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[Food Store]

Description: Photograph of a grocery store called Town and Country, located on St. Johns Avenue, Austin Texas. The photo is taken from the side of a road, where a full view of the small store and its parking lot can be seen. A single car can be seen parked to the left of the lot, and further to the left a tall sign with the store name can be seen. A large field and several houses can be seen in the background.
Date: March 22, 1963
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Woman at Desk Portrait]

Description: Photograph for the Lumberman's Asociation of a woman in a plaid suit and light colored, ruffled blouse posing at an office desk. A Rolodex, calculator, and telephone can all be seen on the desk surface, and a county map of Texas can be seen on the wall to the right in the background. To left in the background, an old, worn out looking desk with a computer screen and keyboard on its surface can be seen.
Date: February 22, 1985
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Sunday School Class]

Description: Photograph of a group of children in a church classroom at Hyde Park Baptist Church. The kids can be seen from behind, seated in a half circle around a teacher in the background. A sign on the wall above the teacher reads, " Do unto others as you would have them do unto you". Student desks can be seen throughout the classroom in the foreground, and the room is decorated with cheerful imagery.
Date: May 22, 1983
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.302263 -97.731762

[Workers Installing Roof]

Description: Photograph of Oliver Roofing workers in hard hats using machines to disperse gravel and hot tar on a flat roof. Three workers can be seen pushing two of the cart machines in the background. Another can be seen pushing the third cart in the foreground as steam from the tar trails out. Another man wearing sunglasses and clean clothing can be seen holding a rolled up piece of paper to the right in the foreground.
Date: April 22, 1980
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Living Room Set-Up]

Description: Photograph of a living room set up with simple, wooden, furniture. On the left wall, a desk with a mirror hanging above it can be seen with three nesting tables stacked to the right of the desk. A couch and coffee table can be seen centered against the back, curtained wall, and another couch can be seen against the wall to the right. The couches are of unique design, featuring shelves built into them. A briefcase sits in the shelf of the right-side couch.
Date: May 22, 1956
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Church Nursery]

Description: Photograph of Hyde Park Baptist Church nursery taken at night. Multiple cribs can be seen pushed to the left of the room. In the background, a wall of windows can be seen. A man and woman can be seen sitting in rocking chairs to the right, taking care of several infants and a young toddler.
Date: May 22, 1983
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.302381 -97.731746

[Dining and Living Room]

Description: Photograph of the interior of a home located at 805 West 16th Street in Austin, Texas. In the foreground, a bird cage to the far left can be seen next to a tall plant in front of a window. In the right foreground, a dinner table and chairs can be seen. A small brick support wall sits at the center of the room. Beyond it, a living area with chairs, tables, and more plants can be seen.
Date: March 22, 1958
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Board Game]

Description: Photograph of a game board of interlocking hexagons for a space-themed, strategy role-playing game. The card explaining the rules of the game and cards for player stats can be seen laid on top of the board.
Date: August 22, 1974
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Barton Creek Skyline View]

Description: Photograph of the Austin skyline, with an additional view of Loop 1, MoPac Expressway. The cityscape can be seen on the horizon in the background, while the expressway, suburbs and trees can be seen in the foreground. The photo is taken from the vantage point of Barton Creek Square Mall.
Date: March 22, 1985
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Roof Installation]

Description: Photograph of workers in hard hats preparing a roof with tar and gravel for installation. Three workers can be seen operating a machine in the background.Two men in hard hats and sunglasses can be seen in the foreground looking at a large schematic or plan on paper.
Date: April 22, 1980
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Torchbearer Statue]

Description: Photograph of "The Torchbearers" statue, located at the UT Undergraduate Library. The statue is of a running man passing a torch off to another. A tarp can be seen obscuring the background but grass at the bottom of the photo suggests it was taken on site, as the statue is a permanent outdoor fixture.
Date: September 22, 1977
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.286603 -97.740264

[Sunday School]

Description: Photograph of a group of small children sitting around two little tables in a church classroom at Hyde Park Baptist Church. Two male teachers can be seen helping the students at each of the tables. Cartoon cutouts can be seen pinned to the wall on the left, and a glass wall with a matching door can be seen in the background.
Date: May 22, 1983
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.302322 -97.731752

[Exterior View of the St. Mary's Academic Building and Parking Lot]

Description: Photograph of the St. Mary's Academic Building and a parking lot, taken from the south. It is a three story building with windows on the south and east faces of the building. The sign in the lot is for the Commodore Perry Hotel. The base of a tower light (moontower) is visible in the foreground.
Date: April 22, 1950
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.269619 -97.741039
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