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[East track concreted]

Description: Photograph of the concrete team working on the east railroad track on Congress Avenue, looking toward the Capitol. The crews are working hard in the background while horses and carts line up to visit the clothing and shoe shops that line the road. Signs are visible for Carl Mayer Jeweler, Wright & Robinson, Mens Outfitters, Emil Risse art photographer, a commercial college and a laundry. A trolley car is visible in the distance.
Date: [1890..1899]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Railroad crew digging]

Description: Photograph of a crew of African-Americans digging a ditch where the second railroad line will lie. They use shovels and pickaxes in front of a row of shops including C.B. Moreland Wall Paper store and the Postal Telegraph service.
Date: [1890..1899]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Rail crew on East Sixth Street looking West]

Description: Photograph of African-American workers laying down rail line on one side of East 6th Street. Pedestrians look on from beneath the shop awnings. Shop signs for a candy store, millinery and a druggist are visible. Crop lines are drawn on the original print and appear in this image.
Date: [1890..1899]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Rows of People Together Under Trees]

Description: Photograph of people standing together under trees. The men, women, and children are arranged together in five rows. The first row is made up of children seated on the ground. People of mixed sexes and ages sit at a picnic table in the next two rows. A fourth row stands behind this picnic table, and a fifth row of black people stand behind these.
Date: 1890~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch
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