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Neal Douglass Photography Collection
277
Rescuing Texas History, 2007
103
Rescuing Texas History, 2009
96
Dewey G. Mears Photograph Archive
94
Rescuing Texas History, 2006
59
Frank Caldwell Collection
28
Rescuing Texas History, 2015
28
Austin History Center General Collection Photographs
22
Lisa Davis Photographic Collection
18
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[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Esther, an enslaved woman]
An agreement for enslaver E.M. Pease’s purchase of Esther, an enslaved woman.
Date:
1837-04-18/1837-04-20
Creator:
Pease, Elisha Marshall
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Proclamation from Governor E.M. Pease regarding criminal fugitives from Louisiana]
A proclamation from Governor E.M. Pease regarding criminal fugitives from Louisiana.
Date:
April 6, 1855
Creator:
Pease, Elisha Marshall & Holland, Bird
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Governor E.M. Pease from John Bigler, governor of California]
A letter to Governor E.M. Pease from John Bigler, governor of California.
Date:
April 20, 1855
Creator:
Bigler, John
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to E.M. Pease from Lucadia Pease]
The first of two letters to E.M. Pease from Lucadia Pease in which she discusses the possible purchase of a house from James B. Shaw. Includes typewritten transcription of the letter.
Date:
April 12, 1859
Creator:
Pease, Lucadia
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to E.M. Pease from Lucadia Pease]
The second of two letters to E.M. Pease from Lucadia Pease in which she discusses the possible purchase of a house from James B. Shaw. Includes typewritten transcription of the letter.
Date:
April 20, 1859
Creator:
Pease, Lucadia
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alexander Jackson Hamilton Funeral
View of Capitol looking north. People crowded on the steps and to the east of the building.
Date:
April 12, 1875
Creator:
Hillyer, H. B.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Andrew Jackson Hamilton Funeral at Capitol]
Photograph of funeral of former Texas governor Andrew Jackson Hamilton at the State Capitol building. Original albumen print filed with Gethsemane Collection, AR.M.013. Same as C00253
Date:
April 12, 1875
Creator:
Hillyer, H. B.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cavalry Troops Marching in Texas Capitol Building Dedication Parade]
Photograph of the parade for the dedication of the Texas State Capitol building. This particular photograph features cavalry troops (Interstate drill) marching down Congress Avenue. Crowds of spectators are standing watching on either side of the street. Many flags are on display.
Date:
April 28, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pontoon Bridge
Photograph of a pontoon bridge. A man is standing on the right side of the bridge. Further to the right is a horse tied to the bridge's post. A small building is visible past the other side of the water. The photograph is a cyanotype.
Date:
April 2, 1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Pavillion at Hyde Park]
A crowd watching four men in the lake behind the pavillion.
Date:
April 22, 1895
Creator:
Ellison Photo Co.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin High School Mid A. Grade, 1896
Photograph of Austin High School Mid A. Grade class portrait on April 13, 1896. Austin High School opened in 1881. The class consists of 22 young women and five young men seated and standing in front of a school building at 11th Street and Rio Grande Street. There is a broken window behind the woman (Clara Whitteu) on the far left of the group, and a man stands nearly out of frame on the far left. From left to right (first row, seated): Gene Clark, Annie Spence, Mamie Heflybower, Lenora Patterson, Nellie Brown, Haysie Heflybower, Edna Slaughter, Molly Alison, George Decherd; (second row standing and seated): Clara Whitteu, Doree Durfee, LuEmma Raymond, Nan Turner, Kate Mayes, Willie Smith, Gracie Taylor, Laura Hirshfeld, Mary Perry; (last row, seated and standing): Ira Hamilton, Bessie Walsh, Zella Swancoat, Erin Crane, Lula Rose, Scott Key, Ansell Carouth, Will Orr, and Harry Bach.
Date:
April 13, 1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas School for the Blind
Group of men in suits and hats lined up in front of campus buildings. For more information: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kct25
Date:
April 29, 1896
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Marionettes
Short story about a doctor who leads a double-life as a burglar.
Date:
April 1902
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Prose fiction
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten letter from F.M. Maddox to W.S. Porter (O. Henry)]
F. M. Maddox's reply to O. Henry's request for Maddox to lend him seventy-five dollars. Maddox asks if it's possible for O. Henry to get the money from his friend in New York.
Date:
April 29, 1902
Creator:
Maddox, F. M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
One Dollar's Worth
Short story about a counterfeiting case.
Date:
April 1903
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Prose fiction
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Retrieved Reform
A short story about Jimmy Valentine, a young safe-cracker.
Date:
April 1903
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Prose fiction
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Unveiling of Confederate Monument at Capitol
People gathered on the Capitol grounds including two men on top of a power line pole.
Date:
April 16, 1903
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Holding up a Train
Short story about holding up a train. A preface by O. Henry says "The man who told me these things was for several years an outlaw in the Southwest...I give the story in almost exactly his own words."
Date:
April 1904
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Prose fiction
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Group Portrait of a Family]
Photograph of a family in a group pose in front of a wooden house. A handwritten note on the back reads "House made from RR [railroad] ties." The photograph is a cyanotype.
Date:
April 7, 1907
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
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
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Pecos High Bridge and Railroad]
Photograph of a railroad with the foot of a cliff to the left and a river to the right. Utility lines run above and to the right of the railroad. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Sunset Route."
Date:
April 10, 1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Pecos River Seen from the Pecos High Bridge]
Photograph of the Pecos River from above. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "From the Pecos High Bridge - Sunset Route - 4/10/13 - Ht. 320 ft."
Date:
April 10, 1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sunset Route
Photograph of a railroad running along the Pecos River on the Sunset Route. Utility lines and a wire fence are visible between the railroad and the river.
Date:
April 10, 1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bullfight in Juarez, Mexico]
Photograph of a bullfight in Juarez, Mexico. The crowd watches from their shaded balcony as the matadors enter the ring. Inscription on the back reads "Torrodors [sic] and Picadors entering the Bull Ring."
Date:
April 13, 1913
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History