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Austin Baseball Club

Photograph of members of the Austin Baseball Club. There are eleven men arranged in a diamond formation with there names and position listed.

Date: 1888

Item Type: Photograph

Ben Hur Steamboat

Photograph of the Ben Hur steamboat from the Lake Navigation Company. The decks are full of people and hills are visible in the distance.

Date: [1880..1910]

Item Type: Photograph

[Bickler Family Portrait]

Photograph of the Martha and Jacob Bickler and three children sitting for a family portrait.

Date: 1880~

Item Type: Photograph

Birds Eye Map of Austin

Birds eye map of Austin showing downtown, the river, and the University of Texas main building.

Date: 1887

Item Type: Photograph

The Burning Capitol

View of the Capitol as it burns looking north from the corner of 11th and Congress.

Date: November 9, 1881

Creator: Hillyer, H. B.

Item Type: Photograph

[Capitol Building After Fire of 1881]

Photograph of state Capitol building after the fire on the 9th of November, 1881. Several people can be seen standing on the steps leading up to the building.

Date: 1881

Item Type: Photograph

[Capitol Construction]

Photograph of a close up view of the construction of the Capitol building. A man stands on top of a high wall while a few other men on scaffolding guide a pillar, attached to a crane, into place.

Date: 1886~

Item Type: Photograph

[Capitol Construction]

Photograph of construction of the state capitol building. The main building is mostly complete while construction of the dome is just beginning.

Date: 1887~

Item Type: Photograph

[Capitol Cornerstone Dedication]

Photograph of a crowd of people gathered for the cornerstone dedication during the construction of the state Capitol. Some onlookers can be seen sitting and standing on top of the derricks used for the construction.

Date: March 2, 1885

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.274276 -97.740445

Capitol Dedication

Parade south down Congress Avenue from the Capitol. Caption reads: "Chichasaw Guard from Murpheesburo, Tenn."

Date: 1888-05-14/1888-05-19

Creator: Jordan-Ellison

Item Type: Photograph

Capitol under construction

Photograph of the construction site for the current Capitol building, constructed 1881-1888. View is from the Travis County Courthouse located on 11th Street.

Date: 1881/1888

Item Type: Photograph

[Cavalry Troops Marching in Texas Capitol Building Dedication Parade]

Photograph of the parade for the dedication of the Texas State Capitol building. This particular photograph features cavalry troops (Interstate drill) marching down Congress Avenue. Crowds of spectators are standing watching on either side of the street. Many flags are on display.

Date: April 28, 1888

Item Type: Photograph

[Construction of Capitol Building]

Photograph of exterior view of the front of the Capitol building during construction. The contractor's office is visible in the lower right of the photograph.

Date: 1887~

Item Type: Photograph

[Construction of Capitol Dome]

Photograph of the unfinished Capitol dome. Scaffolding is in place and the stonework for the base of the dome is complete.

Date: 1888

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.274711 -97.740354

[Construction of the Capitol Building]

Photograph of the construction of the State Capitol Building, looking at the east side of the building. The base of the building is largely complete and scaffolding is in place to build the dome.

Date: [1885..1888]

Item Type: Photograph

Convict Laborers Shaping Columns

Photograph of "Convict laborers shaping columns and loading flat cars near a Marble Falls,Texas quarry." The stones were used for construction of the Texas state Capitol building.

Date: 1885~

Item Type: Photograph

Location: None

Cutstone yard, Burnet, Texas

View of the cut stone yard in Burnet, Texas. The stones were used to construct the Texas state Capitol building.

Date: 1886

Creator: Cooper, S.H.

Item Type: Photograph

Downtown Austin

Photograph of downtown Austin with Capitol under construction. Caption reads, "Birdseye view of Austin, Texas taken from School for Deaf showing the Capitol Bldg under construction. Note that west wing of main bldg of University was only partly built at that time."

Date: 1882/1888

Item Type: Photograph

[Exterior of Driskill Hotel]

Photograph of a corner view of the Driskill Hotel taken from the southeast corner of 6th Sreet and Brazos.

Date: 1888

Item Type: Photograph

[Exterior of Driskill Hotel]

Photograph of a northwest view of the exterior corner of the Driskill Hotel.

Date: 1888

Item Type: Photograph

Goddess of Liberty with Workers

Capitol construction crews surrounding the Goddess of Liberty statue that was later placed on top of the Capitol dome. Right side, back row, fifth from right with mustache is identified as Hans Falkenberg. This original iteration of the Goddess was taken down during restoration of the Capitol in 1985, restored and eventually put on display at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum.

Date: February 1888

Item Type: Photograph

Governor's Mansion

Photograph of the Texas Governor's Mansion in 1882 when it was first occupied.

Date: 1882

Item Type: Photograph

[Group Portrait of Three Families]

Photograph of a large group of people posing for a multi-family portrait during an outing. Included are the Jacob Bickler, Justus Zahn, and Ernst von Rosenberg families. There appears to be a long table set up with a picnic. Several children are on the ground in the front. There is a car in the background and a couple trees on the left.

Date: 1887

Item Type: Photograph

Manor, Texas

Street scene of Manor, Texas with horse-drawn carts.

Date: 1889

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

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Austin Baseball Club

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Birds Eye Map of Austin

The Burning Capitol

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[Capitol Construction]

[Capitol Construction]

[Capitol Cornerstone Dedication]

Capitol Dedication

Capitol under construction

[Cavalry Troops Marching in Texas Capitol Building Dedication Parade]

[Construction of Capitol Building]

[Construction of Capitol Dome]

[Construction of the Capitol Building]

Convict Laborers Shaping Columns

Cutstone yard, Burnet, Texas

Downtown Austin

[Exterior of Driskill Hotel]

[Exterior of Driskill Hotel]

Goddess of Liberty with Workers

Governor's Mansion

[Group Portrait of Three Families]

Manor, Texas