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1887 Graduating class of Austin High School

Photograph of the 1887 graduating class of Austin High School. Front row (left to right): Pearl Caswell, Nannie Kelley, Florence Collins, Lucille James. Middle row (left to right): Eliza Mitchell, J. H. Bryant (professor), Minnie Sykes. Back row standing (left to right): unidentified woman, Mila Morris, Janie Maxwell, unidentified woman, Eve Sadler, Gertrude Whitis, Helen Grant, and William Gorden.

Date: 1887

Item Type: Photograph

[Anderson High School students]

Photograph of Anderson High School students lined up outside the schoolhouse which is either at Olive and Curve Streets or at Pennsylvania Street (currently Kealing Middle school). This class is composed of mostly female African American students.

Date: [1889..1920]

Item Type: Photograph

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

[Austin City Administration, 1881]

Photograph of Austin city administration: Standing L to R: J.W. Howard, Treasurer; C.D. Johns, Attorney; Ben Thompson, City Marshall; E.B. Connell, City Clerk; - Sitting L to R: Fred A. Sterzing, City Assessor; Mayor L.M. Crooker; Dr. R.H.L. Bibb, Physician. The city was incorporated in 1836 when Republic of Texas Vice President Mirabeau B. Lamar proposed that the state capital, then located in Houston, be moved to the area that sat just north of the Colorado River in the township then called … more

Date: 1881

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

"Big Foot Wallace"

Photograph of "Big Foot" Wallace (William Alexander Anderson Wallace, 1817-1899). The photograph is cabinet card format.

Date: [1880..1899]

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

[Cancelled Checks to W. S. Porter]

Cancelled checks written by Maddox Bros. & Anderson all made out to W. S. Porter. Some are endorsed on the back by Porter.

Date: 1886

Item Type: Text

[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 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

[Century Plant, San Antonio, Texas]

Photograph of a man standing by a century plant. The century plant has a long stalk that stretches several meters into the air, with flowers blooming on the top. The back of the photograph has a printed history of the city of San Antonio. Cabinet card format.

Date: 1889?

Item Type: Photograph

[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

Colorado River Near Marble Falls

Photograph of the Colorado River near Marble Falls. The river cuts between two hills, with the photograph being taken from one of them. A note on the back indicates the photo was taken from a bridge at Marble Falls.

Date: 1881

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

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

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1887 Graduating class of Austin High School

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Austin Baseball Club

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Ben Hur Steamboat

[Bickler Family Portrait]

"Big Foot Wallace"

Birds Eye Map of Austin

[Cancelled Checks to W. S. Porter]

[Capitol Building After Fire of 1881]

[Capitol Construction]

[Capitol Construction]

[Capitol Cornerstone Dedication]

Capitol under construction

[Cavalry Troops Marching in Texas Capitol Building Dedication Parade]

[Century Plant, San Antonio, Texas]

[Cliffs at Marble Falls]

Colorado River Near Marble Falls

[Construction of Capitol Building]

[Construction of Capitol Dome]

[Construction of the Capitol Building]

Convict Laborers Shaping Columns

Downtown Austin

[Exterior of Driskill Hotel]