Resource Type

[Three young women and two young men]

Photograph of three young women and two young men, possibly members of the Wessendorff family. In this studio portrait, the women are seated and the two men are standing behind them. The women on left and right are holding their hats in their laps while the woman in center (wearing a hat) is holding her purse. The man on left has his hand on the shoulder of the man on right. There is moss in the foreground with interior wall as background. The photograph has an arched crop at the top and it is mounted on a cardboard substrate. Written on back in pencil: "1884".
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Albert Peyton George wearing a military style jacket and short pants]

Photograph of Albert Peyton George. In the photograph, George is wearing a military style jacket and short pants. There is a watch chain across his jacket front. A white collar is visible above the top of his jacket. George has a tablet and pencil in his left jacket pocket. George is holding a book under his right arm. His left leg is across his right. He is leaning on a table that is to his left. On the table is a book and a hat. The photograph is mounted on a cardboard substrate. Written on the back of the portrait in pencil: "Albert Peyton George". Also in black print: "D. H. Swartz, Photographer, Columbus, Texas. Copying and Enlarging a Specialty. Dealer in Frames, Albums, Etc. Duplicates can be had cheap. Order soon." To the left of the photographer information is a drawing of a man sitting under a tree and fishing in a body of water, boats in water, buildings in background.
Date: [1884..1885]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Albert Peyton George as a boy, wearing a dark military style outfit]

Tintype image of Albert Peyton George. In the photograph, George is wearing a dark military style outfit. A white collar is visible above the neckline of the jacket. A watch chain hangs across the front of the jacket. George has his left hand on a book that is on top of a table to his left. There is a hat and another book on the table. He has a tablet and a pencil in the right pocket of the jacket. The tintype has a paper frame with gold trim.
Date: [1884..1885]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bud Davis as a boy, sitting with his right leg tucked under his left leg]

Studio photograph of a boy. The boy is identified as Bud Davis as written at bottom of image in blue ink. Davis is sitting in an upholstered chair that has tassels at the bottom and on the armrest. Bud is wearing dark colored short pants, jacket, vest, and white shirt. He has dark stockings with stripes at bottom and ankle boots. Davis is resting his right arm on the chair's armrest and his left hand is on his left thigh. The photograph is mounted on a tan cardboard substrate with pink backing.
Date: [1884..1890]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Unidentified Members of a reuinion of Granbury's Consolidated Texas Brigade

Group picture of fifty unidentified members from Granbury's Consolidated Texas Brigade, most wear ribbons that say Granbury. One member of the brigade who fought in the Army of Tennessee, the man on the second row, second from the left, wears a ribbon that says, J.? T. Grant, Company C, 1?th, Texas. Another man wears a ribbon that possibly says Texas U.C.V (United Confederate Veterans). A man on the third row from the top wears a ribbon that looks like it says Camp Sam Davis. Other men wear reunion badges with the name of the general, the brigade, and the company, while others wear the name of a camp, a flag belonging to their company, or a medal. An unidentified young man sits beside one of the veterans on the front row. A number on the right-hand corner of the photo identifies it as photo 51. The date of the photograph may possibly be 1884, where the reunion was held in Dallas, and ninety-six men showed up; or in 1895, where a reunion was held in Houston, which was attended by many former soldiers of Granbury's brigade [This Band of Heroes, James M. McCaffrey, 1996, p.161].
Date: 1884?/1895?
Creator: Fishburn Illustrating Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Clay County Court House]

Clay County Court House. Photo taken in 1884: Henrietta, Texas.
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Laying Cornerstone of Courthouse]

Photograph of a group of people laying the cornerstone of the Wilson County courthouse in Floresville, Texas.
Date: February 22, 1884
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Floresville Academy Students (Literary Lovely)

