Ostersonntag in Riverside Park

Family group portrait in Riverside Park in San Antonio on Easter. A couple of the men hold drinks (beer?) and one boy holds a gun. There is a horse-drawn carriage and trees in the background.
Date: March 29, 1891
Creator: Jacobson
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ralph and George W. Bickler]

Photograph of Ralph A. and George W. Bickler, who are posing for a portrait. George is wearing a dress and Ralph is wearing a suit.
Date: July 15, 1896
Creator: Journeay
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bickler Family Portrait]

Formal studio portrait of seven children in the Bickler Family. Handwritten note on the back reads, "To Mr.s [illegible] Cherry and Children with love from the BIckler, Family, Austin Texas, Dec. 22 92."
Date: 1892
Creator: Zahn, Justus
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jacob Bickler Family Outside House]

Photograph of the family of Jacob Bickler standing outside a house (502 West 14th Street) on the front porch. They are all wearing a coat and hat of some sort. The house is a 1-story brick building and has a picket fence.
Date: 1894
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Picnic at Hyde Park

Photograph of a large group of kids posing for a group picture after a picnic in Hyde park. They are lined up in four rows in front of what looks to be a stage with a painted backdrop of a street scene.
Date: 1893
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp on Sanitarium grounds, Hyde Park

Men in military uniform lined up in front of tents.
Date: 1894
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pavillion at Hyde Park]

A crowd watching four men in the lake behind the pavillion.
Date: April 22, 1895
Creator: Ellison Photo Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas Rangers - Company "E" Frontier Battalion]

Group of men with guns sitting in front of an encampment. Captain JS McNeel is seated in the center.
Date: 1892
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bridge over Barton Creek]

Photograph of a bridge over Barton Creek.
Date: December 1894
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[40th and Avenue G in Hyde Park ]

Photograph of the site of 40th and Avenue G in Hyde Park, taken before Avenue G was built.
Date: 1893
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lobby of First National Bank, Austin, Texas]

Photograph of the lobby of First National Bank, including the bank teller window behind a grill. William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) is the teller. Another man stands behind the front counter, one is seated in back, and a customer is at the teller window. The man behind the open counter is listed as Brackenridge.
Date: [1890,1900]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Interior of St. David's Episcopal Church]

Photograph of the sanctuary of St. David's Episcopal Church. It is decorated with lights and garland for Christmas.
Date: 1899
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Exterior of Decker Methodist Church]

Photograph of the front exterior of Decker Methodist Church circa 1892. The church was built in 1879 and was moved in 1901. There is a large group standing in front of the church. Among those present are Reverend August Wallin, S.A. Lundell (grandfather of Mrs. Simon Swahn who was Hilma Johnson) and his brother Gustav Lundell, L.P. Swahn (father of Simon Swahn)and his brother C.J. Swahn, and F.G. Swenson.
Date: 1892~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Sprinkle Post Office

Photograph of men and boys posing outside of the Sprinkle Post Office in 1893. There are people standing on the porch of the Post Office, sitting in carriages, and on horseback. There are two yoked steer in the center of the photograph. The photograph is from the essay, "History of Sprinkle, Texas" by Lulu Pearl.
Date: 1893
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Santa Monica Springs of the Colorado River]

Photograph of people sitting around and wading in Santa Monica Springs of the Colorado River in 1890.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People in Boat on Colorado River]

Photograph of three women and two nicely dressed men in a boat at Mormon Falls on the Colorado River with Mt. Bonnell in the background.
Date: May 18, 1890
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Governor's Mansion]

Photograph of the Texas Governor's mansion taken from the northeast.
Date: 1898
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Grand Stand at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas]

Photograph of the Grand Stand at Camp Mabry in Austin in 1897, crowded with people. In the foreground a man in a suit and hat, carrying an umbrella, and a woman wearing a long white dress and hat, stroll toward the Grand Stand. Other people, some wearing military uniforms, are milling about. The wooden structure had raked seating under a long hipped roof, and one large central second story tower with smaller second story towers at each end. The structure, which served as a reviewing stand for troops, was burned by arson in 1902, and the original specifications exist at the Alexandar Architectural Archives at the University of Texas at Austin.
Date: 1897
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Land Office Building]

Photograph of the exterior of the Texas General Land Office building (now the Capitol Visitor's Center).
Date: 1894
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Austin White Lime Company]

Photograph of the exterior of Austin White Lime Company. There is a man walking in front of the building and there are lime kilns in the background.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Temporary Texas Capitol Building Fire]

Photograph of the fire that destroyed the building that had temporarily served as the capitol building for the state of Texas while the new capitol building was being constructed. Firefighters can be seen spraying water in to the upper floors while a large number of spectators look on.
Date: August 30, 1899
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Governor's Mansion

Photograph of the Texas Governor's mansion taken from the front lawn.
Date: 1894
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pease Elementary School Students]

Photograph of high 1st & low 2nd students at West Austin School (Pease Elementary). Ellen (Helen) Paggi is on the back row, extreme right.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four University of Texas at Austin football players in uniform with 1898 ball]

Photograph of four University of Texas football players, three standing and one kneeling on one knee and holding an 1898 football. The photograph is mounted on a cabinet card. The UT student players are wearing uniforms consisting of dark turtleneck sweaters with a large "T" centered on the chest, quilted padded pants, shin guards and leather lace-up ankle boots. The reverse of the photograph notes that the photograph is from the James H. Hart Estate. Hart is standing at the far left in the photograph. James Hart was an end on the 1897 football team, a tackle on the 1898 team and captain on the 1899 team. He led UT to 23-5 mark during his four seasons, including 6-0 record in 1900. Hart also served as secretary of the athletic association, and editor in chief of the 1899 Cactus. He returned to UT football as coach in 1902, leading the Longhorns to a 6-3-1 record, and served 26 years as alumni representative to UT Athletics Council.
Date: 1898/1899-01-22
Creator: Journeay, William O.
System: The Portal to Texas History