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[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
[Courthouse in Midland, Texas]
Photograph of the courthouse in Midland, Texas, apparently under construction. The stone building has one level competed with wood framing beginning to be put in place for second story windows. Small trees partially obscure the building.
Date:
1906
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Fire Wagon]
Photograph of a horse-drawn fire wagon stopped in the middle of an un-paved main street in front of a row of storefronts; a sign on the wagon says "Colorado No. 2, A Unit for the Dam, 44 Members - Strong." Other carriages are visible in the background and people are standing in the windows and on the first-floor roofs of the stores. The stores include Gammel's Used Books, J.O.Buaas, Phil Bruckmann Painter and Decorator, and a drug store.
Date:
1892~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Troops at Spofford Junction]
Photograph of a line of troops on horseback near a railroad line. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Spofford Junction - 4/8/13 - 14 Cav. Troops leaving for Brownsville, Tex. via R.R."
Date:
April 8, 1913
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Prismoidal (One Rail) Railway System, Adapted for City Streets, Suburban, and General Railroad Traffic
Photograph of a crowd of people on a train. A handwritten note reads "W.W. Knowles, Bastrop, TX, [illegible] at Brenham." A printed note on the back of the photograph reads, "Prismoidal (One Rail) Railway System, Adapted for City Streets, Suburban, and General Railroad Traffic; Practicable by Steam, or Horse power; Elevated or at Grade; Built and equipped at one half the cost of any other plan of equal capacity; Cars impossible to be thrown from track; examination of this system, by engineers and others, is respectfully solicited. I am now prepared to grant Licenses to railway companies and others, to construct and use the Prismoidal railway system., E. Crew, Inventor and Patentee."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Langtry, Texas Railroad Depot]
Photograph of the Railroad Depot at Langtry, Texas. It's a small building by the train tracks. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "During the time of Judge Roy Bean's Law West of the Pecos."
Date:
1890
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
U.S. Military Post from Tower
Photograph of a U.S. Military Post, taken from a nearby tower. A low stone building is visible across the foreground, and a 2-story building, possibly housing, is visible across the background. Other buildings are in the center. Cabinet card format.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Jacobson, M. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jack County Courthouse
Photograph of the Jack County courthouse in Jacksboro, Texas. Several horse-drawn wagons with bundles of hay are gathered in the foreground.
Date:
1890
Creator:
Price Studio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sheriffs of Hood County
Photograph of Hood County Sheriffs. The names of the sheriffs (in unknown order) are listed on the back of the photograph.
Date:
unknown
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
Fort Sam Houston Tower
Photograph of the clock tower at Fort Sam Houston near San Antonio, Texas.
Date:
1890
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Callahan County Courthouse Ruins]
Photograph of the ruins of the old Callahan County Courthouse in Belle Plain. It's a large stone structure with tall, vertically windows. It is missing its roof.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wooldridge School, 4-B Grade
Group portrait of a class of elementary students at Wooldridge School in Austin. A note on the back of the photograph indicates that the boy in the back row, ninth from left is John Barry Caldwell at 9 years old.
Date:
October 19, 1919
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Courthouse at Anson, Texas]
Photograph of the courthouse at Anson, Texas. It is a two-story building with a tower in the center. A man is visible at the corner of the building and a horse is in the foreground, tied to a fence.
Date:
January 10, 1906
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas]
Photograph of many soldiers on horseback in a field at Fort Sam Houston near San Antonio, Texas. The photograph was taken from the nearby tower. There is a handwritten letter on the back of the photograph.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse Shoe Curve S.P.R.R. near El Paso, Texas
Photograph of the "horse shoe curve" in the S.P.R.R. (Southern Pacific Railroad), where the tracks make a U-turn. The photograph was likely taken from the front or rear end of a moving train.
Date:
February 8, 1915
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mount Bonnell, Austin, Texas
Photograph of two men at a cliff at Mount Bonnell looking at the view. A lake is visible below. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Mount Bonnell - Austin, Texas. Looking North on Lake Austin." The photograph is a cyanotype.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Group Portarit at Camp Mabry, Austin]
Photograph of a group of people seated in a grassy area at Camp Mabry. The person on the far left is in a military uniform, holding a rifle. There are three women and one other man. Large tents and other men are visible in the background. The photograph is a cyanotype.
Date:
May 8, 1898
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Race at Galveston Beach]
Photograph of a car race at Galveston Beach. Two cars are visible behind the spectators. The inscription on the back reads "L. Disbrow in his 290 HB 'JIC' attempts to lower record for beach comer."
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ruins of Belle Plain College]
Photograph of ruins of Belle Plain College in Callahan County near Baird. The ruins consist of a rectangular structure of stone walls without a roof.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin Trade Excursion, Georgetown
Photograph of the Austin Trade Excursion in Georgetown. Men in suits are gathered at a street intersection in the town. Some cars are visible in the street.
Date:
1910~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Bliss, Tex.
Photograph of the refugee camp at Fort Bliss, El Paso. Patrolmen are seen on duty outside of a fenced off camp with rows of tents. A sign on a pole advertises "Horas de visita" Inscription on the back reads "Refugee Camp where 600 Mexican Federal Soldiers are kept."
Date:
April 5, 1914
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[San Pedro Springs, San Antonio, Texas]
Photograph of San Pedro Springs near San Antonio, Texas. An individual is on a boat in the foreground and a large crowd is gathered on the bridge in the distance. A few people stand on the banks of the river.The back of the photograph contains a printed history of the missions of San Antonio. Cabinet card format.
Date:
1889
Creator:
Paris, A. C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Family in Lampasas, Texas]
Photograph of a family gathered at the front porch of a two-story house in Lampasas, Texas. The house is behind a small picket fence, and the porch is elevated several feet off the ground.
Date:
1907
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History