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Main entrance and Administration Building tower, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, circa 1945

Subjects
Historic TowersSchools & Universities
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Main entrance and Administration Building tower, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, circa 1945, Lois Post, WI, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Main entrance and Administration Building tower, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, circa 1945, Lois Post, WI, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard
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About this postcard

View across the main entrance mall of the University of Texas at Austin, with the Union Building on the left, the tall Administration Building (the Tower) rising in the center, and the Architectural Building on the right, framed by live oaks and beds of red flowers. The Tower, completed in 1937 to a design by Paul Philippe Cret, is the university's best-known landmark and long housed the main library. The card's linen-era coloring and the "OB-H530" number point to a mid-20th-century printing.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Lois, I was very happy to receive your letter and to know that you are having fun and keep- ing out of mischief. Half of school is out and we are having exams. Funny, but I do have to study real hard. The weather has been unusual never going over 95°. Celia Kranzfelder

PublisherAustin News Agency
UNION BLDG. ADMINISTRATION BLDG. ARCHITECTURAL BLDG. Main Entrance to University of Texas, Austin, Texas OB-H530 --- Popular student entrance to the campus of the University of Texas from Guadalupe Street, or the "Drag", showing the Union Building, center of campus social activity, and the Administration Building, or Tower in the background. POST CARD AUSTIN NEWS AGENCY, AUSTIN, TEXAS GENUINE CURTEICH-CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.)
PostmarkedJune 28, 1941
Stamp
Addressed to
Lois Post

Jefferson Ave., Chippewa Falls, WI

Postcard record

Postmarked
PublisherAustin News Agency
SeriesOB-H530
ConditionGood
Place addressedLois Post, Jefferson Ave., Chippewa Falls, WI
Stamp1c Statue of Liberty, green, perforated on all sides
NotesLinen-textured stock with a narrow white border; printed building labels in the sky area; scuffing and small paper losses along the right edge and upper right corner. Postmark: AUSTIN, TEX. JUN 28 30 AM 1941 UNIVERSITY STA. Linen-texture chrome card with cream border; divided back; 1¢ green "Industry-Agriculture / For Defense" stamp; light edge wear and a few surface scuffs.

Cite this card

Main entrance and Administration Building tower, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, circa 1945, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/main-entrance-and-administration-building-tower-university-o. Accessed October 25, 2026.