[Colorado River Flood]

Photograph of a house surrounded by floodwaters during a Colorado River flood. The capitol dome is visible in the distance.
Date: [..1909]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Home Damaged by Colorado River Flood]

Photograph of a house damaged by the Colorado River flood.
Date: [..1909]
Creator: Marks, H. R.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Governor's Mansion]

Early photograph of the Texas Governor's Mansion front elevation from a high vantage point across the street, showing lot in front of the mansion, grounds. The Carriage House is visible behind trees to the right of the mansion. A wooden fence is visible behind the mansion, but other fences are removed. The mansion was built by Abner Cook in 1855 and was continuously occupied since 1856. The occupant here in 1909 was Governor Thomas Mitchell Campbell. The mansion was declared a Texas historical landmark in 1962 and a national historic landmark in 1970.
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bohn Brothers Department Store]

View of Bohn Brothers Department Store on Congress Avenue, in Austin. Several men and women are lined up on the sidewalk in front of the store, facing the camera. A boy holds a bicycle and a man is in a horse-drawn buggy. Citizens Bank & Trust Co. is to the left of the department store.
Date: [1909..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Capitol Grounds - Austin, Texas

Photograph of the Capitol Grounds in Austin, Texas. The photograph is on the front of a postcard written to Joe Harrell in Kingsland, Texas from Bob. The correspondene on the postcard reads, "It is he_ _ to have to go back to work after having such a fun easy time. Regards to All. Bob."
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Governor’s Mansion]

Front elevation walkway with urns, gazebo, carriage house, grounds, curb, dirt street and no picket fence.
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Officers and Directors of Emancipation Park Association, 1909]

Photograph of President Thos. J White and a major portion of annual Officers and Directors of the Organization, 1909. Emancipation Park was an effort to purchase private property where African-Americans could celebrate Juneteenth or Emancipation Day without resistance from white citizens.
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1908 County Officials]

1. John W. Hornsby, County Judge; 2. Tom Anderson, Commissioner Precinct 1; 3. Jack Booth, Commissioner Precinct 4; 4. Sid Nolan, Commissioner Precinct 3; 5. J. Ben Fischer, Commissioner Precinct 2; 6. Tom Davis, County Auditor; 7. Orlands Caldwell, Secretary to the Commissioners Court; 8. John Kreuz
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Austin High School graduates of 1908

Photograph of the Austin High School graduating class of 1908. Bottom row (left to right): John D. Miller, Ralph Goeth. Middle row (seated left to right): Walter Arlitt, Julius Runge, Robert F. Campbell, M.E. Rogers Jr., Raymond Phelps, Robert Bright, Rufus Waterson. Middle row (standing left to right): Lucy Blocker, Pauline von Rosenberg, Pauline Rex, Katie Clark, Laura Tucker, Janie Tannehill, Inez Slaughter, Salome Anthony, Lomie Layton, Louise Lambie, Cammie Briggs, May Belle Robbins, Lillian Clarke, Nannie von Rosenberg. Back row (standing left to right): Annie F. Campbell, Frankie Cochran, Florence Sears, Lena Rogan, Anna Magee, Agnes Robertson, Edna von Rosenberg, Mabel Maud. Absent: Nettie B. Sullivan (inset bottom right), Rosa Maas, and Preston Reynolds (not pictured).
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Capitol Greenhouse]

Exterior of a greenhouse building.
Date: 1908~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cedar Choppers

Scene with cedar choppers. Men and boys are in a car and a truck. A house and trees are partially visible in the background.
Date: [1908..1930]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Flight in Texas]

Photograph of the first flight in Texas. A biplane in visible in the sky above some buildings. Inscription on the back reads "Dallas 1908, Rogers in plane."
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Footprints of Texas history (open access)

Footprints of Texas history

A book about Texas history.
Date: 1908
Creator: Dill, Minnie G.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Sitting on Ledge at Barton Creek]

Photograph of a man sitting on a ledge at Barton Creek.
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Old Anderson High School]

Photograph of the old Anderson High School for Negro students, a two story wood frame building located in the 900 block of Olive Street at the northeast corner of Olive and Curve Streets. Anderson was a segregated school created for colored students. The building appears to be an "L" configuration, with a small porch at the inside corner of the "L", 6/6 wood windows, a wood shingle roof and a brick chimney. Used from 1908 to 1912, the building appears to have been originally constructed as a residential structure. The school was named in honor of Professor E. H. Anderson, the second principal of Prairie View State College, and one of the pioneer educators of the state.
Date: 1908/1912
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Revised Ordinances of the City of Austin. (open access)

Revised Ordinances of the City of Austin.

This book contains the text of Austin City ordinances which were revised and adopted in 1908. Subject index begins on page 351.
Date: 1908
Creator: Austin (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas First Air Flight

Photograph of the first flight in Texas. A biplane is in the sky and a man's hat is partially visible at the left and a utility pole is at the right. "Rogers" is indicated in the inscription on the back.
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train wreck south of Austin in 1908]

Photograph of of wrecked railroad train cars, with a small boy in a hat in the foreground looking at the camera. The elevated end of the locomotive and a damaged stock car are visible.
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Phoebe (open access)

Phoebe

Short story set in New Orleans.
Date: November 1907
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Prose fiction
System: The Portal to Texas History
1906-7 City Directory of Austin With Street Directory of Residents (open access)

1906-7 City Directory of Austin With Street Directory of Residents

This is a general directory for Austin, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "A Classified Business Directory, Complete Revised Directory of Austin, Rural Routes, Directory of the State, County and City Governments, and a Reference Directory of the Churches, Educational Institutions, Associations, Societies and Organizations of the City."
Date: 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Austin High School class of 1907

Photograph of the twenty-four students in the Austin High School class of 1907. Bottom row (left to right): Ernest von Rosenberg, Tom Byrne, Harwood Stacey, Eugene Hill, Offie Leonard. Middle row (left to right): Arthur Crawford, Irene Maddox, Lillian Krohn, Eva von Homeyer, Louise Smith, Elva Powell, Amelia Nelson, Mabel Harrison, William Ruggles. Back row standing (left to right): Harris Brush, Mary Thaxton, Juanita Yarbrough, Leona Dean, Esther Bishop, Anna Maxwell, Josephine McGuire, P.J. Anthony, and William Jackson. Not present: Johanna Runge and Windom Burke.
Date: 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Congress at 7th]

Photograph of a concrete crew working on Congress Avenue at 7th Street, looking north. Several businesses, including Nixon Commercial College, are visible along the left side of the street.
Date: 1907
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Governor's Mansion front entrance]

Photograph of the Texas Governor's Mansion front elevation with cacti urns out front, shows iron fence with gate, very simple limestone steps up to the gate in a white wrought-iron fence. All windows are shuttered. The Carriage House is visible in the right background. The mansion was built by Abner Cook in 1855 and was continuously occupied since 1856. The occupant here in 1907 was Governor S.W.T. Lanham. The mansion was declared a Texas historical landmark in 1962 and a national historic landmark in 1970.
Date: 1907
Creator: The Elliots
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History