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[Large House Exterior]

Description: Photograph of an old colonial house once located on 1502 Brazos Street. The building's wide covered porch has Doric capitals that can be seen on its columns, and a tall set of stone steps can be seen leading up to the porch. Several dark windows can be seen on the face of the building along with an entrance at the center. Dark panels can be seen beneath the porch that may be windows to a basement or a split level. Shrubs and trees can be seen around the steps and in the foreground.
Date: November 10, 1962
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

[Large Pool at Night]

Description: Photograph of a large pool and a two-story, postwar building at night. The pool has some diving boards and is surrounded by wicker chairs. The building is illuminated by internal and external lights but appears empty. The property is surrounded by trees, and lights on a radio tower can be seen in the center background.
Date: 1957~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Last Eagle passenger train through Austin

Description: Photograph of the last Eagle passenger train to go through Austin. The train stops at the Austin International & Great Northern (I&GN) Railroad depot in Austin. There are no passengers waiting on the platform. The engine has the logo of C&EI (Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad). I&GN Railroad operated in Texas. It was created when the International Railroad company and Houston-based Great Northern Railroad company merged on September 30, 1873. I&GN's Austin depot was completed on 3rd and Con… more
Date: 1970~
Creator: Bayne, Tom

[Last streetcar in front of Palm School, Austin, Texas]

Description: Photograph of an Austin Street Railway Company streetcar in front of the Palm School on First Street (now Cesar Chavez), reportedly taken on the last day of streetcar service in Austin. A group of children and a few women, possibly students and teachers, are standing on the sidewalk in front of the school, waving at the streetcar. There is a blurred car in the foreground, about to pass the streetcar on the right, and another car is behind the streetcar on the right side of the photograph. The A… more
Date: February 7, 1940

["Law West of the Pecos"]

Description: Photograph of Judge Roy Bean's House, the "Law West of the Pecos." Several men sit on the porch and more men are on horseback outside the house. Caption reads "This old relic is located in the little town of Langtry, Texas, which was the abode of Judge Roy Bean--a "Saloon" and also a "Hall of Justice" he being the only peace officer west of the Pecos River, at the time the photo was made, about 1900, and shows Judge Bean holding court, trying a horse-thief. Left of the picture is the stolen hor… more
Date: 1900~

[Lawrence K. Smoot]

Description: Lawrence K. Smoot at his desk in the Texas Supreme Court, where for many years he was the editor (usually called ‘Reporter’) of the Supreme Court’s official publications of the Court’s opinions.
Date: unknown
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