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[Pecan Street (6th Street) Before Driskill Hotel]

Description: Photograph of Pecan Street (6th Street) looking east from Colorado circa 1879, taken before the Driskill Hotel was built. Hamilton Biscoe Hillyer's gallery is in the photograph.
Date: 1879~
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Congress Avenue Before 1875]

Description: Photograph of a view looking down Congress Avenue, taken before 1875. There are builidngs and horse drawn buggies lining the street. The Capitol (1853-1881) building is in the background.
Date: unknown/1875
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Train on Waller Creek Bridge]

Description: Photograph of the front view of a steam train paused on the Waller Creek bridge in Austin. Buildings can be seen on both the right and left hand side of the bridge. There are passengers visible on the platform to the left of the train. On the back of the photograph there is a note that reads "With a little steam left this forerunner of a soon-to-be speeding civilization has stopped on the little Waller Creek bridge in Austin to let the passengers from Houston and other points out a the Depot Ho… more
Date: December 25, 1871
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Andrew Jackson Hamilton Funeral at Capitol]

Description: Photograph of funeral of former Texas governor Andrew Jackson Hamilton at the State Capitol building. Original albumen print filed with Gethsemane Collection, AR.M.013. Same as C00253
Date: April 12, 1875
Creator: Hillyer, H. B.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

A Topographical Map of the City of Austin

Description: Photograph of a topographical map of the City of Austin published by P. De Cordova, Texas Land Agency. Original map drawn in May of 1872.
Date: 1872
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Train at platform]

Description: Photograph of a train at a platform. A man stands near it. Smoke billows from the smokestack. No other passengers are visible. Houses are visible on the left parallel to the rail line.
Date: 1876?
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Front exterior of Governor's Mansion]

Description: Photograph of Texas Governor's Mansion front and south elevation, unpainted brick, with fence and grounds. The upper balcony is not connected to the columns. Built by Abner Cook in 1855 and continuously occupied since 1856. The occupant here in 1870 is Governor Edmund J. Davis. The mansion was declared a Texas historical landmark in 1962 and a National historic landmark in 1970.
Date: 1870
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Governor's Mansion view from the old Capitol building]

Description: Photograph of the Texas Governor's Mansion from the site of the old Capitol building looking at the West and north elevations of the Governor's Manstion, grounds, street, barn and picket fence. The mansion was built by Abner Cook in 1855 and was continuously occupied since 1856. The occupant here in 1874 was Governor Richard Coke. The mansion was declared a Texas historical landmark in 1962 and a national historic landmark in 1970.
Date: 1874
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Texas State Capitol and Street Railroad]

Description: Photograph of the Texas State Capitol with a view of the street railroad on Congress Avenue.
Date: 1875~
Creator: Columbia Construction Co.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Governor's Mansion]

Description: Photograph of the Texas Governor's mansion from around 1870.
Date: 1870
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Congress Avenue

Description: Photograph of Congress Avenue, looking north from between 5th and 6th streets. 1853 Capitol building in view.
Date: 1876
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[View of Austin, 1871]

Description: Photograph of Austin in 1871.
Date: 1871
Creator: Hillyer, H. B.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Congress Avenue at 7th Street]

Description: Looking south down the east side of Congress Avenue and 7th Street.
Date: 1877/1878
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Carriages at Barton Creek]

Description: Photograph of two horse drawn carriages with several men and women. Barton Creek Bridge is in background.
Date: 1870/1890
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Alexander Jackson Hamilton Funeral

Description: View of Capitol looking north. People crowded on the steps and to the east of the building.
Date: April 12, 1875
Creator: Hillyer, H. B.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

July 4th parade

Description: The Hibernian Association made up of male musicians and a group of women in the same white dress parade up Congress Avenue towards the ice cream garden of Messrs. Rosenfield and Co. Other citizens watch from the sides while traffic of horses and buggies wait in the background.
Date: July 4, 1874
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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