[Hillside Home]

Description

Photograph of the exterior of a home perched on a hillside. The home has Asian accents on the roof gable and balcony railings and is built on stilt beams to keep it level on the hill. Several small trees can been seen throughout the foreground, and another home can be partially seen in the background to the right.

Physical Description

1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

Creation Information

Mears, Dewey G. June 1, 1961.

Context

This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Dewey G. Mears Photograph Archive and was provided by the Austin History Center, Austin Public Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 22 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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  • Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

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Description

Photograph of the exterior of a home perched on a hillside. The home has Asian accents on the roof gable and balcony railings and is built on stilt beams to keep it level on the hill. Several small trees can been seen throughout the foreground, and another home can be partially seen in the background to the right.

Physical Description

1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

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Client/Job: Graeber, David [architect] - His own residence

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Dewey G. Mears Photograph Archive

Dewey Gerald Mears was a noted architectural photographer based in Austin, Texas from the 1940s through 1990s. Photographs from his collection document the architecture, commercial businesses and people of Austin and Central Texas during the mid-to-late 20th century.

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  • June 1, 1961

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Added to The Portal to Texas History

  • June 9, 2018, 8:26 a.m.

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  • Sept. 7, 2018, 12:45 p.m.

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  • 30.326444, -97.76602

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Mears, Dewey G. [Hillside Home], photograph, June 1, 1961; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1011316/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.

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