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[Palo Duro Canyon]
Photograph of a campsite at Palo Duro Canyon. The entrance to the pyramidal tent in the center of the image is directly lined up with the trail entering the campsite, and the number 20 is printed on the tent. Large hills are visible in the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Palo Duro Canyon]
Photograph of Palo Duro Canyon. The photograph was shot inside the canyon, with a view of the small stream running through it. Sparse plants grow near the water's edge and on top of the rocky cliffs.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Prismoidal (One Rail) Railway System, Adapted for City Streets, Suburban, and General Railroad Traffic
Photograph of a crowd of people on a train. A handwritten note reads "W.W. Knowles, Bastrop, TX, [illegible] at Brenham." A printed note on the back of the photograph reads, "Prismoidal (One Rail) Railway System, Adapted for City Streets, Suburban, and General Railroad Traffic; Practicable by Steam, or Horse power; Elevated or at Grade; Built and equipped at one half the cost of any other plan of equal capacity; Cars impossible to be thrown from track; examination of this system, by engineers and others, is respectfully solicited. I am now prepared to grant Licenses to railway companies and others, to construct and use the Prismoidal railway system., E. Crew, Inventor and Patentee."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ruins of Belle Plain College]
Photograph of ruins of Belle Plain College in Callahan County near Baird. The ruins consist of a rectangular structure of stone walls without a roof.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[San Marcos, Texas]
Photograph of a fish station at San Marcos, Texas, taken from above. The photograph captures a large, circular pond that is split into four quarters. A handwritten note on the back reads, "U.S. Fish [Coms.?] Station, San Marcos, Texas, Ponds No. 1-2-3-4 and 5 just in front of dwelling. J.L. Leary, Mkt."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
School House at Panna Maria, Karnes County
Photograph of a school house in Panna Maria, Karnes County. Three men in hats are standing on the roof of the building.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sheriffs of Hood County
Photograph of Hood County Sheriffs. The names of the sheriffs (in unknown order) are listed on the back of the photograph.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Soldiers at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas]
Photograph of uniformed soldiers and families gathered in the plaza in front of the Alamo. Some of the soldiers are holding sabers.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
U.S. Military Post Church
Photograph of a U.S. Military post church. This is St. Paul's Episcopal Church which is shown behind a small picket fence with a barracks building to the right. A history of San Antonio is printed on the back. Cabinet card format.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
U.S. Military Post from Tower
Photograph of a U.S. Military Post, taken from a nearby tower. A low stone building is visible across the foreground, and a 2-story building, possibly housing, is visible across the background. Other buildings are in the center. Cabinet card format.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Jacobson, M. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
U.S. Military Post, Officers' Quarters
Photograph of Officers' Quarters at the U.S. Military post in San Antonio. The building is a slanted, two-story row of rooms in four segments. A brief, printed history of San Antonio is provided on the back of the photograph.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Jacobson, M. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[U.S. Military Post, San Antonio, Texas]
Photograph of a U.S. Military post in San Antonio, taken from a distance uphill. A tower is visible in the background. Several buildings are at right and at center is a field with large mounds of hay. The back of the photograph provides a printed description and history of the vicinity.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Jacobson, M. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[William A. A. (Bigfoot) Wallace]
Photograph of William A. A. (Bigfoot) Wallace, a famous Texas Ranger. He stands next to a low stone wall studio prop in front of a backdrop painted with a landscape. The back of the photograph provides a printed biography of him. Cabinet card format.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Roy W. Aldrich]
Photograph of Roy W. Aldrich, a longtime Texas Ranger, sitting in an armchair while reading a book and smoking a cigarette.
Date:
1954
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Austin Dam]
Photograph of Austin Dam. Several people watch as the water runs into the spillway. The machine building is visible at left.
Date:
December 6, 1938
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Austin Dam]
Photograph of the Austin Dam. Several people watch as water flows into the spillway. The machine building is visible at left.
Date:
December 6, 1938
Creator:
unknown
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Austin Dam]
Photograph of the Austin Dam. This photograph was taken from the side where the water flows out of the dam.
Date:
1938?
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Austin Dam]
Photograph of the Austin Dam. The water is flowing through the dam's open floodgates.
Date:
1938?
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Man near Airplanes]
Photograph of a man near a line of airplanes at an airport in Austin. The airplanes are mid 20th century models with two seats.
Date:
October 22, 1937
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Man near an Airplane]
Photograph of a man near a plane at an airport in Austin. The plane is a mid 20th century model with two seats.
Date:
October 22, 1937
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buchanan Dam
Photograph of Buchanan Dam at Llano, Texas. Two cranes are set up in the area.
Date:
April 21, 1937
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buchanan Dam
Photograph of Buchanan Dam at Llano, Texas. The photograph was taken from a long distance to capture the entire dam. A single individual is visible at a cliff in the distance.
Date:
April 21, 1937
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Buchanan Dam]
Photograph of Buchanan Dam, with a view of the Colorado River in Llano, Texas.
Date:
April 21, 1937
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History