Resource Type

[John Ryon]

Tintype of John Ryon, a member of Terry's Texas Rangers. Man with dark hair parted on his right side. He has a dark mustache and beard. He is wearing a dark suit with bow tie. Scanned image is of a copy of the tintype.
Date: 1869
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bust photograph of Mr. J.R. Poge wearing a dark coat and a dark hat]

Oval bust tintype photograph of Mr. J.R. Poge. He is wearing a dark coat, white collared shirt and a dark hat. Under photo on bottom of matte, handwritten: "Mr. J.R. Poge. Esq. Richmond Texs Nov 6/69". Enclosed in an cardboard substrate.
Date: November 6, 1869
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bust photograph of a young boy smoking a pipe]

Oval bust tintype photograph of a young boy smoking a pipe. He is wearing a dark coat, white collared shirt and a dark hat. His right eye is turned inward (cross-eyed). Enclosed in a cardboard substrate. Identification card placed beside picture, scripted: "Wena P. Davis."
Date: 1869~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas Female Seminary campus building]

Photo of a Texas Female Seminary campus building. Photo circa 1869-1884: Weatherford, Texas.
Date: 1869/1884~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas Female Seminary campus]

Photo of Texas Female Seminary campus. Photo circa 1869-1884: Weatherford, Texas.
Date: 1869/1884~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Land grant] : Austin, [Tex.], 1869 May 29.

Land Grant for 199 2/3 acres in Harrison county.
Date: May 29, 1869
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Freedmens First Vote - Anderson County Courthouse]

This photo shows the military presence protecting African American's when they came to the Anderson County courthouse to vote for the first time in 1869.
Date: 1869
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Governor's Mansion]

Photograph of the Texas Governor's mansion from around 1869. Taken from a stereoscope view.
Date: 1869
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View of Austin, TX]

Photograph of a view of Austin, TX taken from the top of a government building.
Date: 1869
Creator: Hillyer, H. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Frederiksen Family Portrait

Studio portrait photograph of the Frederiksen family in front of a blank backdrop. An ornate table has been added on the right, on which one of the children sits. The man on the far right has been identified as Andrew C. Frederiksen. His first wife, Karen Marie Tarina Frederiksen, stands on the left with her right hand around the shoulder of Thora Marie Jorgine 'Doris" Frederiksen, her daughter. Her second daughter, a slightly older girl sitting in a small chair between her parents, has been identified as Olivia E. Frederiksen. Lastly, their son, Auderman Frederiksen, stands in the back with his left arm resting on his father's shoulder. There is a hand-written note on the back of the photograph but it cannot be read with certainty.
Date: 1869/1950
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Hill Country Antiques Building]

Photograph of the Hill Country Antiques in Fredricksburg, TX. The store has two American flags in front of the building. The store windows have papers hung in them and various items on display. On the back is the name of the store and address.
Date: 1869
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History