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[Removal of Railroad Tracks from E. 1st St.]

Description: Photograph of East 1st Street, showing brick immediately after rails have been picked up and method of loading rails. Houses on either side of the street are visible on both sides of the street. Workers and their vehicles are in the background.
Date: May 20, 1940
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
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[Aerial view of courts and seats at Caswell Tennis Center]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of all six tennis courts, spectator stands, and parking at the Caswell Tennis Center on Shoal Creek at 24th and N. Lamar. Two men's doubles matches are visible in the back two courts. Spectators crowd in the shade under the awning. Residential neighborhoods are visible behind the tennis courts in the background.
Date: June 20, 1950
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab., Austin
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[Women sewing]

Description: Photograph of women sewing in a room in the old Pan American Recreation Center on 3rd and Comal Streets. Most women sit at sewing machines while four women crowd together on a bench and sew or embroider by hand. four women stand at a table in the back for cutting fabric A young boy of a bout five sits on footrest in the foreground. There is Mexican art on the walls and the only door to the room is open. The Pan American Recreation Center was opened in June 1942 as the first Latin American Rec… more
Date: November 20, 1946
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab, Austin
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