Resource Type

[People and a Horse in Front of a Blacksmith]

Photograph of John Albert Kimbro and friends in front of blacksmith shop in North Georgetown. John Albert Kimbro is shown in middle of photo. The photograph has writing at the bottom explaining who is in the photo.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

West Side Pavillion & Street Car

Photograph of the West Side Pavilion at the end of Seventh Street, with a mule drawn street car with passengers.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tobacco Advertisement

Photograph of advertising on railroad car for Peter Schramm's tobacco business. Schramm was a tobacco wholesaler in Taylor.
Date: 1892
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Builders on horse-back on dam]

Photograph of builders of dam for flour mill near Jonah for water wheel to power grinding wheat. Some are on horseback.
Date: 1895~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Silent Grove school class with horse]

Photograph of Silent Grove school, north of Liberty Hill, with horse on left side.
Date: 1895~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sam Loving With a Horse]

Photograph of Sam Loving of Round Rock ready to be shipped out to Cuba in the Spanish American War in 1898. He was in First Texas, Company E.
Date: 1898
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Horse and Buggy]

A horizontal black and white photographic print of a man holding the reins of two horses hitched to a buggy with wheels as tall as the man's waist. The man is in a field where there is one tree and a fence. The man is wearing hat, jacket, gloves and pants tucked into boots. The hat has a peaked top.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gentry's Trained Animal Show in Parade]

Photograph of two elephants wearing blankets with their names on them, "Pinto' on the left and "Little" on the right. They are walking in front of the fourth Williamson County courthouse and were a part of Gentry's Trained Animal show that participated in a parade downtown.
Date: 1902
Creator: Sharpe, Sr., John
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gentry's Trained Animal Show in Parade]

Photograph of a decorated cart driven by horses. The side reads "Gentry's Trained Animal Show". The animal show was part of a parade that passed in front of the fourth Williamson County courthouse in downtown Georgetown, TX.
Date: 1902
Creator: Sharpe, John, Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Seiders Children in a Horse-drawn Surrey

Photograph of the Seiders children in a horse-drawn surrey, 1903. Taken near the Seiders residence in Taylor. Identified from left to right: Henry B. Jr., Emma & Alice. Photograph from the Seiders Family History.
Date: 1903
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Locomotive on bridge]

Black and white photograph shows a locomotive, a 4-4-0 coal burner, built in the late 1880s; the train is backing in from Georgetown; this train is on the track above the W.J. Walsh family; they are having a picnic on the rocky banks of Brushy Creek in Old Town Round Rock.
Date: 1904
Creator: Henington Publishing Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Round Rock Creamery with buggy]

This is a black and white photograph of the Round Rock Creamery in 1904. Farmers brought milk here where it was separated. The farmers returned home with the skimmed milk. On the left is a buggy belonging to Archie Hester. Simon Burkland's buggy is in the middle. Carl A. Johnson is on the right and Rueben Johnson is standing near the buggy wheel on the left. F. L. Aten was the plant manager. The business failed due to lack of refrigeration.
Date: 1904
Creator: Henington Publishing Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hoxie Ranch House

Photograph of the Hoxie Ranch House, rear view, 1905. Picture shows the Seiders' horse (Old Joe) and surrey with the Seiders' and Hoxie's older girls. Photograph from The Seiders Family History.
Date: 1905
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Parade Wagon

Photograph of women in horse drawn wagon all decorated for July 4th Parade, 1927.
Date: 1905
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Birdseye View Looking No. West

Photograph of early Taylor, looking to the northwest from an unidentified location. Earlier dating of 1896 is incorrect, as the 1905-1935 Taylor City Hall is visible on the horizon.
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hoxie Ranch House

Photograph of the Hoxie Ranch House, front view, located 6 miles northeast of Taylor, 1906. Photo from the Seider Family History: "site of many happy weekend visits."
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Round Rock Hook & Ladder Co. with wagon]

Black and white photograph of the Round Rock Hook and Ladder Co.; 18 men in pant and shirt uniforms with bibs labeled "1"; military-style flat, short brimmed caps; some of the men hold tall hooks, buckets and an ax; they stand in front of or on or sit in a long wooden wagon
Date: 1907~
Creator: Henington Publishing Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Road from Taylor to Thrall

Photograph of a typical country road & bridge built by H.B. Seiders. Shown is the road from Taylor to Thrall on the northern tip of Allison Lake.
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Typical Country Road and Bridge

Photograph of a typical country road and bridge built by H.B. Seiders, early Taylor resident. Shown is the road from Taylor to Thrall on the northern tip of Allison Lake in Williamson County.
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Decorated for the Parade

Photograph of an automobile decorated for a street parade, part of the celebration for the Taylor Fair, July 4, 1909. Louise Grau is the little girls in the back seat. Picture taken at Grau residence backyard, located 505 Washburn Street, Taylor.
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Grau Family in 1910 Buick

Photograph of the Grau Family of 505 Washburn Street, in their two-cylinder 1910 Buick. This is the second car owned in Taylor. Passengers in the Buick are identified as: driver, Carl Grau, passenger Anna Becker Grau, and children in the back Fritz, Louise and Willis Grau.
Date: 1910
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Horse and carriage]

Photograph of horse and carriage in parade, Taylor.
Date: 1910~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tenant farm with bicycles and horses]

Photograph of tenant farm family on farm Taylor and Granger. Carlota Fuentes and her children, Toribio, Fred, Carlota, Lorena, Ed, and Jacob.
Date: 1910~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Courthouse with Model T's out front]

Photograph of fifth and most recent Williamson County Courthouse in 1911 with Model T cars parked in front.
Date: 1911
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History