[Winfred Gustafson and Winning Box Kite]

Photograph of Winfred Gustafson and his winning kite (for largest box kite) at the first kite flying contest.
Date: March 1929
Creator: Jordan Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[St. David's Hospital]

Exterior of the St. David's Hospital building at 606 W. 17th. Building is now the Rio House Apartments.
Date: February 16, 1929
Creator: Jordan Co.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Governor's Mansion from the grounds]

Photograph of the Texas Governor's Mansion looking southeast from northwest side of the mansion on the grounds. Trees and a stone birdbath are visible in front of and partially obscure the mansion from view. A sprinkler is on and watering the lawn on the right side of the mansion. The mansion was built by Abner Cook in 1855 and was continuously occupied since 1856. The occupant here in 1929 was Governor Dan Moody. The mansion was declared a Texas historical landmark in 1962 and a national historic landmark in 1970.
Date: 1929
Creator: Boone Photo
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Indoor View of Plower Plant]

Photograph of power plant machinery.Caption on back of photo reads: "Foreground L-R: 500KW air-injector, 2000KW air-injector - takes non-condensable vapors out of condensor; 5000KW generator is behind photographer. Background L-R: two excitors, small Allis-Chalmers turbine generator. Mid-Bkgrd: larger Allis-Chalmers generator ?; rt bkgrd: "W" denotes Westinghouse turbine generator - relatively new (In 1934, another Westinghouse turbine generator was placed on a platform in left bkgrd.)"
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Kite Tournament at Lamar Park]

Photograph of a kite tournament at Lamar Park. Crowds of people are gathered in a grassy field. There are some kites in the air.
Date: 1929
Creator: Jordan Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Old Red Campus building, John T. Allan Campus of Stephen F. Austin High School]

Photograph of Old Red Campus building, at the John T. Allan Campus of Stephen F. Austin High School, showing an oblique view of the front and side of the classical four-story building. The exterior walls of the first floor are constructed of stone and the upper three floors are dark brick. The front is symetrically arranged in three parts, with the central part inset from the outer parts. Porches stretch across the central part of the first and second floors, and a gable is centered above on the roof. There are punched windows on the upper floors of the front facade, while windows are ganged on the side facade. A portion of the facade, near the back of the building, has a curved wall. There is a three-story brick addition to the side of the building, and there are chute style fire escapes on both the main building and the addition. A parking lot lies to the front of the building, with several circa 1920s cars. A boy wearing knickers stands in the parking lot. The building was completed in 1900 from the plans of Burt McDonald and James Reily, and featured a domed rotunda. It was used as Austin …
Date: 1929/1930
Creator: Jordan-Ellison Photo Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Seaholm Power Plant]

Photograph of Seaholm Power Plant. A dirt road and power lines are in the foreground and there are buildings in the background with two smoke stacks. One of the smoke stacks reads "Austin The Friendly City".
Date: 1929/1951
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Seaholm Power Plant boiler room construction]

Photograph of ongoing construction of the Seaholm Power Plant boiler room building. Other established plant buildings and the water tower can be seen behind the boiler building on the right. Various debris including wood, metal pipes, and a work shed surround the new building. The Seaholm Power Plant, located at 800 West 1st Street (later renamed Cesar Chavez Street), began construction in the 1930s and was eventually demolished in the 1960s.
Date: [1929,1951]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Seaholm Power Plant rear view]

Photograph of the rear view of the Seaholm Power Plant. The river can be seen on the right with the capitol building in the background. The Seaholm Power Plant was constructed in the 1930s and was eventually demolished in the 1960s.
Date: [1929,1951]
Creator: Boone Photo
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Richard Niles Graham from A.E. Wood] (open access)

[Correspondence to Richard Niles Graham from A.E. Wood]

A letter to Richard Niles Graham from politician A.E. Wood, who thanks Graham for a campaign donation to his recent run for the state senate.
Date: September 14, 1928
Creator: Wood, A. E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Our Camp on the Guadalupe River

Photograph of a house in a wooden area. A boy sits at some tables in front of the house. Two cars are parked alongside the house.
Date: September 1928
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Train bearing Emilio Carranza's body in Austin July 21, 1928

Photograph of a train bearing Emilio Carranza's body as it stops in Austin on its way back to Mexico. From verso: "Emilio Carranza was a famous Mexican 'Ace' who was killed in an accident in New Jersey just after he had taken off for Mexico City where his bride of four months awaited him. His father Sebastian Carranza accompanied the body. At various stops along the way from New York to Mexico, recognition was given the flying ace. In Austin members of state and city governments met the train as well as members of the Chamber of Commerce: Max Bickler, J.A. Nichols, A.D. Bolm, Sam Sparks, Horace Barnhart, John D. Miller, James W. Bass, Lynn Hunter, A.D. Boone, Walter Murray, Martin Andersen, Walter Seaholm, R. Niles Graham, H.H. Luedecke, J. W. Ezelle, and Walter E. Long."
Date: July 21, 1928
Creator: Boone's Photo Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Kite Tournament]

Photograph of a kite flying tournament with cars parked in a row by a field and spectators watching. A small boy in the foreground holds the string of a kite.
Date: [1928..1938]
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory, Austin
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men Stand in Formation]

Photograph of a group of men standing in a formation at the Texas School of Military Aeronautics. Several men hold bugles and a few have drums.
Date: 1928
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Policeman directing traffic

Officer O. G. Hill directing traffic at 6th and Congress while holding a large umbrella.
Date: 1928
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas School of Military Aeronautics]

Photograph of insignias on the wall of a building at the Texas School of Military Aeronautics.
Date: 1928
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Guadalupe Street

Photograph of Guadalupe Street taken from the west approximately where the present-day "The Drag" is located. A street car is in motion along the street. Texas Bookstore, University Co-Op and Roach Brothers pharmacy are on the west side of Guadalupe Street.
Date: April 17, 1927
Creator: Boone
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Campsite]

Photograph of a campsite, with a tent and a campfire visible. A small note on the back of the photograph says "honey moon."
Date: January 21, 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fall Creek, Llano Co.

Photograph of a waterfall at Fall Creek in Llano County. The photograph was taken from the water level below, showing the water flowing from above. Inscription on the back reads "104 ft. waterfall."
Date: 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Frank Caldwell on Deer Creek

Photograph of Frank Caldwell in a small cave at Deer Creek.
Date: 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Old Church at Brazoria

Photograph of an old church at Brazoria, Texas. There is a picket fence in front of the church.
Date: 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Seaholm Power Plant]

Photograph of the Seaholm Power Plant. Caption on print: "L-R: 'New' boiler room, turbine room, 'old' boiler room--which became the shop after equipment was removed and black stack torn down." A smokestack reads "Austin the Friendly City."
Date: 1927~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Christopher Morley to John Stahl] (open access)

[Letter from Christopher Morley to John Stahl]

Letter signed by Chirstopher Morley declining an invitation by Mr. Stahl of the Sears Roebuck Agricultural Foundation
Date: November 26, 1926
Creator: Morley, Christopher
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invitation to "Will Rogers" Party at Woodlawn for Governor-elect Dan Moody] (open access)

[Invitation to "Will Rogers" Party at Woodlawn for Governor-elect Dan Moody]

An invitation to a "Will Rogers" Party at Woodlawn for Governor-elect Dan Moody.
Date: November 2, 1926
Creator: Graham, Richard Niles & Graham, Anita
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History