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[Small conjunto band, including a guitar and an accordion, play next to a building in the Montopolis neighborhood]

Description: Photograph of a small conjunto band playing next to a building in the Montopolis neighborhood of Austin. A man stands on the right side, wearing cowboy boots and playing an accordion. A seated man seated in the middle plays an acoustic guitar and sings into a microphone. A third man sits on the left in the background. An electric cord, used to power an amplifier, the microphone, and the guitar is plugged into an electric socket just below the eaves. Three cans of Schlitz beer sit near the chair… more
Date: 1970~
Creator: Penzenstadler, Joan
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Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Smelting crew joining rail ties]

Description: Photograph of the smelting crew pouring white hot liquid metal over rails as they install a railroad line in the street. Two men grip the bucket handles and tilt them and the bucket so that a third man can push the molten metal out, joining the rails together. The heads and faces of the men are not visible.
Date: [1890..1899]
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Soldier and His Mule

Description: Photograph of an American World War I-era soldier standing in the street with a pack mule. There is a street car in the background along with a drug store and other men in the street.
Date: [1915..1920]
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Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Soldiers on Parade in Austin, Texas

Description: Photograph of American troops on parade through downtown Austin. The soldiers are riding in the back of 6x6 "deuce and a halfs" (CCKW350) which are towing 105mm howitzer cannons. The unit is probably part of either the 36th Infantry Division or the 2nd Infantry Division.
Date: March 29, 1946
Creator: Ellison Photo Service
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Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Southwestern Aerial Survey of Austin,TX]

Description: Photograph of a southwestern aerial survey of Austin, TX pre-1933. The Travis County Courthouse, between Guadalupe Street and San Antonio Street and Wooldridge Park across from the courthouse are in the photograph. Part of the Texas State Capitol building is in the top left portion of the photograph.
Date: 193X
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Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Sprinkle Post Office

Description: Photograph of men and boys posing outside of the Sprinkle Post Office in 1893. There are people standing on the porch of the Post Office, sitting in carriages, and on horseback. There are two yoked steer in the center of the photograph. The photograph is from the essay, "History of Sprinkle, Texas" by Lulu Pearl.
Date: 1893
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Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Sprinkle, Texas]

Description: Photograph of farmers and workers with horses and donkeys on a road in Sprinkle, TX. Barr is the gentleman seated in one of the horse and buggies. This photograph was used in the essay, "History of Sprinkle, Texas" by Lulu Pearl.
Date: unknown
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Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[St. David's Episcopal Church exterior]

Description: Photograph of an oblique view of the south front and west side of Saint David's Episcopal Church located at 301 East 8th Street. The gothic revival stone building has punched gothic windows, edged with stone quoins on the south facade, engaged pilasters and dormer vents. The symetrical south front has a central tower and castleated parapets. Two entrances are visible, both on the west facade: one on the south end and one on the north. There are four children standing in front of the west facade… more
Date: 1885/1900
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Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

St. John Orphanage Track, Proposed Naval Hospital Site

Description: Photograph of a dilapidated old building, St. John's Orphanage Track, also the proposed naval hospital site. The stone building is dirty and there is damage to the roof. It is surrounded by a field and a dirt road leads to the building.
Date: March 13, 1945
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory, City of Austin, Texas
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Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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