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[Log Cabin and Cow on River Bank]

Photograph of a log cabin on the bank of what is likely the Colorado River in Austin, Travis County, Texas. The log cabin is surrounded by trees and enclosed by a barbed wire fence with a small gate. One cow stands outside the cabin but inside the fence. The image is partially obscured due to deterioration of the original photograph.

Date: 1900~/1920~

Creator: Boone, Alanson D.

Item Type: Photograph

[Parade on Congress Avenue]

Photograph of a parade as it goes down Congress Avenue. Businesses are visible including C. L. Condit Co. and C. F Rumpel Art Store and Bazaar. An illegible note is in the lower right corner.

Date: 1905~

Item Type: Photograph

[Correspondence to Julia Maria Pease from Elisabet Ney]

A letter to Julia Maria Pease from Elisabet Ney, who discusses her lawsuit against Henry Ladd. Includes typewritten transcription of the letter.

Date: November 16, 1903

Creator: Ney, Elisabet

Item Type: Letter

[Haschke Family House]

Photograph of two houses located at 100-102 East 17th Street in Austin, Texas. The house on the right belonged to the Haschke Family. A woman and child stand by the gate of the picket fence. Another person stands on the balcony.

Date: January 14, 1905

Item Type: Photograph

Frank Caldwell

Photograph of Frank Caldwell in a head-and-shoulders portrait.

Date: 1902

Item Type: Photograph

Governor’s Mansion in winter

Front elevation, south elevation, from southeast, picket fence, gazebo.

Date: 1901

Item Type: Photograph

[Governor’s Mansion]

Front elevation, walkway with urns, gothic screen door, grounds.

Date: 1900

Item Type: Photograph

Governor’s Mansion with first family

Black and white photograph of the Campbell Family standing in front of the Governor's Mansion. Governor Campbell served 1907-1911.

Date: 1907/1911

Item Type: Photograph

[Governor’s Mansion]

Front elevation walkway with urns, gazebo, carriage house, grounds, curb, dirt street and no picket fence.

Date: 1909

Item Type: Photograph

[1900 Flood of Austin]

500 block of East 1st Street with street rail car in the water.

Date: 1900

Creator: Berner, George H.

Item Type: Photograph

[Capitol Greenhouse]

Exterior of a greenhouse building.

Date: 1908~

Item Type: Photograph

[1908 County Officials]

1. John W. Hornsby, County Judge; 2. Tom Anderson, Commissioner Precinct 1; 3. Jack Booth, Commissioner Precinct 4; 4. Sid Nolan, Commissioner Precinct 3; 5. J. Ben Fischer, Commissioner Precinct 2; 6. Tom Davis, County Auditor; 7. Orlands Caldwell, Secretary to the Commissioners Court; 8. John Kreuz

Date: 1908

Item Type: Photograph

[Congress Avenue looking south from Capitol Building]

View of Congress Avenue, looking south from Capitol Building. Signs are visible for Maerki's Bakery and Hill & Hill Groceries.

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Photograph

View of Austin from the Capitol

Photograph of the view from the Capitol building facing southwest. The Colorado River and a bridge spanning it can be seen in the background.

Date: 1906

Item Type: Photograph

Scene at Camp Mabry

Photograph of a scene at Camp Mabry with men on horseback riding across a field. One man, left of center, holds a flag.

Date: 1906

Item Type: Photograph

[Soldiers on Horseback at Camp Mabry]

Photograph of soldiers on horseback at Camp Mabry.

Date: 1906

Item Type: Photograph

[Man Sitting on Ledge at Barton Creek]

Photograph of a man sitting on a ledge at Barton Creek.

Date: 1908

Item Type: Photograph

Location: None

[Austin Dam Broken after Flood]

Photograph of a view southeast at the Austin Dam on the Colorado River after breaking during a flood.

Date: January 1, 1900

Item Type: Photograph

[Home Damaged by Colorado River Flood]

Photograph of a house damaged by the Colorado River flood.

Date: [..1909]

Creator: Marks, H. R.

Item Type: Photograph

[Bohn Brothers Department Store]

View of Bohn Brothers Department Store on Congress Avenue, in Austin. Several men and women are lined up on the sidewalk in front of the store, facing the camera. A boy holds a bicycle and a man is in a horse-drawn buggy. Citizens Bank & Trust Co. is to the left of the department store.

Date: [1909..]

Item Type: Photograph

[Deserted Log Cabin]

Photograph of the exterior of a deserted log cabin.

Date: February 22, 1904

Item Type: Photograph

[Emancipation Day Celebration band, June 19, 1900]

Photograph of African-American band at Emancipation Day celebration, June 19, 1900, held in "East Woods" on East 24th Street in Austin. Mrs. Grace Murray Stephenson kept a diary of the day's events, which she later sold to the San Francisco Chronicle, which wrote a full-page feature on it.

Date: June 19, 1900

Creator: Stephenson, Mrs. Charles (Grace Murray)

Item Type: Photograph

Location: None

[People boarding a passenger train]

Photograph of two women wearing long dresses and large hats, two men in suits and hats, a black porter and two conductors (one black and one white) stand near a stationary train. One of the women is standing on the boarding stool at the train door and bending over; she appears to be looking for something. Above her, part of a third woman's body is visible in the door opening. There is a number written in pencil on the lower left corner of the photograph that reads "6009".

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Photograph

[Train wreck south of Austin in 1908]

Photograph of of wrecked railroad train cars, with a small boy in a hat in the foreground looking at the camera. The elevated end of the locomotive and a damaged stock car are visible.

Date: 1908

Item Type: Photograph

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[Log Cabin and Cow on River Bank]

[Parade on Congress Avenue]

[Correspondence to Julia Maria Pease from Elisabet Ney]

[Haschke Family House]

Frank Caldwell

Governor’s Mansion in winter

[Governor’s Mansion]

Governor’s Mansion with first family

[Governor’s Mansion]

[1900 Flood of Austin]

[Capitol Greenhouse]

[1908 County Officials]

[Congress Avenue looking south from Capitol Building]

View of Austin from the Capitol

Scene at Camp Mabry

[Soldiers on Horseback at Camp Mabry]

[Man Sitting on Ledge at Barton Creek]

[Austin Dam Broken after Flood]

[Home Damaged by Colorado River Flood]

[Bohn Brothers Department Store]

[Deserted Log Cabin]

[Emancipation Day Celebration band, June 19, 1900]

[People boarding a passenger train]

[Train wreck south of Austin in 1908]