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[Lobby]

Description: Photograph of a lobby. At center are some chairs with a metal table and glass coffee table. Behind them in the background is a couch with more tables and lamps on either side of it. The couch is set against a set of windows, through which two parked 1950s-era cars are visible. A potted plant stands on the far right; a door is visible in the far left.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Lobby and registration desk at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel]

Description: Photograph of the front desk and a portion of the lobby at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel, located at 701 Congress Avenue in Austin. The registration area is made of wood, trimmed in a darker wood, and there are rows of key or letter boxes behind the desk. A rack filled with brochures sits on the desk. A large circular chandelier with shaded lamps hangs from the recessed lobby ceiling, just in front of the registration desk. Wooden, upholstered arm chairs sit in front of square columns on either … more
Date: 1960~

[Lobby of First National Bank, Austin, Texas]

Description: Photograph of the lobby of First National Bank, including the bank teller window behind a grill. William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) is the teller. Another man stands behind the front counter, one is seated in back, and a customer is at the teller window. The man behind the open counter is listed as Brackenridge.
Date: [1890,1900]

[Log Cabin and Cow on River Bank]

Description: Photograph of a log cabin on the bank of what is likely the Colorado River in Austin, Travis County, Texas. The log cabin is surrounded by trees and enclosed by a barbed wire fence with a small gate. One cow stands outside the cabin but inside the fence. The image is partially obscured due to deterioration of the original photograph.
Date: 1900~/1920~
Creator: Boone, Alanson D.
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