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Plan of the City of Austin
Photograph of a map of the City of Austin. Original map drawn by L. J. Pilie in 1839.
Date:
1839
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plan of the City of Austin
Photograph of the survey map of the City of Austin 1839. Surveyed by L. J. Pilie and Charles Schoolfield, drawn by L. J. Pilie.
Date:
1839
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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 Waterloo. Shortly thereafter, the city was renamed in honor of Stephen F. Austin. 1881 was the year that Austin public schools first held classes, and the University of Texas opened its doors shortly afterwards in 1883. Austin continued to expand throughout the 1880s and late 19th century.
Date:
1881
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial View of Zilker Park]
Photograph of an aerial view of Zilker Park looking north. Shows the area of Barton Springs with Lady Bird Lake in the background
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Southwestern Aerial Survey
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Zilker Hillside Theatre - Peter Pan]
Photograph of two actors of the Zilker Hillside Thearte summer musical "Peter Pan" in August 1971. The two actors playing Captain Hook and Peter Pan are crossing their swords.
Date:
August 1971
Creator:
Dougherty, Jim
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Horse-drawn Streetcar]
Two horses pulling a street car. A man stands at the front of the streetcar holding the reins.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Montopolis Bridge
View of the Montopolis Bridge across the Colorado River. It is a steel truss bridge. Though dated 1886 in the photo, the bridge was not built until 1937-1938.
Date:
[1938..]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Courthouse
Exterior view of the Travis County Courthouse, Austin, Texas. It is an art deco style building.
Date:
[1931..]
Creator:
Boone
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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..]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Train bearing Emilio Carranza's body in Austin July 21, 1928
Photograph of a train bearing Emilio Carranza's body as it stops in Austin on its way back to Mexico. From verso: "Emilio Carranza was a famous Mexican 'Ace' who was killed in an accident in New Jersey just after he had taken off for Mexico City where his bride of four months awaited him. His father Sebastian Carranza accompanied the body. At various stops along the way from New York to Mexico, recognition was given the flying ace. In Austin members of state and city governments met the train as well as members of the Chamber of Commerce: Max Bickler, J.A. Nichols, A.D. Bolm, Sam Sparks, Horace Barnhart, John D. Miller, James W. Bass, Lynn Hunter, A.D. Boone, Walter Murray, Martin Andersen, Walter Seaholm, R. Niles Graham, H.H. Luedecke, J. W. Ezelle, and Walter E. Long."
Date:
July 21, 1928
Creator:
Boone's Photo Company
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mount Bonnell, Austin, Texas
View of Mount Bonnell, Austin, Texas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Visitors and bust of Elisabet Ney at the Elisabet Ney Museum]
Photograph of Visitors Lesly Cain (age 7) and Mrs. Don Johnson examine a bust is of Mrs. Elisabet Ney at the Elisabet Ney Museum. In 1892, European portrait sculptor Elisabet Ney (1833-1907) purchased property in Austin at 304 East 44th Street, established a studio named Formosa, and resumed her career as a noted sculptor. Ney sculpted and collected portraits of notable Texans and Europeans. Following Ney’s death in 1907, her friends preserved the studio and its contents as the Elisabet Ney Museum and established the Texas Fine Arts Association dedicated to her memory.
Date:
[1969..1979]
Creator:
Hyatt, Darl
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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)
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Negroes at McFadden Place near Circleville, Texas
Photograph of a family of women and children doing laundry under a tree by the banks of a river at McFadden [sic] Place near Circleville, Texas in Williamson County.
Date:
[1860..1890]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Locomotive leaving International and Great Northern station]
Photograph of locomotive leaving International and Great Northern railroad station heading west towards the camera. From verso: "W. 3rd and approximately Guadalupe looking east. Building with tower is old. International & Great Northern station at 3rd & Congress recently (1950) demolished."
Date:
[..1950]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Train at platform]
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?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Men working on railroad]
Photograph of two men hammering spikes into the railroad. A draisine with materials sits off the rails to the right of the tracks. Telegraph wires stretch on poles overhead.
Date:
18uu
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Railroad tracks near Austin]
Photograph of International and Great Northern railroad tracks outside of Austin. On the tracks in the distance can be seen the switch, and in the far distance, the city watertower is visible. Telephone poles and brush are dominant, though some houses and fences indicating residences are visible.
Date:
July 22, 1966
Creator:
City of Austin
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[St. Mary's Academy]
Photograph of St. Mary's Academy, a private school for girls. It was established in 1874 by the Holy Cross Sisters who assumed operations of a local parish school from the Sisters of Divine Providence. At first, Mother Angela Guillespie and Sister M. Austin did all of the teaching and cooking, but expansion was necessary as enrollment increased in 1875. This building was built in 1885 in the face of increased enrollment. By 1947, the sisters moved the school to a bigger location, and this building was sold and demolished on July 30, 1954.
Date:
1894
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pressler's Beer Garden
View of people sitting in Pressler's Garden, a German beer garden. They are at wooden tables beneath large trees. The saloon was located at 1327 West 6th Street, in Austin.
Date:
189u
Creator:
Hill, S.B.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ellen (Kinnard) Alexander
Portrait of Ellen (Kinnard) Alexander seated in a rocking chair on a porch. Alexander was previously enslaved.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clara Anderson
Portrait of Clara Anderson, sitting in a wooden chair on a porch. Anderson was previously enslaved.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"Austin Pioneers" Baseball Club
Photograph of group portrait of the "Austin Pioneers" Baseball Club. Manager Hank Ona is at top left. E. P. Knebel is at right. Top row left to right: Mgr. Hank Ona, P.-Ralph Kennedy, C.-Bill Monahan, P.-F.M. Younger, C.-Bob Clodfelter, P.-Al Lawrence, 3 b.-George Estock, P.-Dave Sarver, 1 b.-Emery Hresko, Of.-E. P. Knebel. Second row left to right: ss.-Fred Campbell, 2 b. Eddie Bachman, 3b.-Eddie Rzendzain, cf.-Wade Tate, P.-Elwood Moore, lf.-Dick Brown, P.-Alex Burkhart, P.-James Godfrey. Front: Jack Long and Beno Reynolds - Bat Boys.
Date:
1949
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The 2nd State Capitol
Photograph of the 2nd capitol building for the state of Texas. There is a attached to the bottom right hand corner of the photograph a label that reads "The 2nd State Capital [sic]. Located on the site of the present Capital [sic], Burned in 1881." The land in front of the building is terraced and a pathway extends from the entrance down the terraces.
Date:
[1853..1881]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History