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Progress Report Austin - Legends of Austin 2

  
  
  
  
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About the video

This episode of the locally produced television program, Progress Report Austin, provides a look at the “legends and history of our town.”

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Duration: 00:25:22
Language: English
Color: B/W
Audio: Sound
Donor: Gordon Wilkison

Locations

Filmed: Austin
Filmed: Travis County

Dates

Filmed: 1962


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Congress Avenue
Paramount Theatre
Moonlight towers
Goddess of Liberty
Texas A+M
Austin public high schools
Pease Elementary School
John T. Allen
Chisholm Trail, Peter Preston Ackley
Millett Opera House
6th street, Hennings building
F.M. Beaty's Carriage Repository
Avenue Hotel
Martin and Martin Opera House bar
Driskill Hotel
West 29th Street, c. 1931
Achillies Store, 16th and Guadalupe, c. 1932
Goodman Store, c. 1932
Lamar Boulevard, c. 1941
6th and Congress, c. 1942
Robert Mueller Municipal Airport, c. 1934
Mrs. Jacob (Martha) Bickler
Captain Frank Hawks, Mayor Tom Miller, Max Bickler, Nov. 1935
Governor James V. Allred
Postman Ray Lee, February 6, 1940
Austin trolley Cars, c. 1905
Hyde Park trolley, c. 1880s
First trolley across Congress Ave. bridge, Dec. 2, 1910
Dismantling trolley tracks, May 27, 1940
Last trolleys on main line, February 7, 1940
New buses in Austin
Austin on Circus day
President McKinley visit, parade
Austin, c. 1887
Market house, fire station, city hall, c. 1898
Austin courthouse, c. 1900
Old courthouse demolished, 3rd and Guadalupe, August 1932
New Travis County courthouse, c. 1932
Travis County courthouse, c. 1942
New Federal building groundbreaking, 8th and Colorado, March 17, 1934
Congressman James Buchanan, photograph taken by LBJ, c. 1935
Joe Mackey, September, 1935
New Federal building, 8th and Lavaca, February 22, 1936
Gov. James V. Allred swearing in ceremony, Coke Stevenson
Gov. Lee O. Daniel
Snow at the Texas state captial, January 2, 1940
Homes of governors: Elisha M. Pease, Allan Shivers, Edmund J. Davis, Joseph D. Sayers, Andrew J. Hamilton, Oran M. Roberts
Mrs. Miriam A. "Ma" Ferguson
Jay Nottington, the Horrells and Higgins feud
Sam Bass, Bill Longley
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Paramount Theatre
501 N. IH-35, Suite 204; Austin, TX 78702; Phone: 512-485-3073;
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