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This article was originally featured in the July 1991 issue of The Medallion.

How did the daily lives of Austinites 100 years ago compare to those of people in other cities at the same time? Did all economic classes take similar medications, or were some medicines out of reach of the average wage earner? The answers to these and other similar questions may come from thousands of...

Earlier this year, the Texas Historical Commission welcomed two interns to Austin for nearly two months of summer school through the agency’s Preservation Scholars program.

Two college students—Calvin Blair and Halee Robinson—accepted the Friends of the Texas Historical Commission’s invitation to participate in the summer program. They spent much of the summer working with the...

This article was originally featured in the September 1990 issue of The Medallion.

In 1907, a group of enterprising Brenham residents began making butter from the extra cream supplied by area farms. They sold the butter locally. That was the humble beginning of the Brenham Creamery Company, now Blue Bell Creameries, one of the largest manufacturers of frozen snacks in the...

This article was originally featured in the October 1991 issue of The Medallion.

Remember when going to the movies downtown or at the local drive-in theater was a special treat, reserved for Saturday nights with the family, friends, or a date? The movies offered an escape to an exotic locale or time, or simply an opportunity to congregate with friends or neighbors. Many people still...