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Neal Douglass Photography Collection
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Rescuing Texas History, 2007
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Rescuing Texas History, 2009
24
Rescuing Texas History, 2006
21
Dewey G. Mears Photograph Archive
19
Austin History Center General Collection Photographs
13
Rescuing Texas History, 2019
13
Frank Caldwell Collection
4
Lisa Davis Photographic Collection
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[Train on Waller Creek Bridge]
Photograph of the front view of a steam train paused on the Waller Creek bridge in Austin. Buildings can be seen on both the right and left hand side of the bridge. There are passengers visible on the platform to the left of the train. On the back of the photograph there is a note that reads "With a little steam left this forerunner of a soon-to-be speeding civilization has stopped on the little Waller Creek bridge in Austin to let the passengers from Houston and other points out a the Depot House, Christmas day, 1871." Also on the back there is a note that reads "504 E 5th(?) Houston & Texas Central."
Date:
December 25, 1871
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Athol Estes Porter Autograph book
Autograph album belonging to Athol Estes, includes 10-line two stanza poem. First letters of first five lines acrostically spell Athol (first letters of lines) and Estes (last letters of lines). Signed "W.S.P."
Date:
September 25, 1885
Creator:
Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Capt. Drannon -- Chief of Scouts
Photograph of Capt. Drannon, Chief of Scouts, at age 80 in Clarendon, Texas. A farmhouse is visible in the background.
Date:
November 25, 1906
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Woman in Galveston, Texas]
Photograph of a woman in Galveston, Texas. The woman is wearing a spotted dress and a bonnet. She stands on the beach, and the bottom of a pier or platform is partially visible behind her.
Date:
July 25, 1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rio Grande River]
Photograph of the Rio Grande River. Inscription on the back reads "Brownsville, Texas looking west from bank of Rio Grande towards Ferry landing Mexico (Matamoros) and U.S. Customs House, May 25, 1915."
Date:
May 25, 1915
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Julia Maria Pease from Dave Pease]
A letter to Julia Maria Pease from Dave Pease, a former slave.
Date:
August 25, 1915
Creator:
Pease, Dave
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Julia Maria Pease from S.L. Whitley]
A letter to Julia Maria Pease from S.L. Whitley, the child of a former slave.
Date:
August 25, 1915
Creator:
Whitley, S.L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Julia Maria Pease]
A letter to Julia Maria Pease from a former employee who had emigrated from Japan—he wants to go back and get married, and he asks Pease to verify that he had legally come into the US from Japan, so that he can return with his wife.
Date:
October 25, 1919
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Richard Niles Graham from Richard Berkeley Bell]
A short letter to Richard Niles Graham from tennis player Richard Berkeley Bell.
Date:
September 25, 1926
Creator:
Bell, Richard Berkeley
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Water Pageant at Barton Springs]
Photograph of Water Pageant at Barton Springs for the Chamber of Commerce mid-year meeting. Crowds of spectators sit on the hillside on the far side of the pool; four people in costume dance in the foreground.
Date:
June 25, 1931
Creator:
Boone Photo Company
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Water Pageant at Barton Springs]
Photograph of Water Pageant at Barton Springs for the Chamber of Commerce mid-year meeting. Crowds of spectators sit on the hillside on the far side of the pool; four people in costume dance in the foreground.
Date:
June 25, 1931
Creator:
Boone Photo Company
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Falstaff Beer Trucks]
Beer trucks belonging to the Lightsey Carroll Company Distributors stand at the ready to deliver beer to thirsty Austinites. Featuring the Capitol in the background lends an air of legality to beer distribution, particularly considering that Prohibition had ended just five months before.
Date:
May 25, 1934
Creator:
Ellison Photo Co.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Falls of Bull Creek]
Photograph of the falls of Bull Creek. The text on the back of the photo reads, "The high falls near 'Slanting Rock' swimming hole in upper Bull Creek. This shows about half of the falls."
Date:
July 25, 1936
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Family Standing in Bull Creek]
Photograph of a family wading in Bull Creek. There are three children, an adult man, and a small dog standing in the water; a number of trees are visible along the bank in the background.
Date:
July 25, 1936
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shrine Parade
Photograph of a Shrine parade in New Orleans, LA. The crowd watches uniformed people march through the street while carrying U.S. flags and flags of the Christian cross. Houston and Austin groups are represented in the photograph.
Date:
April 25, 1938
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gaston Avenue]
Photograph of Gaston Avenue looking east to McCallum Drive; Pemberton Heights subdivision. Houses are visible on both sides of the street and in the background; also in the far background is the UT tower.
Date:
January 25, 1940
Creator:
Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
McCallum Drive Looking North
Photograph of McCallum Drive facing north. Houses are visible on both sides of the street and a car is parked on the right side of the street.
Date:
January 25, 1940
Creator:
Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Santa Rita Street
Photograph of a view down Santa Rita Street looking West from Perdenales in East Austin. L.A. Preston Food Store can be seen on the South side of the street.
Date:
January 25, 1940
Creator:
Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Woolridge Drive looking north from Claire Avenue
Photograph of Wooldridge Drive looking north from Claire Avenue. Several houses are visible in the background.
Date:
January 25, 1940
Creator:
Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Women in a Field of Crops]
Photograph of four women standing in a field looking at vegetable plants. Two women are pointing to plants. A car is parked alongside the field. Telephone poles are in the background.
Date:
May 25, 1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Governor W. Lee O'Daniel Seated at Desk]
Photograph of Governor W. Lee O'Daniel seated at a desk. He is about to sign a draft order in the Governor's Mansion.
Date:
September 25, 1940
Creator:
Douglass, Neal
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Swearing in of Bill Lawson
Portrait of Bill Lawson behind a reflective desk during his swearing in as the new Secretary of State.
Date:
February 25, 1941
Creator:
Douglass, Neal
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Father Patrick Duffy and Archbishop Robert E. Lucey]
Photograph of Father Patrick Duffy, founder of St. Ignatius Martyr Catholic Church in Austin, and Archbishop Robert E. Lucey of San Antonio are standing with three other men. The men are standing outside looking at a document.
Date:
March 25, 1941
Creator:
Douglass, Neal
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Father Patrick Duffy and Archbishop Robert E. Lucey with Group]
Photograph of Father Patrick Duffy, founder of St. Ignatius Martyr Catholic Church in Austin, and Archbishop Robert E. Lucey of San Antonio are standing outside in a group of men. Three of the other men are clerics and one man is wearing a suit.
Date:
March 25, 1941
Creator:
Douglass, Neal
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History