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[Fulmore Elementary School Students]

Photograph of the 3rd and 4th grade classes at Fulmore Elementary School. There are 37 students, including boys and girls, and one female teacher present. Many of the boys seated in the front row are barefoot. A sign reads "South Austin 3rd-4th 1895."

Date: 1895

Item Type: Photograph

W. T. Wroe Leather Factory

Photograph of W. T. Wroe's leather factory located at 421-423 Congress Avenue. At center with mustache: Arthur (Otto?) Soebeck. 2nd from right: John Weber, shop foreman. Behind Soebeck in black sweater: M. O. Rhody.

Date: [1890,1930]

Item Type: Photograph

Unveiling of Firemen's Monument Austin

Photograph of the unveiling of the Firefighter's memorial at the Texas State Capitol Building in Austin, Texas. There is a large crowd of people and horse-drawn buggies surrounding the monument.

Date: July 7, 1896

Item Type: Photograph

[Bar at Scholz Beer Garten]

Photograph of four employees of Scholz Beer Garten standing behind the bar.

Date: [1890,1920]

Item Type: Photograph

[Governor's Mansion and grounds]

Photograph of the Texas Governor's Mansion showing the east elevation from across the street from the roof of the temporary capitol. The columns and entablature are painted dark shades; the porch is extended; and the trees have matured. The picket fence surrounding the lot steps down for the variation in grade. The mansion was built by Abner Cook in 1855 and was continuously occupied since 1856. The occupant here in 1894 was Governor James Stephen Hogg. The mansion was declared a Texas histori… more

Date: 1894

Creator: Wheelock, Charles B.

Item Type: Photograph

"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

[Texas German and English Academy]

Group portrait in front of the Texas German And English Academy, later Bickler School. The school was located at 208 West 14th Street. There is an inscription on the back of the photograph that reads "On June 12, 1881, I was born in the south west upstairs bedroom. This building is located at 208 W. 14th St. Mah H. Bickler."

Date: 1892~

Item Type: Photograph

Sewanee vs. [University of] Texas, 1899

Photograph of Texas vs. Sewanee. Bleachers seat from 150 to 300. Clark Field. Spectators (almost entirely men) crowd the bleachers and the sidelines on both sides of the field. The University of Texas began its football program in 1893 managed by Albert Lefevra, playing two games in the fall and two in the spring. The following year, the team hired its first official head coach, R.D. Wentworth.

Date: November 9, 1899

Item Type: Photograph

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

University of Texas Football Team

Portrait of the University of Texas football team in uniform and their coach.

Date: 1893

Item Type: Photograph

[Capitol from Old Main Building (University of Texas)]

View from the top of the Old Main Building (University of Texas) looking south at the Capitol. An unpaved University Avenue is in view.

Date: 1890/1899

Item Type: Photograph

Temporary Capitol Burning

View of the Temporary Capitol building burning looking west. People witnessing the event in the intersection of 11th and Congress Avenue

Date: September 30, 1899

Item Type: Photograph

Fulton's Ice Cream Parlor

Two men and a little girl at the bar. A rooster is standing on the stool next to the girl. Fulton's was located at 1608 Lavaca St.

Date: March 20, 1897

Item Type: Photograph

Texas School for the Blind

Group of men in suits and hats lined up in front of campus buildings. For more information: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kct25

Date: April 29, 1896

Item Type: Photograph

[Snow on Capitol Grounds]

Looking south from the Capitol. The Temporary Capitol is in view on the right with the Travis County Courthouse on the left.

Date: February 14, 1895

Item Type: Photograph

Texas State Capitol

View of the north side of the Texas State Capitol grounds from 17th St. Roads are unpaved and there is a group of girls under trees and a woman with a horse in the foreground.

Date: 1892

Item Type: Photograph

Tracks concreted, concrete crew in distance, Congress Avenue looking South

Photograph of the newly concreted trolley tracks on Congress Avenue looking south. The concrete crew is working on the tracks in the distance. Horses and carts are visible near in front of the shops, including Condit Davis & Fink and a bakery in the foreground.

Date: 1891

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.269858 -97.742080

Elisabet Ney's Studio

Photograph of an exterior view of Elisabet Ney's Studio. The stone building has a classical style pediment. Two people are visible seated at a table to the side of the building.

Date: 1893

Item Type: Photograph

[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

[Capitol Building Burning]

Photograph of the Capitol building on fire, with smoke emanating from the top floor and roof of the building. Onlookers are gathered in the street; also visible are horse-drawn fire engines.

Date: 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

Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking

Short story about a "professional tramp" in New Orleans.

Date: December 1899

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Prose fiction

[Fire Wagon]

Photograph of a horse-drawn fire wagon stopped in the middle of an un-paved main street in front of a row of storefronts; a sign on the wagon says "Colorado No. 2, A Unit for the Dam, 44 Members - Strong." Other carriages are visible in the background and people are standing in the windows and on the first-floor roofs of the stores. The stores include Gammel's Used Books, J.O.Buaas, Phil Bruckmann Painter and Decorator, and a drug store.

Date: 1892~

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

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[Fulmore Elementary School Students]

W. T. Wroe Leather Factory

Unveiling of Firemen's Monument Austin

[Bar at Scholz Beer Garten]

[Governor's Mansion and grounds]

"Old Dismal" Substitute Hook and Ladder Wagon

[Texas German and English Academy]

Sewanee vs. [University of] Texas, 1899

Partial View of Austin, Texas

University of Texas Football Team

[Capitol from Old Main Building (University of Texas)]

Temporary Capitol Burning

Fulton's Ice Cream Parlor

Texas School for the Blind

[Snow on Capitol Grounds]

Texas State Capitol

Tracks concreted, concrete crew in distance, Congress Avenue looking South

Elisabet Ney's Studio

[Kickoff of Unknown Game at Clark Field]

[Capitol Building Burning]

[Railroad crew working on second track]

Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking

[Fire Wagon]

[Langtry, Texas Railroad Depot]