Resource Type

[Martin Luther's Annotated Copy of Psalms]

Photograph of an aged blurry copy of Martin Luther's copy of psalms housed at Germanische National Museum in Nuremberg, Germany. This copy of the book of Psalm's has been annotated with Martin Luther's notes intended for his first lecture in 1513.
Date: 1513
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lutheran College Dormitory]

Photograph of a dorm with a dining hall, a building of the Lutheran College in Brenham. The dorm is a two-story wooden building with a long gable and a one-story rectangular wing structure along the side of the building. People stand in front of the dorm; two men are seated (left), and an empty wooden chair is vacant under several trees.
Date: 1892
Creator: Winkelmann
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1896 Group Picture, Evangelical Lutheran College]

Photograph of a group of individuals from the Evangelical Lutheran College in Brenham, gathered together in five rows on the steps of a wooden building. Children are lined up along the center and the very back of the group, and young students stand along the middle rows. A man in a vest stands in the rightmost front row.
Date: 1896
Creator: Walker
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1903-04 Cadets, Evangelical Lutheran College]

Photograph of a class of cadets from the Evangelical Lutheran College in Brenham, seated together in three rows in front of a painted backdrop. A. M. Fiedler sits in the middle row, third from right with stripes on his sleeves below his shoulders.
Date: 1903/1904
Creator: Winkelmann
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Director's Residence, Lutheran College]

Photograph of the residence for the director of the Evangelical Lutheran College in Brenham, a two-story wooden building with a covered porch, a gable roof, and windows with shutters. A light-colored picket fence with a gate spans the yard. Three children and a woman stand on the front porch, in front of the entrance; Mrs. (Christina Stickel) Weeber (the Reverend C. Weeber's wife), and Hugo, Paul, and Esther (positions unspecified).
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1912-13 Texas Lutheran College Football Team]

Photograph of the Texas Lutheran College football team in 1913–1914, arranged in three rows in front of the Old Main Building's southern facade.
Date: 1912/1913
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Main Building Construction, Texas Lutheran College]

Photograph of the Texas Lutheran College under construction in Seguin, a three-story brick building yet incomplete. Workers stand in a row in front of scaffolding and building materials, including a large pile of lumber at left, a scaffolding tower at center, and a wooden shed at right. The roof of the building, as well as brick courses for the eastern wing of the college (right), are incomplete.
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Old Main Building Dedication Group #1]

Photograph of a group of visitors at the dedication of the Old Main Building at the newly-founded Texas Lutheran College. The visitors are standing together in a row, looking forward towards the photographer. Behind them are children in light-colored dresses standing inside the entryway into the building.
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Old Main Building Dedication Group #2]

Photograph of a group of visitors at the dedication of the Old Main Building at the newly-founded Texas Lutheran College. The visitors are standing together in a row, looking forward towards the photographer. Behind them are children in light-colored dresses standing inside the entryway into the building.
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Old Main Building, Newly Completed]

Photograph of the Old Main Building at the Texas Lutheran College, recently completed around the time of its dedication in 1912. Construction material is located around and in front of the building grounds, and a wooden shed is built at right.
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Trolley to Seguin, Old Main Dedication]

Photograph of a trolley with visitors from St. John's Lutheran Church in San Antonio parked in Seguin to come to the dedication of the Old Main Building in the Texas Lutheran College. Two women stand at the entrance of the trollley; five more stand in the windows, holding books and smiling.
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1913 Student Body and Faculty, Texas Lutheran College]

Photograph of the 1913 student body and faculty of the Texas Lutheran College outside the main building, arranged in six rows. President Weeber stands in the second row from the bottom, sixth from left.
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1913 Texas Lutheran College Orchestra]

Postcard of the 1913 Texas Lutheran College Orchestra, grouped in two rows in front of a brick building. Seated along the bottom row is an oboist and four violinists; standing above are additional woodwind players and trumpeters. A man with mallets in his hand stands behind a large bass drum decorated with a banner reading "L.C." Names are written in blue pen around several of the players. This postcard was addressed to Mr. Peter Schuch in Fredericksberg, Texas, from Seguin, but the writer's text is faded and illegible.
Date: 1913
Creator: Halm
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1914 Texas Lutheran College Football Team]

Photograph of the Texas Lutheran College football team in 1914, arranged in four rows in front of the Old Main Building. The man at center holding the football is identified as "Weiss" according to a note on the back of the photograph.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of Female Lutheran Students]

Photograph of a group of unidentified female students from the Texas Lutheran College standing in front of the college's main building. They wear black vests, dresses, and graduation caps.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lutheran Students at Starcke Park]

Photograph of Lutheran College students along the Guadalupe River in Starcke Park, located in Seguin. Several students are dressed formally, wearing graduation caps, and are seated along the river banks on rocks and dirt in front of the river.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Auditorium, Texas Lutheran College]

Photograph of Texas Lutheran College's auditorium room, which has rows of wooden chairs and a square stage set in a large niche in the wall. Upon the stage there is a grand piano, a table, and two windows along the back wall. An organ and a radiator are to the right of the stage.
Date: 1917/1920
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lab Room, Texas Lutheran College]

Photograph of a lab room in the Texas Lutheran College. Mortars and pestles are placed in front of seats on a long wooden table, at the end of which are flasks and a model of the human body. Maps and globes are scattered across the back of the room, and a shelf with additional glass implements is placed in the left corner.
Date: 1917/1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Student Rooms, Texas Lutheran College]

Two photographs of the old Main Building's student rooms at the Texas Lutheran College, marked (22) and (23). Picture (22) depicts a dorm room with a dresser, a chair, along the back wall, two single beds on opposite sides of the room, and a desk at right; picture (23) depicts a dining room with a large wooden dining table with shelves of books along the table's legs, a large bookshelf, and a wooden dresser.
Date: 1917/1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1918-19 Students, Texas Lutheran College]

Photograph of several unidentified students of the Texas Lutheran College in Seguin, arranged in four rows. Female students occupy the middle two rows and male students occupy the upper and lower rows. They pose together in front of a painted backdrop on a decorative rug.
Date: 1918/1919
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1918 Texas Lutheran Women's Basketball Team]

Photograph of the 1918 Texas Lutheran College women's basketball team, depicted together in three rows in front of a painted backdrop.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Basketball Court in a Field]

Photograph of a basketball court outside a field of crops near Seguin. Cars are parked along the side of the court, and spectators are lined up around the court's edge. Two baskets are on each side, with court lines crudely drawn in the dirt. Players in uniforms walk around the court.
Date: 1918~/1919~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cadet at Texas Lutheran]

Photograph of a cadet standing in front of the old Main Building at the Texas Lutheran College. He wears a cap, a coat, and long boots.
Date: 1918/1919
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dining Hall, Texas Lutheran College]

Photograph of the dining hall in the old Main Building of the Texas Lutheran College in Seguin. Two rows of long tables with white tablecloths are furnished with pitchers, salt and pepper shakers, tea cups, spoons, glasses, plates, and napkins, each enjoined with several wooden chairs. Sunlight streams in through several windows along the walls.
Date: 1918~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History