Texas Industrial Review, Volume 01, Number 03, October, 1895 (open access)

Texas Industrial Review, Volume 01, Number 03, October, 1895

The Texas Industrial Review is described as "A monthly publication" that is "Devoted to the General Business Interests of the Southwest" (57). This issue has articles focusing on Austin, the International Regatta, and the cotton mill.
Date: October 1895
Creator: Newning, Charles A.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Benno Goldbeck]

Photograph of Benno Goldbeck, who is sitting and wearing a suit. The text on the back reads, "Benno Goldbeck born 19th January 1856 taken 1st of May 1895. to his friend Max Lungkwitz". He was the son of Theodor Georg Ludwig Goldbeck and Bianca Nohl.
Date: May 1, 1895
Creator: Hillyer, H. B.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Austin Primary School

Group portrait of children posed for a portrait outside of a wood framed building. They wear costumes as if dressed for a school play. Many wear tunics with a large, round flower petal collar and a flower on the chest and one boy to the left holds an oversized flower. The building is a basic square design with a large window at the center of each quarter. Note that 200 Nueces and 717 West Ave. are written on the back.
Date: 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rogers Locomotive Works Locomotive]

Photograph of a steam locomotive built by Rogers Locomotive works about 1875. One of the operators stands on the pilot attached to the engine by the front center coupler. Steam locomotives operated until the mid 20th century, when electric and diesel models took over. Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works, based in Paterson, New Jersey, was a popular 19th century manufacturer of railroad steam locomotives. This model is a 4-4-0 indicating its wheel-arrangement.
Date: 1895~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Lucadia Pease from W.S. Porter (O. Henry)] (open access)

[Correspondence to Lucadia Pease from W.S. Porter (O. Henry)]

A letter to Lucadia Pease from W.S. Porter (O. Henry), who asks her for a loan with his printing office as collateral.
Date: January 8, 1895
Creator: Porter, William Sydney
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History