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[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lorrain T. Pease, his father]

A letter from E.M. Pease to Lorrain T. Pease, his father, in which he gives a detailed, contemporary account of the Texas Revolution. Includes typewritten transcription of the letter.

Date: January 8, 1837

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

Item Type: Letter

[Correspondence to Lucadia Pease from W.S. Porter (O. Henry)]

A letter to Lucadia Pease from W.S. Porter (O. Henry), who asks her for a loan with his printing office as collateral.

Date: January 8, 1895

Creator: Porter, William Sydney

Item Type: Letter

[Group Portarit at Camp Mabry, Austin]

Photograph of a group of people seated in a grassy area at Camp Mabry. The person on the far left is in a military uniform, holding a rifle. There are three women and one other man. Large tents and other men are visible in the background. The photograph is a cyanotype.

Date: May 8, 1898

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

[Correspondence to Henry Ladd from S.W. Doom]

A letter to Henry Ladd from attorney D.W. Doom regarding “the case of Elisabet Ney against yourself and Mosle.”

Date: November 8, 1899

Creator: Doom, D.W.

Item Type: Letter

[Haschke Family in their Car]

Photograph of the Haschke Family (Cecilia, Reinhold, and Feodor) in a car parked in front of an unidentified stone building. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Ma Haschke, Pa Haschke, Fedo Haschke - About the first car in Austin, Texas." The photograph is a cyanotype.

Date: August 8, 1901

Item Type: Photograph

[Troops at Spofford Junction]

Photograph of a line of troops on horseback near a railroad line. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Spofford Junction - 4/8/13 - 14 Cav. Troops leaving for Brownsville, Tex. via R.R."

Date: April 8, 1913

Item Type: Photograph

Horse Shoe Curve S.P.R.R. near El Paso, Texas

Photograph of the "horse shoe curve" in the S.P.R.R. (Southern Pacific Railroad), where the tracks make a U-turn. The photograph was likely taken from the front or rear end of a moving train.

Date: February 8, 1915

Item Type: Photograph

Horse Shoe Curve S.P.R.R. near El Paso, Texas

Photograph of a train near El Paso, Texas. The train is going along a curved track in a field, and the photograph was taken from the rear cart of the train. Inscription on the back reads "Horse Shoe Curve S.P.R.R. near El Paso, Texas -- taken from rear end of train while train was in motion, note double header."

Date: February 8, 1915

Item Type: Photograph

[Hotel at Lobo, Texas]

Photograph of a hotel in Lobo, Texas. A water tower is visible to the left of the building. Inscription on the back reads "$100,000 hotel, Lobo, Texas, S.P.R.R. 2-8-15, taken from train, only building in Lobo."

Date: February 8, 1915

Item Type: Photograph

[Soldiers near El Paso]

Photograph of U.S. soldiers at a camp near El Paso, Texas. A line of soldiers are standing at attention for an officer. Inscription on the back indicates this photo was taken from a train, "S.P.R.R."

Date: February 8, 1915

Item Type: Photograph

[Night Hawk Staff]

Photograph of a group portrait of the Nighthawk restaurant staff. They wear uniforms and stand in front of the restaurant. The woman in the middle, behind the two women at center, is Violet Franklin Sanders. The restaurant was located at 1907 Guadalupe Street, Austin.

Date: October 8, 1935

Creator: Stewart Photo Company

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.282351 -97.741655

[Drawing by Oscar Strobel]

A humorous drawing, with text, of a steer by artist Oscar Strobel.

Date: May 8, 1936

Creator: Strobel, Oscar & Strobel, Oscar

Item Type: Artwork

Rosewood Park for Negroes

Photograph of a group of black children watching a youth prepare to dive from the diving board into the public pool at Rosewood Park.

Date: September 8, 1938

Creator: Ellison Photo Service, Austin

Item Type: Photograph

O. Henry Book has Wealth of Fact

Newspaper clipping containing a review of the "O. Henry Bibliography."

Date: January 8, 1939

Creator: O'Quinn, Trueman

Item Type: Clipping

[Construction of] Municipal Golf Course tool house

Photograph of construction of the Austin Municipal Golf Course tool house, made of white bricks. Scaffolding circles the walls, and the support for the roof is visible. The municipal Golf Course, constructed originally by the Lions Club in 1928 at 2901 Enfield Road and then donated to the city in 1936, has served its citizens since 1934 and has long been Austin's most popular course.

Date: April 8, 1939

Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab., Austin

Item Type: Photograph

[Construction of the Municipal Golf Course tool house]

Photograph of construction workers work on building the tool house at the Austin Municipal Golf Course. A ladder leans on a scaffolding leading to the roof. The municipal Golf Course, constructed originally by the Lions Club in 1928 at 2901 Enfield Road and donated to the city in 1936, has served it's citizens since 1934 and has long been Austin's most popular course.

Date: April 8, 1939

Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Lab., Austin

Item Type: Photograph

[Three Men Standing in Office]

Photograph of three men standing in an office and looking at a document. There is a Topographic and Road Map of Travis County on the wall behind them. The photographer wrote the name "Guiton Morgan" on the negative envelope. Morgan was the City Manager of Austin.

Date: April 8, 1940

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph