[Congress Avenue Before 1875]

Photograph of a view looking down Congress Avenue, taken before 1875. There are builidngs and horse drawn buggies lining the street. The Capitol (1853-1881) building is in the background.
Date: unknown/1875
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Colorado River, Texas near Marble Falls

Photograph of a river and the surrounding landscape near Marble Falls. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Colorado River, Texas - 1879, near Marble Falls, below the falls."
Date: 1879
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[G. R. Goldbecks]

Photograph of a G. R. Goldbecks, who is sitting and wearing a suit. Inscribed on the back to Max Lungkwitz.
Date: 1879
Creator: Kersting, F. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Marble Falls]

Photograph of the town of Marble Falls. Dirt roads criss-cross into the town. There are two circles of buildings in the distance, with people and horses standing in the dirt roads. A handwritten note on the back says, "Marble Falls, Texas 1879, Bank Saloon, Granite [Mountain?]"
Date: 1879
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Marble Falls]

Photograph of a river at Marble Falls, Texas. The water is flowing down layers of flat rock. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Marble Falls, Texas 1879, Granite Shoals, Looking North [illegible]."
Date: 1879
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pecan Street (6th Street) Before Driskill Hotel]

Photograph of Pecan Street (6th Street) looking east from Colorado circa 1879, taken before the Driskill Hotel was built. Hamilton Biscoe Hillyer's gallery is in the photograph.
Date: 1879~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of a Man]

Photograph of a man who is only visible from the chest up and wearing a suit.
Date: [1879..1899]
Creator: Hill, S. B.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of a Man]

Photograph of a man, who is sitting and wearing a farm.
Date: [1879..1900]
Creator: Hill, S. B.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of a Man]

Photograph of a man, who is wearing a suit.
Date: [1879..1900]
Creator: Hill, S. B.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of a Man]

Photograph of a man, who is standing, wearing a suit, and only visible from the waist up.
Date: [1879..1900]
Creator: Hill, S. B.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Edmond Bellinger]

Photograph of Edmond Bellinger, who is only visible from the torso up and wearing a suit.
Date: [1879..1899]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[San Antonio River, San Antonio]

Photograph of a small, wooden dam in the San Antonio, River. A log in the dam says, "Spanish Oil."
Date: 1879
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tree in a Boulder]

Photograph of a tree growing through a boulder, with the boulder cracked midway. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Tree splits a granite boulder near Marble Falls, TX, Llano County 1879."
Date: 1879
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to President Rutherford B. Hayes] (open access)

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to President Rutherford B. Hayes]

A draft of a letter from E.M. Pease to President Rutherford B. Hayes.
Date: March 9, 1877
Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Congress Avenue at 7th Street]

Looking south down the east side of Congress Avenue and 7th Street.
Date: 1877/1878
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mooney & Morrison's General Directory Of The City Of Austin, Texas, For 1877-78. (open access)

Mooney & Morrison's General Directory Of The City Of Austin, Texas, For 1877-78.

General directory for Austin, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses.
Date: 1877
Creator: Mooney & Morrison
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Jennie Bickler]

Photograph of Jennie Bickler as a young girl, is sitting in a small armchair and wearing a dress.
Date: 1877
Creator: Marks, H. R.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Congress Avenue

Photograph of Congress Avenue, looking north from between 5th and 6th streets. 1853 Capitol building in view.
Date: 1876
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Train at platform]

Photograph of a train at a platform. A man stands near it. Smoke billows from the smokestack. No other passengers are visible. Houses are visible on the left parallel to the rail line.
Date: 1876?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
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

[Portrait of a Man]

Photograph of a man, who is sitting and wearing a suit.
Date: [1875..1900]
Creator: Schuwirth, George
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Texas Scrap-Book: Made Up of the History, Biography, and Miscellany of Texas and Its People (open access)

A Texas Scrap-Book: Made Up of the History, Biography, and Miscellany of Texas and Its People

A book about Texas history, biography, and miscellany.
Date: 1875
Creator: Baker, D. W. C. (De Witt Clinton), 1832-1881
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas State Capitol and Street Railroad]

Photograph of the Texas State Capitol with a view of the street railroad on Congress Avenue.
Date: 1875~
Creator: Columbia Construction Co.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History