Resource Type

[Rio Grande Railroad]

Photograph of a group of men gathered on a wooden platform, looking at the camera. A locomotive is stopped on the tracks next to them, with railcars attached to it. The railroad was built in 1868 in Isabel, Texas.
Date: [1868..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Beulah Sweeny in a short dress and bloomers]

Tintype of Beulah Sweeny (1865-1881) in short dress and bloomers standing next to chair. Her left hand is resting on the back of the wooden chair. The tintype is in an enclosed paper envelope.
Date: 1868
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Fannie Coats Lawrence]

Portrait of Fannie Coats Lawrence, mother of Samuel Augustus Lawrence and Stephen Decatur Lawrence. A handwritten note on the front of the photo says "Costume 1868ish but could be she, as many older persons, wore dresses into later years (1875?)."
Date: [1868..1875]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Julia Ann Gober Wright, Age 18]

Portrait of Julia Ann Gober Wright, age 18, in a long, print dress. Written in black ink on back of photo: "October 1868 age 18 years Julia A. Gober Wright"
Date: October 1868
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Yarborough, Wilson & Co.

Photograph of a house in Anderson, Texas. A small herd of cattle is gathered outside the house. The inscription on the back notes "Built in 1868 -- second building on east side of street including this one burned in 1875. This is where [illegible] August Obercamp Drug store now is."
Date: 1868
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History