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Old Posted Jun 21, 2020, 8:03 PM
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Looks like a policeman on the corner by Woolworth’s.

60 years ago that store still had the pneumatic tubes (like those at bank drive-thrus) which took your money from the sales area up to a central cashier and returned the change.

The store also had a lunch counter for “whites only” that was targeted with anti-segregation sit-in demonstrations in the early 1960s, as were some others on Congress Avenue.

The old formerly grand Capitol Theater was reduced to showing “nudie movies” in the ‘60s. I think at the time the photo was taken, the theatre was operated by Cactus Pryor’s dad.
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Just found this picture that I took in December 2003 from 6th Street. A little creepy. It was just a few months before Frost tower's official lighting ceremony.

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Nice photo!
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Very ominous.
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old skyline

I was going thru some of my dad's stuff and came across this photo....had to be taken early 60's looking north from the bend right before Riverside drive.
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Old Posted Jul 20, 2020, 9:02 PM
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I was going thru some of my dad's stuff and came across this photo....had to be taken early 60's looking north from the bend right before Riverside drive.
Nice! Would love to see a (before/after) from this perspective
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And that is the last time that stretch only had a half dozen cars on it. Even during a global pandemic.
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1979 skyline as seen from St. Edward's University.


https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=3&theater
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Rapids on the Colorado River before they dammed it to make Town Lake. These were just below the Lamar Blvd. bridge, I believe.
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Bastrop fire, 2011, photo from redditor u/mildtobasco

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Old Posted Sep 18, 2020, 8:51 AM
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old postcard site

Found an old postcard site






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Old Posted Sep 26, 2020, 2:37 AM
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Found this map on the UT Libraries twitter page. I'm thinking it dates back to at least the late 60s since it is missing the Jester dorms on 21st at Speedway



https://twitter.com/utlibraries/stat...00523259793409
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That is either late 1940s or early 1950s.
A lot of those little student housing shacks were not there when I first enrolled in 1962.
The Modern Languages building by the Union was gone and replaced by the first Harry Ransom Center.
Kinsolving Dorm is not shown. Hemphill’s location is different.
Co-op on the Drag is also not shown.
A few other things are different too... from the 1960s.
Tennis courts were on the south side of Memorial Stadium in the early ‘60s.
The new Art building was on San Jacinto north of the stadium.
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I’d date it to no earlier than 2007.

Those 2 girls taking selfie’s at Carothers Dorm are a dead giveaway.
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I’d date it to no earlier than 2007.

Those 2 girls taking selfie’s at Carothers Dorm are a dead giveaway.
Haha, that you even saw them, it does look like they're taking selfies. Time travelers is suppose.
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Old Posted Sep 28, 2020, 10:26 AM
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Haha, that you even saw them, it does look like they're taking selfies. Time travelers is suppose.
Clark Field is shown between Texas Memorial Museum and the stadium. Clark Field was torn down in the late 60's and moved across the interstate and it doesn't show Jester Center and PCL.
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Found this map on the UT Libraries twitter page. I'm thinking it dates back to at least the late 60s since it is missing the Jester dorms on 21st at Speedway



https://twitter.com/utlibraries/stat...00523259793409
This was posted on reddit and someone said it was from the 40's.
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And most telling of all, the 6-Pack is not there between the Tower & Littlefield Fountain.
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And most telling of all, the 6-Pack is not there between the Tower & Littlefield Fountain.
And the B Hall dorm is there. It was torn down in the early 1950s. The absence of the buildings on the South Mall make me think this map may even be from the late 30s.
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