Resource Type

[Group Portrait of a Family]

Photograph of a family in a group pose in front of a wooden house. A handwritten note on the back reads "House made from RR [railroad] ties." The photograph is a cyanotype.
Date: April 7, 1907
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Biplane]

Photograph of a grounded biplane in a field near St. Edward's University in south Austin.
Date: April 7, 1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Biplanes]

Photograph of a line of biplanes with a large crowd of observers in the background. The field is near St. Edward's University in south Austin.
Date: April 7, 1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Campbell Family at Mount Bonnell]

Photograph of the Campbells and John Barry Caldwell at Mount Bonnell (Lover's Leap) in Austin. The family is posing on a tree leaning off of a cliff. The Colorado River is visible in the background.
Date: April 7, 1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Campbells and Caldwells at Mount Bonnell]

Photograph of the Campbell Family and Caldwell Family at Mount Bonnell (Lover's Leap) in Austin. The Colorado River is visible in the distance.
Date: April 7, 1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men near Biplanes]

Photograph of men observing grounded biplanes. They are in a field near St. Edward's University in south Austin.
Date: April 7, 1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People near Biplanes]

Photograph of a crowd of men, women, and children observing a line of biplanes. They are in a field near St. Edward's University in south Austin.
Date: April 7, 1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Three Men in Uniforms and a Baby Posing Outside]

Photograph of three men in uniforms and a baby posing outside. Two of the three men are hats with their uniforms. The man missing a hat is the one holding the baby. There are trees in the background. There is a note on the back of the photograph in Spanish.
Date: June 7, 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Naval Awards Ceremony]

Photograph of three major U.S. Navy officers in San Francisco, California. The photo says that these men are gathered together for a "presentation of Distinguished Service Medal to Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz." Nimitz is standing with (left to right) "Mrs. Nimitz, Admiral King, Admiral Halsey, and Mary Nimitz." Nimitz is seen shaking hands with Admiral King.
Date: May 7, 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Smoke Pours From Dallas Federal Savings & Loan Building]

Photograph of a large cloud of dark smoke pouring out from the Dallas Federal Savings & Loan building, visible on the right. In the street in front of the building, to the left, are four small fire engines and a group of fighters in firefighting uniform. There is a man taking a photograph of the smoke in the center middle-ground of the photo. A large white, square clock jutting out from the side of the Savings & Loan building shows the time to be about 3:10 pm. On the back of the photograph are the remnants of a torn-off identifier label, a stamp identifying the photographer, and handwritten notes.
Date: January 7, 1964
Creator: Eamon, Kennedy
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Street Outside Dallas Federal Savings & Loan Fire]

Downward view photograph of five fire engines, an ambulance, and a police car in the street to the right of the Dallas Federal Savings & Loan building (which is barely visible on the left). There are men in white hard-hats (and some wearing suits) standing on the sidewalk and street between the building and the emergency vehicles. The buildings and crowd of civilians watching the scene from down the street in the background are partially obscured by smoke. On the back of the photograph are two stamps giving information about the photographer and printer, as well as extensive handwritten notes about the fire.
Date: January 7, 1964
Creator: Winfrey, Bill
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Destroyed Camper Vehicle]

Photograph of a wrecked camper vehicle. Most of the outer shell of the camper is missing, the metal structure is bent and buckled, the top of the cab is gone, and there is debris from the vehicle laying around the camper, including cushions and part of the front grill. There is a red fire extinguisher standing upright next to the camper. There are other, intact campers behind and around the destroyed camper. On the back of the photograph are two stamps with information about the photo.
Date: July 7, 1976
Creator: Myers
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Destroyed Mobile Home]

Photograph of a destroyed mobile home - the wrecked frame of the vehicle parked between two other, intact mobile homes. All three vehicles are in front of a large garage with two doors, just visible beyond the far mobile home. A man in blue jeans and a blue and white plaid shirt stands in the debris (including large square pillow, pieces of the outer shell of the vehicle, and some electronic parts) just in front of the destroyed mobile home frame. Another person in orange bell-bottom pants is partially visible beyond the mobile home. On the back of the photograph are two stamps with information about the photographer, the printer, and the date of the photographer.
Date: July 7, 1976
Creator: Myers
System: The Portal to Texas History