Photos That Show Streets Of Austin In The Past

 Congress Street leads up to the capitol building in Austin and nothing has really changed much, except the skyscrapers, of course. This photo was taken around 1948.


 Austin around 1965
 Photo of back of train and Sam Wah cafe during Harry Truman’s Whistle Stop tour. Austin, Texas. – 1948
1935 Flood over Congress Ave.
 Capital Metro, known at Austin Railway Company adds bus service in Austin 1940.
 
 Congress Ave. 1900. 
Stephen F. Austin hotel being built 1924.
Austin skyline 1931.

Congress Ave being paved with bricks 1905.

1st street 1968.

Flood, 1935.

Riverside 1957.
Looking down Congress Avenue from the Capitol, Austin Texas, circa 1890