[Blesdoe residence with buggy in front]

Photograph of Blesdoe residence with a horse drawn buggy in front.
Date: 19uu
Creator: Alf. Otto
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Downtown Georgetown with Model-T cars]

Black and white photograph of downtown Georgetown, Texas, showing Model-T cars parked mostly on the left side of the road. There is a "PIGGLY WIGGLY" building on the left and and "LINDELL PETERSON & CO. / HARDWARE."
Date: 19uu
Creator: Atlee, Luis W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Downtown street scene]

Black and white photograph of downtown Georgetown showing buildings and Model-T cars parked on a dirt road. In the distance one car is being driven on the road.
Date: 19uu
Creator: Atlee, Luis W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Model T driving down street]

Black and white photograph of downtown Georgetown, Texas, showing one car in the foreground in the middle of the road. There is one prominent building on the right side. This is the view looking west at the 8th and Austin Ave. intersection. The sign on the building is "STROMBERG HOFFMAN & COMPANY."
Date: 19uu
Creator: Atlee, Luis W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Arco Service Station]

This is a black and white photograph of Lum C. Toungate's Arco Service Station located at 409 West Taylor, IH 35 and Highway 79 in Round Rock, Texas. Mr. Toungate stands on the drive with his three sons, Larry, Craig, and Jimmy. "Atlantic Richfield" is visible above the garage.
Date: Summer 1972
Creator: Behrens, Robert H.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tintype of James Quincy Sharpe]

Photograph of James Quincy Sharpe wearing a dark coat and a white shirt.
Date: unknown
Creator: Felton, C. H.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of a Woman]

Photographic portrait of a woman wearing a ruffled piece of lace around her neck, a dark mantle, and a dark buttoned blouse. Her hair is tied up in a bun. A drawing on the reverse side of the photo contains a drawing of the heads two young women in the middle of a photographer's logo.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ferguson, M. M.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Brushy Creek with bridge]

black and white photograph of Brushy Creek and the round rock in the creek, for which the town of Round Rock was named; photograph was taken before the creek washed away both bridges shown in the image, one of which was a railroad bridge; the picture is taken from the dam, east of the round rock; there is an unidentified person standing on the round rock; view is looking east down Brushy Creek
Date: 19uu
Creator: Henington Publishing Co.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Delivery man with horse & buggy]

black and white photograph shows Tommy Harbert, a delivery man for the Voight and Brady grocery store in Round Rock; he holds the reins on a horse hitched to a wagon in front of a large "DRINK/ Coca- Cola" sign
Date: 19uu
Creator: Henington Publishing Co.
Object Type: Photograph
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.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man on horse]

sepia toned photograph of Mr. Wiliam McKenzie Bowden (1869-1930) seated on horseback; embossed "Huhs"
Date: 19
Creator: Henington Publishing Co.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man with horse drawn taxi]

black and white photograph of Dud Pennington in a 1915 horse-drawn taxi in Round Rock; his hand is near his face; there is a picket fence behind the carriage; two trees can be seen on either side of the taxi
Date: 1915
Creator: Henington Publishing Co.
Object Type: Photograph
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.
Object Type: Photograph
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.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Round Rock Railroad Depot]

Black and white photograph shows snowed-in railroad depot in 1922 in Round Rock.
Date: 1922
Creator: Henington Publishing Co.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Round Rock Railroad Depot]

black and white photograph of the International and Great Northern Railway Company's depot and railroad station in Round Rock; the train is pulling into the station; another house is seen right of the depot
Date: 19
Creator: Henington Publishing Co.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Round Rock street scene with snow & buggies]

black and white photograph of an early winter street scene in Round Rock in 1922; two horses are seen in the middle of the street
Date: 1922
Creator: Henington Publishing Co.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Did Sam Houston Live in Georgetown? (open access)

Did Sam Houston Live in Georgetown?

Essay discussing evidence for and against Sam Houston's alleged residence in Georgetown, Texas.
Date: [1943..1949]
Creator: Mann, William L.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Flooded streets of Granger]

Photograph of Floods in Granger. After record-setting rain, flood waters devastated many parts of the county in September 1921. This was the scene in Granger.
Date: September 1921
Creator: Martinets
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Questionnaire About Andrew Mather's Life] (open access)

[Questionnaire About Andrew Mather's Life]

Text containing a questionnaire filled out by Andrew Mather of Gabriel Hills, Texas. Contains information including his birth date, his spouse, children, his service as a Texas Ranger, and his experiences with Native Americans.
Date: unknown
Creator: Mather, Andrew
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Reverend J. A. B. Whittenberg]

Photograph of Reverend J. A. B. visible from the chest up. He is wearing a dark jacket, dark vest, and white collared shirt. He has voluminous facial hair.
Date: unknown
Creator: Millholin, J. M.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Second automobile owned in Taylor, TX]

Photograph of the Grau family in Taylor, TX. 505 Washburn St. This is a two-cylinder Buick, the second automobile owned in Taylor.
Date: 19
Creator: Otto, Alf.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Infant John M. Sharpe, Jr.]

Photograph of infant John M. Sharpe, Jr. standing with a chair. He is wearing a lightly hued jacket with a belt and mantle, stockings, and open shoes. The reverse side of the photo's grey mat has a handwritten note that says he was born on April 27, 1913.
Date: June 1914
Creator: R. J. Stone Photography
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of John M. Sharpe]

Photograph of John M. Sharpe, Jr., who is a boy wearing a dark suit, white collared shirt, and a necktie.
Date: unknown
Creator: R. Stone Photography
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History