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Call Number:

PH-00246

Collection Name:

Dr. Alvin T. Jackson Department of Anthropology Photography Collection

No. of Items:

171 items

Span Dates:

circa 1930-circa 1950

Description:

The collection consists of 171 photographs taken by archaeologist and anthropologist Dr. Alvin T. Jackson, of the University of Texas at Austin, between circa 1930 and circa 1950. Many of the photographs feature Texas flora and fauna. Also included are photographs of landscapes, historic sites, markers, artifacts, paintings, dioramas, and architecture, including many mills. Additionally there are images of Lake Buchanan, before and after its inundation. The prints are arranged according to the descriptions on the twenty-three envelopes in which the collection arrived. Print subjects follows.

2001:0025:0001-0010 -- Various millstones;
2001:0025:0011-0030 -- Scenes of Lake Buchanan, before and after inundation;
2001:0025:0031-0033 -- Lange's Mill, Fredericksburg;
2001:0025:0034-0039 -- La Bahia Mission;
2001:0025:0040-0052 -- Various dioramas;
2001:0025:0053-0055 -- Indian [Native American] artifacts;
2001:0025:0056-0065 -- Various watering holes;
2001:0025:0066-0068 -- Indians [Native Americans] drawing rations;
2001:0025:0069-0077 -- Various people (candids and portraits);
2001:0025:0078-0080 -- Miner’s dugout;
2001:0025:0081-0086, 0169 -- Various buildings;
2001:0025:0087-0091 -- Texas places and objects;
2001:0025:0092-0094 -- Road signs;
2001:0025:0095-0098 -- Pictures of paintings;
2001:0025:0099-0104 -- Plaques and stones;
2001:0025:0105-0107 -- Skin divers searching for the “Twin Sister” canon, 8/21/60;
2001:0025:0108-0111 -- Brackenridge Park, San Antonio;
2001:0025:0112-0122, 0170-0171 -- Points of interest in Austin;
2001:0025:0123-0143 -- Texas plants and landscapes;
2001:0025:0144-0154 -- Rock formations;
2001:0025:0155-0168 -- Sketches (machinery, Indians [Native Americans], places).

Location(s):

Discrete Collections Box 3 (2001:0025:0001-0168)
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Jackson, Dr. A.T., Boxes 1-2 (negatives)
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