13 Matching Results

Search Results

Results: 1 - 13

Sanitation Truck

Description: Two unidentified men work dump containers into a sanitation department truck.
Date: April 23, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Two Unidentified Men Folding a Drape

Description: Two unidentified men fold a drape next to a commercial truck. The men work for the city's sanitation department.
Date: April 23, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Gordon Smith Dairy

Description: Exterior of the Gordon Smith Dairy showing a Hillcrest Farms milk truck backed up to the building.
Date: April 21, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Photograph of Group with Belongings After Tornado]

Description: Photograph of two men and one woman bringing belongings into a school building after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas tornado. The woman wears a coat and headscarf, the man in the center is bending down in front of a suitcase and wearing a leather jacket and hat, and the man beside him wears coveralls and a cap and carries blankets. The school building is in the background with trees in front of it. On the left side of the frame are parked cars. In the foreground is a tank and broken tree limbs and w… more
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

[Railway Express Agency Truck Parked Outside a Building]

Description: Photograph of a Railway Express Agency truck sitting outside a Railway Express Agency building. There are no doors on the front door on the truck, and a large holding area in the back of the truck.
Date: April 21, 1951
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Front View of a John Bremond Coffee Truck]

Description: Photograph of a front view of a John Bremond Coffee truck. It is dark-colored, with a large transportation area on the back.
Date: April 22, 1952
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Side View of a John Bremond Coffee Truck]

Description: Photograph of a side view of a John Bremond Coffee truck. It is dark-colored, with a large transportation area on the back.
Date: April 22, 1952
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[An eductor in front of a commercial building after the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: An unhitched trailer holding what appears to be a foam eductor used for fighting fires sits in front of a commercial building with its front open. A ladder leads up toward the second floor of the brick building. To the right a power pole is braced with another pole.
Date: April 16, 1947
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Photograph of Truck Damaged After Tornado]

Description: Photograph of a truck damaged by the Higgins/Glazier, Texas tornado. The windows of the truck are busted out and the hood is dented with bricks. There is a license plate on the front of the truck. A man in a button-up shirt and cap stands looking at the truck. On either side of the truck is another truck and an old car. Behind the car on the right side of the frame is a truck with a tank that says, "TEXACO". In the background is a damaged two-story building.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McMurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

[Photograph of Men Cleaning Tornado Debris]

Description: Photograph of a group of men throwing debris into the back of a truck after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. Centered is a man with a brick in his hand and his back towards the viewer. All the men wear jackets and hats. The ground is covered with debris. In the background on the right side of the frame is a row of damaged buildings and an old truck.
Date: April 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

[Photograph of Men Cleaning Tornado Debris]

Description: Photograph of a group of six to nine men cleaning debris after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas tornado. On the right side of the frame is a large truck. The men are throwing a pile of bricks into the back of the truck. The license plate on the truck reads, "Farm Truck RB3207 Texas 47". The men wear jackets and some wear hats. In the background is another commercial truck and the brick side of a damaged store with a sign that reads, "Weis Dry Goods".
Date: April 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

[Photograph of Men Cleaning Tornado Debris]

Description: Photograph of a group of men cleaning debris after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. Three men are shoveling bricks and dirt into the back of a truck. Two men are bending down with their hands in the debris, two others look on. All the men wear jackets and hats, six of the jackets are leather. In the background is a wide street with cars and people in it. Along the opposite side of the street are rows of stores.
Date: April 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

[Man Standing with Damaged Trucks After Tornado]

Description: Photograph of a man wearing a leather jacket and hat standing in-between two damaged trucks after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. The truck in the foreground has its windows blown out and the hood is dented with bricks. Behind the man is a truck who's roof is caved in. On the right side of the frame next to the center truck is a long wooden beam; behind the beam is another truck.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McMurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum
Back to Top of Screen