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Travis Heights, Austin

Photograph of a car driving through the Travis Heights subdivision in Austin. There are trees and shrubs on either side of the dirt road; no houses are visible.

Date: July 15, 1913

Item Type: Photograph

Congress Avenue with street rail

Looking north towards Capitol at about the 500 block of Congress Avenue. A family in the foreground is either getting off or getting on a street rail car.

Date: 1913

Item Type: Photograph

Congress Avenue with street rail

Looking north towards Capitol at about the 500 block of Congress Avenue. A family in the foreground is either getting off or getting on a street rail car.

Date: 1913

Item Type: Photograph

Armistice parade down Congress from Capitol

People lining Congress Avenue watching a parade of military personnel pass on their way from the Capitol.

Date: November 11, 1918

Creator: Jordan Company

Item Type: Photograph

Governor’s Mansion

Front elevation, walkway with urns, Gothic screen door is in place, carriage house visible, as well as gazebo and wood fence, grounds shown.

Date: 1914

Item Type: Photograph

Governor’s Mansion

Front facade, walkway with urns, gazebo, carriage house, grounds, curb.

Date: 1910

Item Type: Photograph

Toll office set up at 400 Congress Avenue due to fire which destroyed the toll bank in the telephone building at 410 Congress. Pictured L-R: Miss Anna Koch (Mrs. R. M. Ewalt), Beulah Morrow (Mrs. Beulah Davis), Clarence Oliver (Traffic Supt. for Texas ), Mrs. A. C. Newton (Toll chief operator), S. U. Barron, Marguertie Doris (Mrs. Marguerite Ravenelli), Lillie McGee, Laura Foster (Mrs. Laura Raley), Ollie Joyce (Mrs. Ollie Peterson).

Date: July 1916

Item Type: Photograph

[Clark Field]

Soldiers sitting in an arc for a group panoramic photo.

Date: 1917/1918

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

[Texas vs. Notre Dame football game]

Paul Simmonds being tackled in a 7-30 loss to Notre Dame on Thanksgiving Day, 1913.

Date: November 27, 1913

Item Type: Photograph

[Flood waters on Shoal Creek]

Looking south from the bend in Shoal Creek at the corner of Nueces and West 4th Street. The railroad bridge at West 3rd is in view. The back of Quality Mills can be seen slightly obscured by trees.

Date: September 1915

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

[Flood waters at Shoal Creek and West 6th Street]

Crowd of people across Shoal Creek observing a street rail car passing through the flood waters.

Date: 1915

Item Type: Photograph

[Austin Volunteer Fire Department]

Photograph of the Austin Volunteer Fire Department on parade down Congress Avenue.

Date: 1910

Item Type: Photograph

[Field with Capitol in Background]

Photograph of a landscape view of a field in the foreground with the city skyline, including the Capitol dome, in the background. The field is now Zilker Park.

Date: 1910~

Item Type: Photograph

[Buildings on Congress Avenue]

Photograph of a view looking south down Congress Avenue. Among the buildings lining the street are he Austin American and the Von Boeckmann Jones Company.

Date: 1918~

Item Type: Photograph

[Women Wading in Bull Creek]

Photograph of six women wading in Bull Creek. They are holding up their skirts and pointing their toes at the camera. The names written on the back of the photo are (from left to right): Gertrude, Myrtie, Beulah, Ethel, Mamie McKenzie, and Zula Edens.

Date: April 21, 1913

Item Type: Photograph

[Texas League Ball Park Flooded by Colorado River]

Photograph of the Texas League Ballpark in South Austin flooded by the Colorado River in December 1913.

Date: December 3, 1913

Item Type: Photograph

[Aftermath of 1915 flood]

View of aftermath of April 1915 flood, Waller Creek at 705 E. 6th Street, Austin. People are gathered on the stone bridge and look down onto the creek. Damaged buildings are on either side of the creek.

Date: 1915

Item Type: Photograph

[Boy Standing in Waller Creek Flood Debris]

Photograph of a boy standing among debris of Waller Creek flood.

Date: 1915

Item Type: Photograph

[Street Car Bridge over Waller Creek]

Photograph of the street car bridge over Waller Creek located at 1st and Red River. People are standing along the bridge and there is a home in the background. Note on photograph reads: "Street car bridge 1st & Red River Austin, Tex. 4-23-15."

Date: April 23, 1915

Item Type: Photograph

[Eanes one-room school building]

Photograph of a classroom interior as seen from the back entrance door, showing wooden desks and seats with slatted backs in the foreground, along with a cast iron stove in the central aisle. To the back of the photograph lies the teacher's wooden desk, and a long blackboard that spans the length of the front classroom wall. There are two wall-mounted gas lamps above the blackboard, and several photographs are posted above and on the blackboard. The floor is constructed of wooden boards, and th… more

Date: 1910~

Item Type: Photograph

[Calbraith P. Rodgers landing plane]

Photograph of a crowd gathered around Calbraith P. Rodgers when he crash landed his plane at Ridgetop. He was flying from Sheepshead Bay, New York to Pasadena, California.

Date: October 20, 1911

Item Type: Photograph

[Donate Old Tires]

Photograph of a tire donation point in front of the Texas State Capitol's south façade during World War I. The donation point is designed to look like a totem pole like those found in the Pacific Northwest. The cement base of the pole is painted with the words "Donate Old Tires."

Date: [1914,1918]

Item Type: Photograph

Armistice Day Parade

Photograph of a group of men marching in an Armistice Day parade in 1919. The identities of some of the men are given by Mr. George C. Hawley: Dr. T.U. Taylor is holding the flag, Dr. E.P. Schoch is the tall professor in the first row (next to Dr. Bantel), Dr. E.C. Bantel is the first person in the line of march.

Date: 1919

Item Type: Photograph

Soldier and His Mule

Photograph of an American World War I-era soldier standing in the street with a pack mule. There is a street car in the background along with a drug store and other men in the street.

Date: [1915..1920]

Item Type: Photograph

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Congress Avenue with street rail

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Armistice parade down Congress from Capitol

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Telephone operators

[Clark Field]

[Texas vs. Notre Dame football game]

[Flood waters on Shoal Creek]

[Flood waters at Shoal Creek and West 6th Street]

[Austin Volunteer Fire Department]

[Field with Capitol in Background]

[Buildings on Congress Avenue]

[Women Wading in Bull Creek]

[Texas League Ball Park Flooded by Colorado River]

[Aftermath of 1915 flood]

[Boy Standing in Waller Creek Flood Debris]

[Street Car Bridge over Waller Creek]

[Eanes one-room school building]

[Calbraith P. Rodgers landing plane]

[Donate Old Tires]

Armistice Day Parade

Soldier and His Mule