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[Kickoff of Unknown Game at Clark Field]

Photograph of kickoff of an unknown football game at Clark Field on a sunny, cloudless day. Several men are standing on the sideline in the foreground and a crowd is watching from the opposite side of the field.

Date: [1890..1919]

Creator: Hart, James H.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: None

[Land Office Building]

Photograph of the exterior of the Texas General Land Office building (now the Capitol Visitor's Center).

Date: 1894

Item Type: Photograph

[Langtry, Texas Railroad Depot]

Photograph of the Railroad Depot at Langtry, Texas. It's a small building by the train tracks. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "During the time of Judge Roy Bean's Law West of the Pecos."

Date: 1890

Item Type: Photograph

[Lobby of First National Bank, Austin, Texas]

Photograph of the lobby of First National Bank, including the bank teller window behind a grill. William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) is the teller. Another man stands behind the front counter, one is seated in back, and a customer is at the teller window. The man behind the open counter is listed as Brackenridge.

Date: [1890,1900]

Item Type: Photograph

Morrison & Fourmy's General Directory of the City of Austin, 1893-94

General directory for Austin, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "the present state, county and city governments, and a complete list of all county officials, post offices and money order offices in Texas; also an index of societies, associations, churches, corporations, educational institutes, the full name and address of all residents, their occupations or pursuits… more

Date: 1893

Creator: Morrison & Fourmy

Item Type: Book

Morrison & Fourmy's General Directory of the City of Austin for 1897-1898

"Containing the present state, county and city governments, and a complete list of all postoffices and money order offices in Texas; also an index of societies, associations, churches, corporations, educational institutes; full name and address of all residents, their occupations or pursuits, and a complete classified business directory. Also a valuable street and avenue guide.

Date: 1897

Creator: Morrison & Fourmy

Item Type: Book

A&NW RR Depot, Marble Falls

Photograph of the Austin and Northwest Railroad depot in Marble Falls. The train station consists of a small building (on the right) with a garden (in the foreground). Men and women are gathered around a train and the building, looking towards the camera.

Date: 1892

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.572099 -98.285279

"Old Dismal" Substitute Hook and Ladder Wagon

Photograph of the Substitute Hook and Ladder Wagon and firemen outside of Texas State Capitol building taken from 11th Street and Colorado Street looking east. The Hook and Ladder Wagon is drawn by two horses.

Date: June 7, 1895

Creator: Brooks

Item Type: Photograph

Ostersonntag in Riverside Park

Family group portrait in Riverside Park in San Antonio on Easter. A couple of the men hold drinks (beer?) and one boy holds a gun. There is a horse-drawn carriage and trees in the background.

Date: March 29, 1891

Creator: Jacobson

Item Type: Photograph

Our religion : a discourse to the First Unitarian Society, Austin, Texas

Sermon to the First Unitarian Society in Austin from Edwin M. Wheelock, dated Oct. 8, 1899.

Date: October 8, 1899

Creator: Wheelock, Edwin M.

Item Type: Book

Partial View of Austin, Texas

Photograph of copy print of the 1891 bird's eye view map of Austin. "Partial view of Austin, Texas. The most beautiful and wealthiest city of its size in the United States."

Date: 1891

Item Type: Photograph

[Pavillion at Hyde Park]

A crowd watching four men in the lake behind the pavillion.

Date: April 22, 1895

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: None

[Pease Elementary School Students]

Photograph of high 1st & low 2nd students at West Austin School (Pease Elementary). Ellen (Helen) Paggi is on the back row, extreme right.

Date: 1890

Item Type: Photograph

[People in Boat on Colorado River]

Photograph of three women and two nicely dressed men in a boat at Mormon Falls on the Colorado River with Mt. Bonnell in the background.

Date: May 18, 1890

Item Type: Photograph

Picnic at Hyde Park

Photograph of a large group of kids posing for a group picture after a picnic in Hyde park. They are lined up in four rows in front of what looks to be a stage with a painted backdrop of a street scene.

Date: 1893

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.305177 -97.731512

Pontoon Bridge

Photograph of a pontoon bridge. A man is standing on the right side of the bridge. Further to the right is a horse tied to the bridge's post. A small building is visible past the other side of the water. The photograph is a cyanotype.

Date: April 2, 1892

Item Type: Photograph

[Portrait of Benno Goldbeck]

Photograph of Benno Goldbeck, who is sitting and wearing a suit. The text on the back reads, "Benno Goldbeck born 19th January 1856 taken 1st of May 1895. to his friend Max Lungkwitz". He was the son of Theodor Georg Ludwig Goldbeck and Bianca Nohl.

Date: May 1, 1895

Creator: Hillyer, H. B.

Item Type: Photograph

Prospectus of the Colorado Lake Chautauqua Association at Austin, Texas, For the Season of 1893

This prospectus outlines the ideals and intentions of the Colorado Lake Chautauqua Association to educate the people of the city and provide better public services.

Date: 1893

Creator: Colorado Lake Chautauqua Association

Item Type: Pamphlet

[Rail crew on East Sixth Street looking West]

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: Photograph

[Railroad crew digging]

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: Photograph

[Railroad crew working on second track]

Photograph of an African-American railroad crew working on a second rail road line in front of a row of hardware and home goods shops. The trenches have been dug and the brick stripped out from the roads where the rail lines will lie.

Date: [1890..1899]

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.266177 -97.743465

[Ralph and George W. Bickler]

Photograph of Ralph A. and George W. Bickler, who are posing for a portrait. George is wearing a dress and Ralph is wearing a suit.

Date: July 15, 1896

Creator: Journeay

Item Type: Photograph

[Reception Room, Texas State Capitol Building]

Interior view of the reception room of the Texas State Capitol Building. There are several arm chairs and tables.

Date: 1894

Item Type: Photograph

[Rogers Locomotive Works Locomotive]

Photograph of a steam locomotive built by Rogers Locomotive works about 1875. One of the operators stands on the pilot attached to the engine by the front center coupler. Steam locomotives operated until the mid 20th century, when electric and diesel models took over. Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works, based in Paterson, New Jersey, was a popular 19th century manufacturer of railroad steam locomotives. This model is a 4-4-0 indicating its wheel-arrangement.

Date: 1895~

Item Type: Photograph

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[Kickoff of Unknown Game at Clark Field]

[Land Office Building]

[Langtry, Texas Railroad Depot]

[Lobby of First National Bank, Austin, Texas]

Morrison & Fourmy's General Directory of the City of Austin, 1893-94

Morrison & Fourmy's General Directory of the City of Austin for 1897-1898

A&NW RR Depot, Marble Falls

"Old Dismal" Substitute Hook and Ladder Wagon

Ostersonntag in Riverside Park

Our religion : a discourse to the First Unitarian Society, Austin, Texas

Partial View of Austin, Texas

[Pavillion at Hyde Park]

[Pease Elementary School Students]

[People in Boat on Colorado River]

Picnic at Hyde Park

Pontoon Bridge

[Portrait of Benno Goldbeck]

Prospectus of the Colorado Lake Chautauqua Association at Austin, Texas, For the Season of 1893

[Rail crew on East Sixth Street looking West]

[Railroad crew digging]

[Railroad crew working on second track]

[Ralph and George W. Bickler]

[Reception Room, Texas State Capitol Building]

[Rogers Locomotive Works Locomotive]