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[St. David's Episcopal Church]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of St. David's Episcopal church. There are many people standing outside of the church.
Date: December 19, 1867

[Library interior of Austin High School with students reading at tables, Austin, Texas]

Description: Photograph of students reading at long wooden tables in the Austin High School library, located at 1202 Rio Grande. The students are seated in wooden chairs with vertical back slats. The circulation desk is visible at the back of the room, and there are two framed prints on the walls. There are four pendant schoolhouse lamps on the ceiling, and a ceiling fan over the circulation desk. The name Mameye Robison is written on the foreedge of a book stacked on a table near the front of the photograp… more
Date: December 11, 1934

[Seaholm Power Plant Intake Facility]

Description: Photograph of the lake side view of the Seaholm Power Plant Intake facility. The Art Deco concrete facility was designed by Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company and was built in two phases in 1950 and 1955 by Odom Construction Company. The facility operated as a power plant until 1989 and was finally decommissioned in 1996 by the city of Austin. The intake facility is located on the shores of Lady Bird Lake and the Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail.
Date: December 1, 1950
Creator: City of Austin

[Governor's Mansion]

Description: Photograph of the front entrance of the Texas Governor's mansion.
Date: December 1949
Creator: Studer's

[Governor's Mansion]

Description: Photograph of a partial view of the Texas Governor's mansion, possibly taken from the back lawn.
Date: December 1949
Creator: Studer's

[Governor's Mansion]

Description: Photograph of a side view of the Texas Governor's mansion.
Date: December 1949
Creator: Studer's

[East 8th Street at Sabine]

Description: Photograph of E. 8th St. looking east from Sabine St. after paving. Cars and businesses, including East Produce, line the sides of the street.
Date: December 21, 1944
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
Location: 30.267153 -97.735843

[Train on Waller Creek Bridge]

Description: Photograph of the front view of a steam train paused on the Waller Creek bridge in Austin. Buildings can be seen on both the right and left hand side of the bridge. There are passengers visible on the platform to the left of the train. On the back of the photograph there is a note that reads "With a little steam left this forerunner of a soon-to-be speeding civilization has stopped on the little Waller Creek bridge in Austin to let the passengers from Houston and other points out a the Depot Ho… more
Date: December 25, 1871

Lohman's Crossing Bridge Construction

Description: Photograph of construction of Lohman's Crossing bridge, showing man walking toward vehicle which is partly submerged in water.
Date: December 3, 1932
Creator: Studer, San Antonio, TX

Lohman's Crossing Bridge Construction

Description: Photograph of Lohman's Crossing Bridge construction. Men work on laying the foundations for the new bridge over the Colorado River. The bridge is now under 140 feet of water.
Date: December 3, 1932
Creator: Studer, San Antonio, TX

Men on Lohman's Crossing Bridge Under Construction

Description: Photograph of Lohman's Crossing Bridge construction. Men work on laying the foundations for the new bridge over the Colorado River. The bridge is now under 140 feet of water.
Date: December 3, 1932
Creator: Studer, San Antonio, TX

[Outdoor Recreation Achievement Award for Town Lake]

Description: Photograph of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Les Gage (Co-Chairman, Town Lake Beautification Committee) and Mrs. John Burns (Co-Chairman, Town Lake Beautification Committee) receiving an award for beautification work at Town Lake.
Date: December 8, 1975

[Arch construction of the Negro Recreation Building, now Doris Miller Auditorium, in Rosewood Park]

Description: Photograph of the construction of an arch at the Negro Recreation Building, now Doris Miller Auditorium, in Rosewood Park. A man in a fedora sits astride a semi-circular laminated wooden truss, working on joining it at the center. This truss, and two completed trusses in the background are framed against the sky. The trusses are supported by posts, and temporarily joined together with wooden cross braces. The top of a wooden scaffold is visible in the lower right corner of the image.
Date: December 10, 1943
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab, Austin

[Construction of the Rosewood Recreation Center, now Doris Miller Auditorium, in Rosewood Park]

Description: Photograph of construction of the Negro Recreation Building in Rosewood Park. Three men stand on the back of a 1930s flat bed truck, as they use a crane mounted on the truck to lift half of a laminated wooden semi-circular arched truss into place. Two of the trusses are already completed in the background. The scaffolding used to support workers joining the trusses at their centers stands to the back of the truck. The trusses are joined by cross members, and the half truss erected to the left i… more
Date: December 10, 1943
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab., Austin

[Tiny Tot Christmas Party]

Description: Photograph of a Tiny Tot Christmas Party at Hancock Recreation Center. Santa Claus hands out candy canes to a group of children.
Date: December 1966
Creator: Parks and Recreation Department

[Christmas Event at Hancock Recreation Center]

Description: Photograph of a group of older adults seated for a Christmas event at Hancock Recreation Center. A wreath is visible along one of the walls of the room.
Date: December 20, 1951
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
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