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Lohman's Crossing Bridge Construction

Description: Photograph of Lohman's Crossing Bridge construction. Men work on laying the foundations for the new bridge over the Colorado River. The bridge is now under 140 feet of water.
Date: December 3, 1932
Creator: Studer, San Antonio, TX
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Men on Lohman's Crossing Bridge Under Construction

Description: Photograph of Lohman's Crossing Bridge construction. Men work on laying the foundations for the new bridge over the Colorado River. The bridge is now under 140 feet of water.
Date: December 3, 1932
Creator: Studer, San Antonio, TX
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Side View of Construction of Seaholm Power Plant]

Description: Photograph of the construction of part of the Seaholm Power Plant, surrounded by various construction materials and machinery.
Date: December 4, 1950
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

84th QM Co. - Picnic, Camp Mabry

Description: Photograph of a group of soldiers and civilians pose during a picnic at Camp Mabry.
Date: December 7, 1941
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Outdoor Recreation Achievement Award for Town Lake]

Description: Photograph of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Les Gage (Co-Chairman, Town Lake Beautification Committee) and Mrs. John Burns (Co-Chairman, Town Lake Beautification Committee) receiving an award for beautification work at Town Lake.
Date: December 8, 1975
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Christmas Program - Rosewood Recreation Center]

Description: Photograph of a large group of children singing at a Christmas program at Doris Miller Auditorium at Rosewood Park. Some of the audience is visible in the foreground.
Date: December 1960
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Arch construction of the Negro Recreation Building, now Doris Miller Auditorium, in Rosewood Park]

Description: Photograph of the construction of an arch at the Negro Recreation Building, now Doris Miller Auditorium, in Rosewood Park. A man in a fedora sits astride a semi-circular laminated wooden truss, working on joining it at the center. This truss, and two completed trusses in the background are framed against the sky. The trusses are supported by posts, and temporarily joined together with wooden cross braces. The top of a wooden scaffold is visible in the lower right corner of the image.
Date: December 10, 1943
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab, Austin
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Construction of the Rosewood Recreation Center, now Doris Miller Auditorium, in Rosewood Park]

Description: Photograph of construction of the Negro Recreation Building in Rosewood Park. Three men stand on the back of a 1930s flat bed truck, as they use a crane mounted on the truck to lift half of a laminated wooden semi-circular arched truss into place. Two of the trusses are already completed in the background. The scaffolding used to support workers joining the trusses at their centers stands to the back of the truck. The trusses are joined by cross members, and the half truss erected to the left i… more
Date: December 10, 1943
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab., Austin
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Tiny Tot Christmas Party]

Description: Photograph of a Tiny Tot Christmas Party at Hancock Recreation Center. Santa Claus hands out candy canes to a group of children.
Date: December 1966
Creator: Parks and Recreation Department
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Christmas Event at Hancock Recreation Center]

Description: Photograph of a group of older adults seated for a Christmas event at Hancock Recreation Center. A wreath is visible along one of the walls of the room.
Date: December 20, 1951
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

IBM Employees

Description: Unidentified women sit at desks and type on typewriters while three unidentified men speak with three of the women in an unknown room at IBM.
Date: December 3, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Cars in lot

Description: Cars in lot next to Slaughters Supermarket.
Date: December 18, 1958
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Homer Thornberry portrait

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Homer Thornberry, wearing a suit.
Date: December 4, 1958
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[An employee of the Presley Service Department]

Description: A photo of an employee of Presley Service Department. The man is wearing a white Presley shirt with a tie. There are automobiles outside the window to the right of the photo.
Date: December 1, 1955
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

State Hospital Fire

Description: Night view of fire at State Hospital. Fire engine in front of building. Two men standing by fire truck. Several people at right of image.
Date: December 11, 1958
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

State Hospital Fire

Description: Night view of fire at State Hospital. Fire engine in front of building. 2 streams of water directed at fire. Two men standing by fire truck. 1 fireman in front of building.
Date: December 11, 1958
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[A man with a trowel laying a cornerstone at St. David's Hospital]

Description: A man using a trowel to lay the cornerstone at St. David's Community Hospital. There are other men in suits standing around the stone. The stone states: "St. David's Community Hospital, Erected 1954, Board of Trustees, 1951-1954, Hulon W. Black, Pres., Joseph Cocke, Vice Pres., Ronald W. Byram, Sec., Ben H. Parrish, Treas., R.C. (Bob) Armstrong, John A. Barclay, Fred W. Catterall Jr., Edward Clark, Ed P. Cravens, John E. Harrison, E. W. Jackson, Gatewood Newberry, A. Bryan Spires, Max Starcke, … more
Date: December 19, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Aerial view of Lutheran Concordia College]

Description: An aerial view across Interstate 35 of Lutheran Concordia College. The campus is in the middle of a large residential area. North and center of the main campus building is the St. Paul's School and further left center is Lee School. On the far center right is the golf course.
Date: December 8, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Boy Scouts

Description: African-American Boy scout leading a group of men in a pledge.
Date: December 16, 1958
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Musicians in KTBC studio (TV)

Description: 3 men with instruments - guitar, bass, accordion - with KTBC TV camera at the left side of the image. The man on the left holding the guitar is Chester Ayers of Austin, TX.
Date: December 5, 1958
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Bradford's Paint Company

Description: Exterior of the Bradford's Paint Company building on a city block with other unknown buildings and a number of parked cars. The building was located at 4th and Guadalupe. Missouri Pacific railroad tracks are visible in the foreground.
Date: December 9, 1954
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Southern Union Gas Christmas Party

Description: Couple posing in front of Christmas tree.
Date: December 19, 1958
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Southern Union Gas Christmas Party

Description: The Obie Jones Quintet performing at the Southern Union Gas Christmas Party. Holiday decorations on the stage.
Date: December 19, 1958
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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