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[Biplane]
Photograph of a grounded biplane in a field near St. Edward's University in south Austin.
[Biplanes]
Photograph of a line of biplanes with a large crowd of observers in the background. The field is near St. Edward's University in south Austin.
[Campbell Family at Mount Bonnell]
Photograph of the Campbells and John Barry Caldwell at Mount Bonnell (Lover's Leap) in Austin. The family is posing on a tree leaning off of a cliff. The Colorado River is visible in the background.
[Campbells and Caldwells at Mount Bonnell]
Photograph of the Campbell Family and Caldwell Family at Mount Bonnell (Lover's Leap) in Austin. The Colorado River is visible in the distance.
Joint Directory of the Christian Churches of Austin, Texas
List of names and addresses of the members of each church including lists of officers and other church leaders.
[Men near Biplanes]
Photograph of men observing grounded biplanes. They are in a field near St. Edward's University in south Austin.
[People near Biplanes]
Photograph of a crowd of men, women, and children observing a line of biplanes. They are in a field near St. Edward's University in south Austin.
Polk's Morrison & Fourmy Austin City Directory, 1918
"Containing a miscellaneous directory of state, county and city governments, a postoffice [sic] directory, educational institutions, churches, banks, incorporated companies, secret and benevolent societies, etc., etc., a street guide and householders directory, an alphabetically arranged list of business houses and private citizens giving full name, occupation or pursuit and address, also a complete classified business directory 'The Buyers' Guide'."
Specifications: road and bridge construction
A book covering the details of road and bridge construction in Travis county, Texas.
[Technical instructor with engine components and diagram]
Photograph of a technical instructor at the UT School of Military Aeronautics stands between two engine components and uses a wooden pointer to explain pieces of the engine from a chalkboard diagram. In 1917, President Woodrow Wilson and the Council of National Defense established military schools for aviators at six college campuses around the country. The Schools of Military Aeronautics (SMAs) were to provide basic technical instruction for beginning pilots before they moved on to flight training. The SMA students were not considered regular university students. Those attending the SMA became soldiers in a new branch of the US Army called "Air Service," later becoming the United States Air Force. The UT SMA was initially housed in B. Hall, but moved housing once enrollment expanded from 50 to several hundred men. By the end of the war, the UT SMA had over 1,000 men enrolled--the largest in the country--and was known as the "West Point of the Air." It would be the prototype for the Air Force Academy.
[Texas School of Military Aeronautics Portrait]
Photograph of graduates of Squadron 56 of Texas School of Military Aeronautics posing in front of the north entrance to the Texas State Capitol Building. Text on back of photo reads, "All graduating squadrons photographed by North entrance to State Capitol."
[Two Men Hunting]
Photograph of two men, John B. Caldwell and Horace Moore, hunting. They are seen with rifles near prickly pear cacti. Their car is partially visible in the background.
[University of Texas School of Military Aeronautics Squad 36]
Copy print of Squad 36 standing in four lines on the steps in front of the State Capitol. The men are all wearing their uniforms and holing their campaign hats in their right hands at their sides as they stand at attention.
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