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- [Travis Bank and Trust]
- Photograph of Travis Bank and Trust with a parking lot built on the ground beneath the structure. The building was located at 3711 North Lamar Boulevard, possibly now heavily renovated or demolished. The photo is taken from across the street, at a southwest angle. The building is a pale color with many dark windows and has two major segments that can be seen, each with a different number of stories. The shorter of the two segments can be seen in the foreground.
- [Travis Bank and Trust Sign]
- Photograph of a sign for the Travis Bank and Trust. The sign rests on a tall brick structure with bushes seen planted at the base. A single story, postmodern building can be seen in the background to the right, and a single car can be seen parked in that building's parking lot, though more cars can be seen in the parking lot further in the background. A road can be seen to the left with cars driving on it.
- [Academic Study Area]
- Photograph of the interior of the Flawn Academic Center. Several round and rectangular tables can be seen throughout the space with dark and light chairs. On each of the rectangular tables, a different bust can be seen. A wooden partition wall can be seen to the left, and two structural pillars can be seen toward the room's center. Along the back and far left wall, many cabinets full of books can be seen.
- [Library Lounge Area]
- Photograph of a lounge reading room in an academic library. A seating area with four chairs and a glass coffee table can be seen at the center of the room in front of a fireplace that is on the wall to the left. A window, dressers, and extra chairs can be seen along the back wall. The room is furnished with several framed art pieces, statues, and busts. To the left of the fire place, a long, low cabinet with dozens of thin drawers can be seen with a stalking cat statue on its surface.
- [Lounge Study Area]
- Photograph of the interior of the Flawn Academic Center that is slightly dark and underexposed, but a sitting area with a dark couch and two chairs can be seen in the right foreground with a glass coffee table. To the left on a lighter flooring, a long table with several chairs around it can be seen, along with a cabinet of books on the far left wall. On the right back wall, a long cabinet with dozens of thin drawers can be seen, along with several busts resting its surface.
- [Studying in Library]
- Photograph of a study room in an academic library. Several rows of tables with cushioned chairs can be seen. Each table top has wooden partitions on its surface that demarcate individual desk areas. Many students can be seen sitting at the study tables throughout the room. Art pieces hanging on the walls can be seen throughout the space, and through a passageway to the left, a few more students can be seen getting help at a counter.
- [Exterior View of Postmodern Building]
- Photograph of a building with decorative brick walls. The building is four stories tall with postmodern architecture elements, and can be seen sitting on the corner of Guadalupe Street, around 20th St. A woman can be seen walking on the sidewalk to the right and several cars can be seen parked on the sides of both streets.
- Pure Milk Company Portraits
- Photograph of a boy and a woman at a kitchen table. The woman stands in front of the table, her hand resting on the back of the chair, and she watches the boy as he sits and pours milk from a carton into a glass.
- [Lester Palmer Auditorium exterior during construction]
- Photograph of the exterior of the Lester E. Palmer Municipal Auditorium under construction. One curved beam is attached to the interior center scaffold. The building is now called the Long Performing Arts Center.
- National Electrical Contractors' Association
- View of conference room and long conference table. Sign in background reads: "Another Safe All-Metal Wiring Installation". (Aluminum wiring?)
- National Electrical Contractors' Association
- Interior view of office with secretary at desk. The association was located at 706 West Avenue in late 1952.
- National Electrical Contractors' Association
- Exterior view of office. Sign on door reads: "National Electrical Contractors' Association Central Texas Chapter, Inc." This office had two locations in 1952 -- 1709 San Antonio and 706 West Avenue. The West Avenue address was the later address so this is probably the West Avenue location.
- National Electrical Contractors' Association
- View of conference room with table and chairs.
- [Child with adults at the Austin Cerebral Palsy Center]
- Photograph of a group of four women and one child leaving the Austin Cerebral Palsy Clinic.
- [Children Playing in a Courtyard at Casis Elementary School]
- Photograph of children playing in a courtyard at Casis Elementary School. Several of them are riding bikes, and a group is sitting in the grass on the left side of the photo.
- [Lorene Bolt, Secretary of the Year]
- Three men standing around a typewriter and loving cup. Mrs. Bolt to the right wearing tiara at Scott Investment Co., 103 1/2 E. 7th St.
- [Lorene Bolt, Secretary of the Year]
- Man at desk. Mrs. Bolt taking notes to the right at Scott Investment Co., 103 1/2 E. 7th St.
- [Lorene Bolt, Secretary of the Year]
- Three secretaries standing over Mrs. Bolt in a posed photo at a desk at Scott Investment Co., 103 1/2 E. 7th St.
- [Lorene Bolt, Secretary of the Year]
- Man at desk. Mrs. Bolt taking notes to the right at Scott Investment Co., 103 1/2 E. 7th St. Man is possibly Spencer J. Scott.
- [Lorene Bolt, Secretary of the Year]
- Boy and Mrs. Bolt outdoors playing badminton at 1405 E. 37th St. Bolt was the office manager for Scott Investment Company.
- [Lorene Bolt, Secretary of the Year]
- Mrs. Bolt and boy at dining room table at 1405 E. 37th St. Bolt was the office manager for Scott Investment Company.
- [Lorene Bolt, Secretary of the Year]
- Mrs. Bolt and boy on floor with train set at 1405 E. 37th St. Bolt was the office manager at Scott Investment Company.
- [Tuberculosis Drive]
- Photograph of a group of people standing around a table for a tuberculosis drive. The table has small Santa Claus cardboard standees holding a sign reading, "Fight Tuberculosis - Buy Christmas Seals."
- [Women sewing]
- 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 Recreation Center in Austin and run under the auspices of the Federated Latin American Club and directed by the Austin Recreation Department. The name "Pan American Recreation Center" was chosen by the executive committee during a center naming contest. On September 7, 1956, a new Pan American Recreation Center was formally dedicated at 2100 East 3rd Street, just west of the old location and where it currently exists today. The building adjoins Zavala School and was built at a cost of $155,261. The Hillside Theater was later built and completed in June 1958.