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[Cliffs at Marble Falls]

Photograph of a cliff of flat, layered rock, with small trees growing on its side and top. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Marble Falls, Llano County, Texas 1884, South side up to Honeymoon."

Date: 1884

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.568607 -98.265581

[Granite for the Capitol]

Photograph of people and horses gathered around a deposit of granite. The granite is cut into progressively smaller blocks from its original mass. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Granite Mountain about 1884. This mountain of granite supplied 50,000 tons of granite for the Texas State Capitol at Austin and about 450,000 tons to Galveston for the sea wall and jetties."

Date: 1884

Item Type: Photograph

[Portrait of an Austin Fire Fighter]

Photograph of the chief of the Austin Fire Department in 1884. Inscription on the back reads "Compliments of F. W. [Stowe ?], to Aug. Ziller, Chief Austin Fire Department, Austin, Texas, Aug. 5th 84." Photograph is cabinet card format.

Date: 1884

Item Type: Photograph

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