Photograph of Floresville Academy students. Pictured from left to right are: Top Left; Green Gillett Back Row; Zella Dickey, Annie Hassay, Kate Isviss, Jennie Bayles, Lola Gilleth, Eugene Dickey, Bob Seale Middle Row; Julia Agee, Morra Garrison, Osie Lawhon, Mary Houston, Carrie Evans, Maria Agee, Nannie, Houston, Garrison Front Row; Alonzo Franks, unknown, Ernest Livingston, Professor Lopas, Allie Murrary, Ebbie Agee, Claude Thomas
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sunday School Picnic]

Sepia photograph of a group of people at a picnic taken on the grounds of the James H. Raymond estate. The group is lined up outdoors, and there is a boy standing on a buggy in the background. A card accompanying the photograph identifies the people, from left to right, as: Mr. Oceolo Archer, Mrs. Archer, Mrs. Cochran (Mrs. Lee's mother), Charles Calloway, his mother Mrs. Charles Calloway, Mrs. Rosine Ryan, Miss Clara Maillot (Mrs. Robi Bacon's sister and later Mrs. Julian Smith), Mrs. Fannie Crooker (Church organist), Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lee, Mrs. Will Lambert (Mrs. Bacon's mother), Mr. and Mrs. Bartholomew, and Mr. Richard Lee. The boy on the buggy is identified as Willie Lambert.
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Head of the Last Buffalo Killed on the Site of Mobeetie, Texas

Photograph of the head of the last buffalo killed on the site of Mobeetie, Texas in 1884.
Date: 1884
Creator: E.B. Snell and Company
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Fort Stockton Officers' Quarters Photograph #1]

Photograph of the Fort Stockton Officers' Quarters in Fort Stockton, Texas.
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lappe House Photograph #1]

Photograph of the Lappe House, in Llano, Texas.
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of an Austin Fire Fighter]

Photograph of the chief of the Austin Fire Department in 1884. Inscription on the back reads "Compliments of F. W. [Stowe ?], to Aug. Ziller, Chief Austin Fire Department, Austin, Texas, Aug. 5th 84." Photograph is cabinet card format.
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Granite for the Capitol]

Photograph of people and horses gathered around a deposit of granite. The granite is cut into progressively smaller blocks from its original mass. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Granite Mountain about 1884. This mountain of granite supplied 50,000 tons of granite for the Texas State Capitol at Austin and about 450,000 tons to Galveston for the sea wall and jetties."
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cliffs at Marble Falls]

Photograph of a cliff of flat, layered rock, with small trees growing on its side and top. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Marble Falls, Llano County, Texas 1884, South side up to Honeymoon."
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Certificate of Citizenship to Charles William Sloman]

Certificate of Citizenship presented to Charles William Sloman in 1884. This certificate says that Charles has "appeared in open Court in the District Court of Galveston County...and applied to said Court to be admitted to become a Citizen of the United States of America."
Date: February 13, 1884
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fort Davis]

Photograph of the Fort Davis in Fort Davis, Texas.
Date: 1884
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fort Davis]

Photograph of the Fort Davis in Fort Davis, Texas.
Date: 1884
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ft Worth Skyline]

Photograph of the Ft Worth Skyline in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: 1884
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abilene 1884 - Sycamore Street Area]

Copy slide of a photograph of an overview of the Sycamore Street area in 1884. Several buildings are seen and a horse drawn buggy is parked on a street.
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abilene Sycamore Area]

Copy slide of a photograph of Abilene in 1884 overlooking the Sycamore Street area. Covered wagons are seen behind a building.
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[North 1st Street - Abilene - 1884]

Copy slide of a photograph of downtown Abilene on North 1st Street and a train car is seen in the foreground. The Windsor Hotel can be seen in the background.
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abilene 1884 - Looking Northwest]

Copy slide of a photograph of the view looking down and to the northwest at several homes and other buildings in Abilene, Texas.
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Presbyterian Church, 1884]

Copy slide of a photograph of the exterior of the First Presbyterian Church in Abilene, Texas in 1884.
Date: 1884
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History