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Old 04-08-2014, 11:04 PM
 
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Does anyone have any or have a source? I know it has changed a lot over the years and I'd like to see what used to be here especially pre I-35 (like motels and gas stations). I've done some searching and I haven't come up with much. Any leads are appreciated.
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Old 04-09-2014, 11:48 AM
 
Location: central Austin
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Austin History Museum
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Old 04-09-2014, 03:55 PM
 
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South Congress, 1914

http://i.imgur.com/tDTaRIs.jpg

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Old 04-09-2014, 05:37 PM
 
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Grrrrrr...I'll bet that wagon has Cali plates.
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Old 04-10-2014, 03:39 PM
 
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That's great! Any idea which block that is?
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Old 04-10-2014, 06:20 PM
 
Location: Austin
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That's pretty cool
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Old 04-10-2014, 07:08 PM
 
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The Portal to Texas History
do a photo search. They have a lot of old Austin pictures. This is from 1867 of congress ave.
http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/675.../m1/1/med_res/

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Old 04-10-2014, 07:24 PM
 
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The Portal to Texas History
do a photo search. They have a lot of old Austin pictures. This is from 1867 of congress ave.
See.

Traffic has always been bad.

It's an early attempt at gondola surveying.
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Old 04-10-2014, 07:36 PM
 
Location: The People's Republic of Austin
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That's great! Any idea which block that is?
That's the buildings at Congress and Academy. Stella Blue is in the one on the left as you face them.
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Old 04-10-2014, 08:07 PM
 
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That's the buildings at Congress and Academy. Stella Blue is in the one on the left as you face them.
Awesome, scm53.

Here's the view today.

http://goo.gl/maps/2KKrM
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