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[Music Memory Contest Winners]

Description: Photograph of group of 37 students at Baker Elementary School, the Music Memory Contest Winners 3 times in a row. Mercy Ramsey is 2nd from left in 1st row. Two boys in the front hold a large trophy, the boy on the right has been identified as William Erwin McIntosh.
Date: [1923..]
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Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Seaholm Power Plant boiler room construction]

Description: Photograph of ongoing construction of the Seaholm Power Plant boiler room building. Other established plant buildings and the water tower can be seen behind the boiler building on the right. Various debris including wood, metal pipes, and a work shed surround the new building. The Seaholm Power Plant, located at 800 West 1st Street (later renamed Cesar Chavez Street), began construction in the 1930s and was eventually demolished in the 1960s.
Date: [1929,1951]
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Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Carver Branch Library

Description: Photograph of a man wearing glasses is looking at a book whlie sitting at a table inside the Carver Branch Library. It is a wide view of the room and there are a couple of children checking out books in the background.
Date: [1926,1979]
Creator: University Studio
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Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Tornado, May 4, 1922]

Description: Black and white photograph of a tornado in the sky that has yet to touch down. The roof of a building is visible in the lower left corner.
Date: May 4, 1922
Creator: McCaskill, D.E.
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Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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