Front and back covers of a book titled "Ali Baba or the Forty Thieves." from the "Wonder-Story Series."

Front cover of a book about Captain Jeff of the Texas Rangers.

First page telling the story of the Colony in Texas; sketch of the colony included.

This document includes the front and back covers of "The Child's Book of Birds"; the back cover is a listing of "Popular Games, Toy Books, &c. For Young Children" which were published by the same company.

Front cover of a book titled "The Child's Palette: A Painting Book."

Front and back covers of a book titled "Cock Robin." from the "Cock Robin Series."

Colored lithograph by John James Audubon; plate XXXI from “The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America”

Pair of framed pictures, hand-colored over print of man and woman; clothing parts of skirt and trousers are cut out and there are pin-head like studs on clothing; back of frame is marked, "Courtship" & "Matrimony"

Front and back covers of a book titled "Dame Trot and her Comical Cat." from the "Pleasewell Series."

Modern painting (a) of Independence Hall at Washington-on-the-Brazos where the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed in 1836; (b) frame

Front cover and spine of the folio, and front cover and title page of a text containing a hand-colored, engraved pocket map of the western half of the United States showing roads, settlements, and rivers with "explanation" in lower left corner.

Engraved woodcut of cattle crossing a stream printed in Harper's Weekly, October 19, 1867, page 665.

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Abraham Lincoln with notation in lower left corner, "From life by F.B. Carpenter, 1864,"

German script that reads, "Der herr legne dich und behute dich. 4. Moses. 6, 24."

Steel engraving print of the town of San Antonio from Meyer's Universum.

Hand-colored lithograph of Sioux chief Esh-Tah-Hum-Leah visible from the waist up; he is wearing feathers in hair and has two braids, a scarf around his neck, and blanket over his right shoulder.

Front page of a book containing an illustrated portrait of Stephen Fuller Austin, labeled "Father of Texas, born at Austinville, Wythe Co., VA., Nov. 3, 1797."

Steel engraving print of Galveston, Texas showing a group of men sitting, or working on a wooden dock. A sunken ship is visible in the water on the right side of the image, and on the left, the dock curves and leads toward the town. A number of buildings are pictured along the dock.

Front and back covers of a book titled "Game Animals" from the "Bird and Animal Series."

(a) Lithograph of General Taylor and staff on horseback, soldiers standing at attention with U.S. flag; (b) frame, dark brown, wooden, cut nails with filler.

Front and back covers of a book titled "Goody Two-Shoes."

Hand-colored print of the Civil War camp, Camp Ford taken from an 1865 issue of Harper's Weekly, page 132. Camp Ford, located near Tyler, Texas was established in 1863 as a Confederate prison camp during the Civil War. Over the course of two years, the camp held about 6,000 prisoners and was one of the largest Confederate prison camps west of the Mississippi River.

Hand-colored print of the Civil War camp, Camp Ford took from an 1865 issue of Harper's Weekly, page 132. Camp Ford, located near Tyler, Texas was established in 1863 as a Confederate prison camp during the Civil War. Over the course of two years, the camp held about 6,000 prisoners and was one of the largest Confederate prison camps west of the Mississippi River. George Washington Simmons, pictured holding a pail, was the paymaster of the USS Clifton, captured at Sabine Pass on September 8, 1863. The crew was initially incarcerated at Camp Groce near Hempstead, but the prisoners were all moved to Camp Ford in December 1863. Simmons was in the Prisoner exchange that occurred at Red River Landing on February 25, 1865. The lithograph made from his sketch was published in New York on March 4, 1865, only a week after his exchange.

Lois Jean Cooper-Mayer Collection. Picture of Henrietta Veazey, sister of Catherine (Kate) Veazey; taken about 1877, year she died; from collection of 71 items (parts a-bs): documents, photographs, and books. See 1983-82.1 - .7 for related three dimensional objects. On back of photograph: "Henretta Veazey. Born: 1858 in Gay Hill, Texas. Died: According to family tradition, when 19, same year picture taken, Gay Hill, Texas. Father: Y. Sheppard Veazey. Mother: Amanda Malvina Zimmerman. Older Sister of Catherine (Kate) Veazey (Mrs. Eugene Bibb Wallace). Family tradition says she was engaged to William Wallace (no relation to E. B. Wallace). When she died he married her older sister Zoe."