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The Bremond Block Historic District is a collection of eleven historic homes in downtown Austin, Texas, United States, constructed from the 1850s to 1910.. The block was added to National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and is considered one of the few remaining upper-class Victorian neighborhoods of the middle to late nineteenth century in Texas. [2]
Anderson Mill is a neighborhood of Austin and a former census-designated place (CDP) in Travis and Williamson counties in the U.S. state of Texas. [3] The population was 7,199 at the 2010 census . Geography
On Oct. 3, iconic 1970s Austin music venue Armadillo World Headquarters reemerged after 44 years as “Armadillo World," a lifestyle brand repackaging classic rock n’ roll culture with a gilded ...
Jim Franklin (born 1943) [18] drew his first armadillo – smoking a joint – on a hand-bill for a 1968 love-in. Twenty-seven years later, in 1995, Texas designated the nine-banded armadillo (dasypus novemcinctus) as the official state small mammal. Franklin has been called the "Michelangelo of armadillo art." [19] [20] [21]
Meakem wanted to create an enduring Internet archive for all of his family photos, and he turned the idea into the company Forever. [ 6 ] In December 2012, Forever received its series A round funding of $9 million from the venture capital firm Meakem Becker, which was co-founded by Forever founder Glen Meakem. [ 3 ]
Driskill Hotel lobby in 2012 Driskill Hotel annex, built 1930. Jesse Driskill, a successful cattle baron, had moved to Texas from Missouri in 1849. Flush with cash from his service to the Confederate Army, to which he supplied beef throughout the Civil War, he decided to diversify by constructing a grand hotel in Austin.
Landmark modernist photo depicting immigrants on the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II. [33] [s 1] [s 3] Child Laborer in Newberry, South Carolina Cotton Mill [i] 1908 Lewis Hine: Newberry, South Carolina, United States Glass plate Part of a series by the National Child Labor Committee to have child labor laws passed. [s 3] The North Pole: 6 April 1909 ...
Mount Bonnell / b ə ˈ n ɛ l /, also known as Covert Park, is a prominent point alongside the Lake Austin portion of the Colorado River in Austin, Texas. It has been a popular tourist destination since the 1850s. [1] [2] The mount provides a vista for viewing the city of Austin, Lake Austin, and the surrounding hills. [3]