[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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Old City Hall]

Photograph of the front elevation of the old city hall in Austin.
Date: [1907..1938]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Scene at Camp Mabry

Photograph of a scene at Camp Mabry with men on horseback riding across a field. One man, left of center, holds a flag.
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers on Horseback at Camp Mabry]

Photograph of soldiers on horseback at Camp Mabry.
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

View of Austin from the Capitol

Photograph of the view from the Capitol building facing southwest. The Colorado River and a bridge spanning it can be seen in the background.
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Governor's Mansion]

Print of the Texas Governor's Mansion from the southeast showing the front elevation and south elevation, the grounds, and a trellis to the left of the steps. The mansion is partially obscured by young trees. A large bush sits near the walkway on the right. The mansion was built by Abner Cook in 1855 and was continuously occupied since 1856. The occupant during this time in 1905 was Governor S.W.T. Lanham. The mansion was declared a Texas historical landmark in 1962 and a national historic landmark in 1970.
Date: 1905?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Racing in Hyde Park]

Photograph of Barney Oldfield in his racing car, the "Green Dragon" at the old fair grounds in Hyde Park, Austin, Texas.
Date: [1905,1906]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Deserted Log Cabin]

Photograph of the exterior of a deserted log cabin.
Date: February 22, 1904
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas State Capitol]

Photograph of the Texas State Capitol building taken from the southwest.
Date: 1904
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[University of Texas Old Main Building, front exterior]

Photograph of University of Texas Old Main Building looking north, possibly up University Avenue, toward Old Main, with Women's Building and Chemistry Building on either side of Old Main. The road is unpaved and the trees are bare.
Date: [1904..1908]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Deaf and Dumb Institute

Photograph of men a women standing on top of foundation of the Texas school for the Deaf. Francis Fischer and J.B. Nitchke hold the cornerstone. "Deaf and Dumb Institute, Fischer and Lambie Contractors, Lumber from Clacasieu Lumber Co." is written in the bottom left-hand quarter of the photo.
Date: 1902
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History