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- Mrs. Mary Anne Joseph at Elisabet Ney Museum
- Photograph of Mrs. Mary Anne Joseph looking at a book inscription reading, "Very sincerely bride Nell Taylor, Feb 16, 1929, Elisabet Ney Museum" in front of a classic bust. In 1892, European portrait sculptor Elisabet Ney (1833-1907) purchased property in Austin at 304 East 44th Street, established a studio named Formosa, and resumed her career as a noted sculptor. Ney sculpted and collected portraits of notable Texans and Europeans. Following Ney’s death in 1907, her friends preserved the studio and its contents as the Elisabet Ney Museum and established the Texas Fine Arts Association dedicated to her memory.
- Oriental Garden - Zilker Gardens
- Photograph of a rock structure at Zilker Gardens' Oriental Garden.
- Oriental Gardens - I. Taniguchi
- Photograph of Isamu Taniguchi shoveling rocks at the Oriental Garden.
- Oriental Gardens - I. Taniguchi
- Photograph of Isamu Taniguchi at the Oriental garden at the Austin Area Garden Center. He is sitting on a stone pathway and working with plants.
- Oriental Gardens - I. Taniguchi
- Photograph of garden architect and builder Isamu Taniguchi kneeling at Oriental Garden.
- [Travis County Jail Cell with bunks, toilet and sink]
- Photograph of a large, multi-prisoner cell in the Travis County Jail, which has six bunks, a sink, toilet and wall-mounted light. Bars form the front wall of the cell, which has two sliding doors, one at each end of the cell. The bunks are made up with sheets, and have what appear to be blankets placed at the foot of the matresses.
- [Old Austin Power Plant boiler room building]
- Photograph of a tilted view of the east facade of a boiler room at the old Austin Power Plant, near the site of the existing Seaholm Power Plant at 800 West Cezar Chavez Street. The concrete building has metal commercial windows and a vent stack is visible to the left of the building. A railroad bridge is visible in the background. Constructed during the 1930s, this building was demolished in the 1960s. A rubber stamp on the verso of the print reads: "BOONE's, FEB 25 1942, Austin, Texas". Boone Photo Company offered both photo finishing and commercial photography services.
- [Power Lines at the Power Plant]
- Photograph of power lines on the river side of the Seaholm Power Plant.
- [Interior of Austin Atheltic Club with scaffolding before painting]
- Photograph of interior view showing the scaffolding used in painting the interior of the Austin Athletic Club building and the condition of building before painting. Volleyball nets stretch across two courts, with empty bleachers visible in background. The first organized recreation center in Austin was the privately owned Austin Athletic Club, built in 1923, by William T. Caswell. In 1931. Mr. Caswell sold the club to the City of Austin for "a small remuneration". The name of the center was officially changed to the Austin Recreation Center in 1970. After substantial damage, due to the Memorial Day flood of 1981 that center was closed after the existing center was built and opened in 1986.
- [Golfers putting on green at Austin Municipal Golf Course]
- Photograph of a man putting while a man in a suit looks on. Men are standing in the background. The Austin Municipal Golf Course, constructed originally by the Lions Club in 1928 at 2901 Enfield Road, has served its citizens since 1934 and has long been Austin's most popular course.
- [Golfers putting on green at Municipal Golf Course]
- Photograph of a man in suit putting while another golfer looks on. Golfers stand and sit in the shade under trees in the background. The Austin Municipal Golf Course, constructed originally by the Lions Club in 1928 at 2901 Enfield Road, has served its citizens since 1934 and has long been Austin's most popular course.
- [Golfers teeing off at Austin Municipal Golf Course]
- Photograph of a group of men teeing off in front of the Municipal Golf course club house. The municipal Golf Course, constructed originally by the Lions Club in 1928 at 2901 Enfield Road, has served it's citizens since 1934 and has long been Austin's most popular course.
- [Soldier Reading at Magazine Stand]
- Photograph of a soldier in uniform reading a magazine. He is standing at a rack of magazines located at the service center at the Driskill Hotel.
- Service Center at Driskill Hotel
- Photograph of an American soldier standing at a map covered with slips of paper. The legend on the map reads "Where are you from?" A note on the back of the photograph reads "Service Center at Driskill [Hotel]."
- [City of Austin Auditorium]
- Photograph of the City of Austin Auditorium taken from the north side of Town Lake after a snowfall.
- Cars in Traffic
- Photograph of cars stuck in traffic by Brackenridge Hospital, waiting to turn right at a yield sign onto 15th Street.
- [Montopolis Bridge]
- Photograph of an oblique view of the Montopolis Bridge. A road curves around underneath the bridge.
- [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.
- [Governor's Mansion]
- Photograph of the Texas Govenor's mansion taken from the street corner.
- "For Whites Only" at Depot
- Photograph of a "for whites only" sign on a building entrance.
- [Town Lake's First Tree]
- Photograph of the planting of Town Lake's first tree by the Women's Architectural League. Two women and a man are gathered around the tree, the man holding a shovel. The state Capitol building, UT tower, and other buildings are visible in the background. The young woman in the photograph is Gail Swallow, President of Women's Architectural League.
- [Congress Avenue with Capitol in snow]
- Photograph of Congress Avenue covered in snow with a veiw of the capitol building. The street is slushy with dirty snow that hasn't been plowed, and cars parked along the side of the streets are covered in snow.
- Construction of Calcasieu Lumber Company
- Photograph of the construction of Calcasieu Lumber Company offices, located at 301 W 2nd St. The photograph emphasizes the segregated restrooms in the foreground.
- [Deserted Log Cabin]
- Photograph of the exterior of a deserted log cabin.
- [Fiskville Stage Stop]
- Photograph of Fiskville stage railroad stop being demolished. It was located at North Lamar at the south side of the creek by Payton Gin Road. It was the first stop north of Austin.
- [Girls Playing Jump Rope at Palm Park]
- Photograph of girls playing jump rope on a concrete slab at Palm Park. The decorative stone entryway structure is behind them.
- Governor's Mansion Under Snow
- Photograph of the Texas Governor's Mansion afer a recent snowfall in February, 1923.
- [Last streetcar in front of Palm School, Austin, Texas]
- Photograph of an Austin Street Railway Company streetcar in front of the Palm School on First Street (now Cesar Chavez), reportedly taken on the last day of streetcar service in Austin. A group of children and a few women, possibly students and teachers, are standing on the sidewalk in front of the school, waving at the streetcar. There is a blurred car in the foreground, about to pass the streetcar on the right, and another car is behind the streetcar on the right side of the photograph. The Austin Chronicle reported on July 21, 2000 that "(t)he last day for Austin's streetcars came on February 7, 1940. By June (1940), most of the tracks had been torn up and paved over. The last tracks were removed in 1942, providing 50,000 pounds of steel for use in World War II."
- [Looking South Down Waller Creek]
- Photograph of Waller Creek looking south from 6th Street bridge. Creek theater exterior is visible on the left. Tree branches are bare and heavy construction is visible on the right side of the creek behind the chain link fence.
- Oriental Gardens
- Photograph of Isamu Taniguchi at the Oriental garden in Zilker Park. He works on a stone pathway.
- Renfro Corner, 6th & Congress
- Photograph of Renfro Corner, 6th and Congress, before demolition. White Pharmacy is visible on the left side of the image. Cars and people are also visible in the streets.
- West 6th Street
- Photograph of "West 6th Street, looking west from Guadalupe Street, after street railway tracks were removed and street repaired. Used in 1940 Annual Report." Signs are visible for Kash-Karry, Paris Café, Koch Cleaning, and a Bowling Center. Cars are parked along each side.