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[Moving large parts into Seaholm Power Plant]

Description: Photograph of men moving a large piece of machinery into Seaholm Power Plant near Town Lake. A large crane hook is supporting the machinery part with four massive cables. The cylindrical component is sitting on a track which is moving through a trench into the plant. Three workers check the cables from on top of the cylinder, and several other men monitor the progress from the ground. The Seaholm Power Plant was designed by Burns & McDonell Engineering Co. and built in two phases by Odom Const… more
Date: January 6, 1951

Will Wilson at Texas Supreme Court

Description: Will Wilson, Supreme Court Associate Justice, standing in front of the bench at the Texas Supreme Court. The motto engraved on the bench, "Sicut Patribus, Sit Deus Nobis" (As God was to our fathers, may He also be to us), partially shows behind him.
Date: January 10, 1951
Creator: Douglass, Neal

[Thomas Evans Riddle, seated with medals]

Description: Photo of Civil War veteran, Mr. Thomas Evans Riddle, seated with medals. When photo was taken, Mr. Riddle was 104 years old. 14 years old when the Civil War began, Mr. Riddle served with Co. 1, 22nd Regiment, Army of Tennessee and participated in the Battle of Gettysburg. Photo taken in Austin, Texas.
Date: January 12, 1951
Creator: Douglass, Neal
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