Resource Type
Partner
Country
Decade
Month
Language
[Round Rock Motor Company]
A black and white photograph of a large group of people standing in front of the Round Rock Motor Co. and flanking a dark Ford automobile. The auto bears the words "TWENTY-MILLIONTH" in large white capital letters, with the Ford logo appearing below.
Date:
1930~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Palm Valley train stop]
Black and white photograph of a single line of railway tracks going from left to right across the photograph. There is a small, open waiting platform to the right. A sign hanging on the platform identifies the train stop as PALM VALLEY.
Date:
19uu
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gathering at political hall]
Photograph of Granger political hall upstairs (Elick Hall) and general merchandise store downstairs. People gathered on all stories and on horses in front of building.
Date:
1896~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Horse and carriage]
Photograph of horse and carriage in parade, Taylor.
Date:
1910~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Crowd with cars gathered for Victory Day]
Photograph of the hour of Victory, November 11, 1918. Street scene of large group of men, women, and children standing in front of J. F. Martinets & Co. Store. Armistice Day.
Date:
November 11, 1918
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Foster's Laundry with delivery truck]
Photograph of crew of women posing next to a Foster's Laundry truck and metal building.
Date:
June 1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mule hitched to covered buggy]
Black and white photograph of a covered wagon pulled by a single mule hitched in front of a covered porch or walkway in front of a business establishment. A second wagon can be just be made out in the far background.
Date:
19uu
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Granger Dam before water]
Photograph of aerial view of Granger Dam prior to water being in it.
Date:
1970~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Model T driving down street]
Black and white photograph of downtown Georgetown, Texas, showing one car in the foreground in the middle of the road. There is one prominent building on the right side. This is the view looking west at the 8th and Austin Ave. intersection. The sign on the building is "STROMBERG HOFFMAN & COMPANY."
Date:
19uu
Creator:
Atlee, Luis W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gunnar Rydell with tractor in field]
Photograph of Gunnar Rydell standing next to tractor after mowing hay.
Date:
194X
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[New Bern Church with automobile]
Photograph of New Bern Church and school built ca. 1892 by Swiss immigrants Stauffer, Kreig, and Walter families, four miles north of Thrall. Second, larger church was built ca. 1912. Automobile out front of church.
Date:
19uu
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cars on West Side of Main Street Hutto]
Photograph of automobiles on west side of Main Street.
Date:
1916~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial view of streets in Granger]
Photograph of aerial view in Granger of streets and homes.
Date:
October 1916
Creator:
Trlica, Jno.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Downtown street scene]
Black and white photograph of downtown Georgetown showing buildings and Model-T cars parked on a dirt road. In the distance one car is being driven on the road.
Date:
19uu
Creator:
Atlee, Luis W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Johnson family with tractor]
Photograph Rod and Sigurd Johnson (far right) with cousins and a John Deere tractor and cane/hay binder, near Jonah.
Date:
1951~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Wooden Bridge leading to Old Town Round Rock]
Photograph of the wooden bridge leading into "Old Town" Round Rock around the turn of the century. This was also the Chisholm Trail, and Sam Bass rode over this bridge after an attempted bank robbery. The house on the left is known as the Jessie Sansom home. The building on the right was the church. The two-story home in the background was the Ledbetter home. The store past the church was the Mays and Black store. The bridge was dismantled during World War II and the metal supports were used during the scrap metal drives.
Date:
189u
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Model A Ford- Mail carrier & car]
Photograph of Mr. Edward Peterson with his Model A Ford. A note with the picture states that Mr. Peterston used the automobile to carry mail from 1928 until he retired in 1960. Prior to that, he delivered Round Rock's mail on horseback and in a gig.
Date:
19uu
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Funeral of Father Pridal]
Photograph of funeral of Father Frantisek Pridal which included a procession from St. Cyril and Methodius Church through Granger to Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery about 2.5 miles east of Granger. Visible is a truck and automobile.
Date:
January 1927
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Blacksmith shop with buggies out front]
Photograph of Mr. Law (on left) at the blacksmith shop in Florence with buggies parked out front.
Date:
1900~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Round Rock Post office Mail Carriers with buggy]
Photograph of two mail carriers and the Postmaster standing in front of the U.S. Post Office in 1905 in Round Rock. From left to right: Bob Carlson, father of Carlo and Leon Carlson, unidentified, and Postmaster Robert Hyland, 1897-1911. Each mail carrier stands in front of a horse-drawn hack, which they would drive all around the countryside to deliver mail, and which are identified by signs reading "US Mail Route No. --". Both carriers hold bags of mail, and Carlson also holds a metal cash box. The post office behind them is a limestone building with double front doors, arched glass windows, pillars, and a covered porch.
Date:
1905
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Man with buggy in snow]
Black and white photograph of a man, two horses or mules, and a closed buggy standing in snow.
Date:
19uu
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Horse drawn ice wagon in Round Rock]
Photograph of horse-drawn ice wagon with H. N. "Farmer" Egger and Curtis Parker in the picture.
Date:
1913~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Courthouse with Model T's out front]
Photograph of fifth and most recent Williamson County Courthouse in 1911 with Model T cars parked in front.
Date:
1911
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Blesdoe residence with buggy in front]
Photograph of Blesdoe residence with a horse drawn buggy in front.
Date:
19uu
Creator:
Alf. Otto
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History