Austin is like a fine wine — it just keeps getting better with age.
This 1949 picture was taken at the corner of 9th Street and Congress Avenue, looking north toward the Capitol Building. Nearly every building pictured, with exception to the Capital Building, has since been demolished or condemned for development.
The "Little Bo-Peep" float heading up Congress Avenue during the 1955 Round-Up Parade, as spectators crowd the city sidewalks to catch a view.
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Dressed in formal attire, a group of students and teachers from Austin's Anderson High School join together for a reception in 1955.
People stop to have their gas pumped at the Elsner Service Station, a gas station that stood on S. Lamar, near W. Oltorf.
