. Signs are visible for Maerki's Bakery and Hill & Hill Groceries.
- Austin - Views from Capitol
- View of Austin from the Capitol Building with the Governor's Mansion visible.
- [Municipal Airport Hangar]
- Photograph of a view of a hangar with doors open. There is a man on top of the roof and man below with truck.
- [Aerial View of the Texas State Capitol Building]
- Photograph of an aerial view of the Texas State Capitol building and surrounding area.
- [Austin, TX]
- Photograph of the city of Austin looking northeast from the Calcasieu Lumber Company. The Walter Tips Co. Hardware store can be seen on the north side of the street.
- [Austin Skyline]
- Photograph of the Austin skyline taken from the top of the Light Plant.
- View of Austin from the Capitol
- Photograph of the view from the Capitol building facing southwest. The Colorado River and a bridge spanning it can be seen in the background.
- [Riverside Drive & IH-35]
- A view of southbound IH-35 looking north. The State Capitol Building, The University of Texas Tower, and Texas Memorial Stadium are all visible in the distance.
- [Field with Capitol in Background]
- Photograph of a landscape view of a field in the foreground with the city skyline, including the Capitol dome, in the background. The field is now Zilker Park.
- [Austin, TX]
- Photograph of Austin, TX taken from the southeast. US-81 and the Holly St. exit ramp sign are in the photograph.
- [Aerial View of Austin, TX]
- Photograph of an aerial view of Austin, TX taken from north of E. 15th Street. There are markers on the photograph indicating E. 15th ST., E. 11th ST., E. 8th ST., E. 7th ST., E. 4th ST., an the Colorado River. US-81 (present-day IH-35) can be seen running north and south through the left side of the photograph and the Capitol Building can be seen on the right.
- [IH-35 in Austin, TX]
- Photograph of IH-35 and Austin, TX taken from south of Riverside Drive.
- [Southwestern Aerial Survey of Austin, TX]
- Photograph of a southwestern aerial survey of Austin, TX looking west from East Avenue.
- [Southwestern Aerial Survey of Austin,TX]
- Photograph of Austin, TX taken by Southwestern Aerial Survey. The photograph looks north from near East 4th Street. East Avenue and Red River Street are labeled on the photograph.
- [Southwestern Aerial Survey of Austin, TX]
- Photograph of a southwestern aerial survey of Austin, TX looking north towards the Capitol building from 4th Street.
- [Southwestern Aerial Survey of Austin,TX]
- Photograph of a southwestern aerial survey of Austin, TX pre-1933. The Travis County Courthouse, between Guadalupe Street and San Antonio Street and Wooldridge Park across from the courthouse are in the photograph. Part of the Texas State Capitol building is in the top left portion of the photograph.
- [Austin Public Library]
- Photograph of the interior of the public library building located at 819 Congress Avenue on the second floor above the newspaper Pressler and Ziller on March 7, 1933. The library opened at this location on February 16, 1926. Grace Delano Clark served as volunteer librarian. Shortly thereafter, the library moved to its first building on West 9th street and Guadalupe street. "Gossip" written and underlined beneath date on back of photo.
- [Loggia of Central Library]
- Photograph of windows, columns, and front porch/loggia of the building that housed Austin's Central Public Library from 1933-1979. Building is now the Austin History Center.
- [Austin Public Library, Carver Branch]
- Photograph of the Carver Branch of the Austin Public Library.
- [Seaholm Power Plant]
- Photograph of an aerial view of the Seaholm Power Plant taken from south of the Colorado River (present-day Lady Bird Lake).
- [Green Water Treatment Plant]
- Photograph of the Green Water Treatment Plant in Austin, TX.
- [Seaholm Power Plant]
- Aerial photographic view of Seaholm Power Plant. The Colorado River is in the foreground, and other buildings are in the background. The UT tower is visible in the distance.
- [Seaholm Power Plant]
- Photograph of the Seaholm Power Plant in Austin, TX during the 1920s. Inscribed on the back of the photograph is "From left to right: "New" boiler room, turbine room, "Old" boiler room, which became the shop after equipment was removed and black stack torn down - 1927?". "Austin the Friendly City" is painted down the tall stack.
- [Seaholm Power Plant]
- Photograph of the Seaholm Power Plant. Caption on print: "L-R: 'New' boiler room, turbine room, 'old' boiler room--which became the shop after equipment was removed and black stack torn down." A smokestack reads "Austin the Friendly City."
- [Seaholm Power Plant]
- Photograph of the Seaholm Power Plant in Austin, TX.
- [Seaholm Power Plant]
- Photograph of Seaholm Power Plant. A dirt road and power lines are in the foreground and there are buildings in the background with two smoke stacks. One of the smoke stacks reads "Austin The Friendly City".
- New Sanitation Truck
- Photograph of the new City of Austin Sanitation Division sanitation truck. The truck in the photograph is a 1939 General Motors dump truck.