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[Thomas Evans Riddle, Confederate Vet]

Description: Photo of Confederate Vet, Thomas Evans Riddle. Austin, Texas. 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.
Date: June 22, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Austin Candy Company Drug Store

Description: An unidentified man stands in the Austin Candy Company drug store in front of a wall of miscellaneous products over which the word "Beverages" has been written on the wall.
Date: April 22, 1953
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

UT International Center

Description: 2 men standing in front of the University of Texas International Center and International Office. They are holding a poster advertising a semi-formal dance sponsored by The Organization of Arab Students to be held on December 4, 1959 in the Union Ballroom.
Date: December 22, 1959
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Carrying a coffin in preparation for the mass funeral service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Identical coffins decorated with floral sprays are lined up on the porch of the temporary morgue building at Camp Wallace in Hitchcock. Four men dressed in suits carry one coffin to waiting hearses. On the back of the photograph is written: "This is a scene at Camp Wallace in Hitchcock, where the unclaimed bodies were stored in cold storage awaiting identification. The individual caskets were loaded into individual hearses loaned by over 50 funeral homes in southeast Texas. The man carrying… more
Date: June 22, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library

[Preparing for burial at the mass funeral service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster]

Description: Men ready caskets for burial after the mass funeral service for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster held at Memorial Park on June 22, 1947. A large crowd of people is gathered to watch. Identical coffins are lined up in rows. Military veterans stand watch around the perimeter of the coffins.
Date: June 22, 1947
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
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