Vintage Austin

This Vintage Austin photo features Austin’s most famous tree, the Treaty Oak. The Treaty Oak is the last surviving live oak of the Council ...

In 1961, drive-ins were all the rage. Pictured in this Vintage Austin photo is the Jet Drive-In, it sat across from Bergstrom Airforce Base (now ...

This 1916 Vintage Austin photo includes Building 41, the State Arsenal, at Camp Mabry. The building is still there, but looks a bit different because ...

It's been chilly the past few days but at least it hasn't been snow-on-the-Capitol-grounds chilly like in this #VintageAustin photo from 1967....

In this Vintage Austin photo from 1938, we can clearly see Barton Springs Pool, Zilker Park, and several of the park roadways. While the park is how ...

The Alamo Hotel can be seen in this Vintage Austin photo from 1947.  The 80-room hotel opened to the public in 1925 and sat at 6th and Guadalupe....

This Vintage Austin photo features the participants of the Dairy Princess contest of 1959.  Since 1937, June has been designated as National ...

The home of author William Sidney Porter is in this Vintage Austin photo being moved from its original location at 308 East 4th Street to its ...

In 1981, on it’s way to Cape Canaveral to be prepared for its third orbital flight, the space shuttle Columbia made a refueling stop at ...

What would you do for a traffic-less drive on I-35 like in this Vintage Austin photo from the 1960s? Looking north from Riverside Drive, if you look ...

This Vintage Austin from 1883 shows the west wing of UT’s original main building. Construction began in the fall of 1883 and finished in the ...

This 1970s Vintage Austin photo of the Zilker Christmas Tree offers reassurance that not everything has changed in Austin over the last several ...

Can you imagine trying to perfect your jump shot while wearing a blouse and bowtie?  This photo highlights the University of Texas women’s ...

This Vintage Austin photo includes a pair of ladies relaxing at Eliza Spring Pool.  The amphitheater was built by Andrew Zilker as a meeting ...

This Vintage Austin photo features a group of Texas Ranger Captains from 1932.  The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement agency in North ...

Dated 1936, the falls of Bull Creek.  The back of the photo reads, “The high falls near ‘Slanting Rock’ swimming hole in upper ...

The vantage point for this Vintage Austin photo is near the present-day Austin American Statesman building looking north.  In the photo you can ...