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[Office Building Exterior]

Description: Photograph of a Fehr and Granger architectural office over-looking a small river. The building is two stories and is an elevated structure with several cars seen parked underneath. The building is square and boxy, and large, windows and balconies can be seen on the exterior walls. The photo is taken from a vantage point in a small stream that runs past the structure. A vehicle can be seen to the left and a bridge and houses can be seen in the right background.
Date: February 28, 1958
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Office Building Exterior]

Description: Photograph of a mid-century modern office building owned by Fehr and Granger. The building is two stories with large walls of windows on the north facing side and balconies above the entrance on the West side. A tree can be seen in the foreground to the right along with signs displaying the office occupants. A small, stone sign with the building address sits in the foreground next to a sidewalk leading up to the building.
Date: February 28, 1958
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Office Building Interior]

Description: Photograph of an office interior at the Fehr and Granger architect Office. A desk can be seen against the left wall where a woman sits at typewriter, reaching towards a phone. A glass wall to another office can be seen int he background beyond her. A sofa with an end table can be seen against the partition wall to the right. An open doorway can be seen in the background, showing a water cooler against the back wall in the next room.
Date: February 28, 1958
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Office Computer]

Description: Photograph of a woman demonstrating the use of a floppy disc drive in a computer with a screen and keyboard. A dot-matrix printer can be seen to the right, and a wheeled chair can be seen in front of the computer. The woman is wearing a pale colored turtle neck sweater, a mid-toned skirt, and light colored sandals. A plant, drapes and a painting can be seen in the background.
Date: February 4, 1977
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Office Drafting Room]

Description: Photograph of an architect office drafting room. Two rows of drafting desks, some with partitions between them, can be seen in the center of the room with several people working at them on various projects. Large windows can be seen on the far right wall and another drafting table can be partially seen in the right foreground. Shelving and closed doors can be seen on the left wall and in the left background, another man at a drafting table can be seen.
Date: February 28, 1958
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Office Interior]

Description: Photograph of a Savings and Loan office building interior surrounding a central courtyard. To the left, a chair, potted plant and open doorway can be seen. Various desks, tables, and chairs can be seen surrounding the glass walled court yard, and to the right in the background. The floor is covered in large, checkered tile or linoleum floors. Behind the court yard in the right background, another open doorway can be seen.
Date: February 11, 1954
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Office of Dr. Oliver W. Slehs]

Description: Photograph of the entrance to a doctor's office. The building is a single-story, postwar, modern design with a combination of brick and paneled walls. On the outside of the wall next to the door is a sign saying "Oliver W. Slehs, M.D." with some writing beneath it. The foundation is lined with bushes, and a house can be seen in the right-background.
Date: 1956~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Office Setup Display]

Description: Photograph of a woman seen sitting from behind, demonstrating a dot-matrix printer with a keyboard attachment. A reel-to-reel with a floppy disc drive can be seen to her left. She can be seen wearing a pale turtle neck and a mid-toned skirt. A painting, drapes, and a plant can be seen in the background.
Date: February 4, 1977
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Office Setup Model]

Description: Photograph of a woman seen from the back sitting at a word processor with a monitor and large floppy disk drive. A dot-matrix printer can be seen to her right. A painting is hung on the wall to the right and a plant can be seen staged in the corner to the left. The woman is wearing a pale turtleneck sweater and a light colored pencil skirt.
Date: February 4, 1977
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Office Window]

Description: Photograph of an interior office room at Savings and Loan with a long counter with six sets of cabinets and drawers. Two type writers, a counting machine, and a rotary of large file folders can be seen on top of the counter. A large machine stands in front of the counter to left foreground of the photo. Above the counter, a window can be seen with writing printed on the outside of the glass.
Date: February 11, 1954
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Office with Plants]

Description: Photograph of a modern, postwar office space. A line of desks with chairs in front runs from the center foreground to the left background. Each has a set of rotary telephones, stationary, pens, an ashtray, and other supplies neatly arranged. Behind them is a glass walkway, on the opposite side of which are several large plants and a sculpted wall.
Date: 1963~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Officials of the Mexican Consul General and the Camara de Trabajadores Mexicanos Local No. 7

Description: Photograph of a group of men, the officials of the Mexican Consul General and the Cámara de Trabajadores Mexicans (CTM) Local No. 7 of Austin, Texas at Parque Zaragoza. From left: José Verasteguí, Eustasio Cepeda, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Benjamin Lugo (in white shirt), unidentified, Felix Gonzales Monteón, José Guadalupe Pineda (Consul General of Mexico in San Antonio), Arturo Aleman, and Roberto Pedraza. At rear of group (far right) is Ignacio Acosta.
Date: unknown

["Oklahoma!" Cast Members]

Description: Photograph of several cast members of Zilker Hillside Theatre's "Oklahoma!" posing in costume in a surrey. Written on back of photo: "Norman Eaton (Curley), Shaaron Melcher (Laurey), Camille Tracy (Aunt Eller)."
Date: August 16, 1965
Creator: City of Austin

[Old Anderson High School]

Description: Photograph of the old Anderson High School for Negro students, a two story wood frame building located in the 900 block of Olive Street at the northeast corner of Olive and Curve Streets. Anderson was a segregated school created for colored students. The building appears to be an "L" configuration, with a small porch at the inside corner of the "L", 6/6 wood windows, a wood shingle roof and a brick chimney. Used from 1908 to 1912, the building appears to have been originally constructed as a re… more
Date: 1908/1912

[Old Austin Power Plant boiler room building]

Description: Photograph of a tilted view of the east facade of a boiler room at the old Austin Power Plant, near the site of the existing Seaholm Power Plant at 800 West Cezar Chavez Street. The concrete building has metal commercial windows and a vent stack is visible to the left of the building. A railroad bridge is visible in the background. Constructed during the 1930s, this building was demolished in the 1960s. A rubber stamp on the verso of the print reads: "BOONE's, FEB 25 1942, Austin, Texas". Boone… more
Date: February 25, 1942
Creator: Boone Photo Company
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