Roy L. Thomas Photographs and Drawings 1915-circa 1950s

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Roy L. Thomas Photographs and Drawings 1915-circa 1950s

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/aushc/00124/00124-P.html

This small collection of Austin-based architect Roy L. Thomas consists of photographs of houses and three sets of drawings of residential projects.

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Austin History Center , Austin Public Library, 810 Guadalupe Street, Austin, Texas, 78701.

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Thomas, Roy L.

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Born in San Marcos, Roy Leonidas Thomas attended both Southwestern University in Georgetown and the school of engineering at the University of Texas. He left school in 1908 to work in the construction field. In 1909 Thomas took a job as a draftsman with Endress and Walsh, Austin, and worked on the firm's behalf in San Benito. During this time he invented a ratchet pipe cutter for which he obtained a patent. In 1911, Thomas began his own practice in Austin, specializing i...