[Gearing Hall, Painter Hall and Lily Pond]

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Looking northeast from the lily pond behind the Tower on the University of Texas campus. Gearing Hall, known then as the Home Economics building, on the left and the Painter Hall, then the Physics building, on the right, are in view.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

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Ellison Photo Co. September 1936.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Chalberg Collection of Prints and Negatives 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 867 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Description

Looking northeast from the lily pond behind the Tower on the University of Texas campus. Gearing Hall, known then as the Home Economics building, on the left and the Painter Hall, then the Physics building, on the right, are in view.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

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Chalberg Collection of Prints and Negatives

Russell Chalberg donated photo archives of the Ellison Photo Company on December 9th, 1969. In 1981, an additional 1,277 prints and glass-plate negatives from the Jordan-Ellison Company were donated.

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  • September 1936

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  • Oct. 27, 2010, 7:34 p.m.

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  • Dec. 27, 2011, 5:43 p.m.

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Ellison Photo Co. [Gearing Hall, Painter Hall and Lily Pond], photograph, September 1936; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth125331/: accessed December 9, 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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