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1887 Graduating class of Austin High School

Description: Photograph of the 1887 graduating class of Austin High School. Front row (left to right): Pearl Caswell, Nannie Kelley, Florence Collins, Lucille James. Middle row (left to right): Eliza Mitchell, J. H. Bryant (professor), Minnie Sykes. Back row standing (left to right): unidentified woman, Mila Morris, Janie Maxwell, unidentified woman, Eve Sadler, Gertrude Whitis, Helen Grant, and William Gorden.
Date: 1887

[Group Portrait of National Teacher's Association at Mount Vernon]

Description: Photograph of a large group of people in Washington D.C. for the National Teacher's Association meeting, including Jacob Bickler (fourth row center), posing outside Mount Vernon. Other people are standing near the house in the background. Text below photo says, "Home of Washington, Mount Vernon, VA."
Date: 1887~/1892~
Creator: Dillon, Luke C.

[Group Portrait of Three Families]

Description: Photograph of a large group of people posing for a multi-family portrait during an outing. Included are the Jacob Bickler, Justus Zahn, and Ernst von Rosenberg families. There appears to be a long table set up with a picnic. Several children are on the ground in the front. There is a car in the background and a couple trees on the left.
Date: 1887

Hix Ball Team -- Champs of Central Texas

Description: Photograph of the Austin Hix Baseball Team, a group of nine young men in uniforms. Their names and positions are handwritten on the back of the photograph. They are, seated left to right: William G. Bell (pitcher), D. G. Eglehart (3rd base), Allen Harn (Right Field), Claud Steward (Center Field); standing: Bob Huck (2nd Base), Hugh Hajnie (Left Field), David A. McFall (Catcher), Fred T. Connaly (1st Base), James Gibbs (short stop). The photograph is cabinet card format.
Date: [1887..1888]
Creator: Hill, S. B.

[Front exterior of Governor's Mansion]

Description: Photograph of exterior front of Texas Governor's Mansion. The columns are dark, and the grounds are a bit unkempt and the windows shuttered. The mansion was built by Abner Cook in 1855 and was continuously occupied since 1856. The occupant here in 1886 was Governor Lawrence Sullivan Ross. The mansion was declared a Texas historical landmark in 1962 and a national historic landmark in 1970.
Date: 1888
Creator: Hillyer, H. B.

Jack County Courthouse

Description: Photograph of the Jack County Courthouse in Jacksboro, Texas. Three groups of men are seen in this picture. The largest group is on the ground, standing and on horseback, in front of the courthouse, another is standing on an arch above a door and outside a window, and the last group is on a balcony at the clock tower.
Date: 1888

Goddess of Liberty with Workers

Description: Capitol construction crews surrounding the Goddess of Liberty statue that was later placed on top of the Capitol dome. Right side, back row, fifth from right with mustache is identified as Hans Falkenberg. This original iteration of the Goddess was taken down during restoration of the Capitol in 1985, restored and eventually put on display at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum.
Date: February 1888

Beauties of San Antonio River

Description: Photograph of the San Antonio River. The silhouettes of three individuals are visible in the bottom left corner of the image. The other side of the river has buildings behind a wooden fence. The back of the photograph has a printed history of the city of San Antonio.
Date: 1889
Creator: Jacobson, M. E.
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