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Elisabet Ney's Studio

Photograph of an exterior view of Elisabet Ney's Studio. The stone building has a classical style pediment. Two people are visible seated at a table to the side of the building.

Date: 1893

Item Type: Photograph

Morrison & Fourmy's General Directory of the City of Austin, 1893-94

General directory for Austin, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "the present state, county and city governments, and a complete list of all county officials, post offices and money order offices in Texas; also an index of societies, associations, churches, corporations, educational institutes, the full name and address of all residents, their occupations or pursuits… more

Date: 1893

Creator: Morrison & Fourmy

Item Type: Book

Picnic at Hyde Park

Photograph of a large group of kids posing for a group picture after a picnic in Hyde park. They are lined up in four rows in front of what looks to be a stage with a painted backdrop of a street scene.

Date: 1893

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.305177 -97.731512

Prospectus of the Colorado Lake Chautauqua Association at Austin, Texas, For the Season of 1893

This prospectus outlines the ideals and intentions of the Colorado Lake Chautauqua Association to educate the people of the city and provide better public services.

Date: 1893

Creator: Colorado Lake Chautauqua Association

Item Type: Pamphlet

Sprinkle Post Office

Photograph of men and boys posing outside of the Sprinkle Post Office in 1893. There are people standing on the porch of the Post Office, sitting in carriages, and on horseback. There are two yoked steer in the center of the photograph. The photograph is from the essay, "History of Sprinkle, Texas" by Lulu Pearl.

Date: 1893

Item Type: Photograph

University of Texas Football Team

Portrait of the University of Texas football team in uniform and their coach.

Date: 1893

Item Type: Photograph

Pontoon Bridge

Photograph of a pontoon bridge. A man is standing on the right side of the bridge. Further to the right is a horse tied to the bridge's post. A small building is visible past the other side of the water. The photograph is a cyanotype.

Date: April 2, 1892

Item Type: Photograph

[Bickler Family Portrait]

Formal studio portrait of seven children in the Bickler Family. Handwritten note on the back reads, "To Mr.s [illegible] Cherry and Children with love from the BIckler, Family, Austin Texas, Dec. 22 92."

Date: 1892

Creator: Zahn, Justus

Item Type: Photograph

[Bull Creek]

Photograph of a man paddling a canoe in a body of water identified as Bull Creek; the shoreline is covered with trees.

Date: 1892~

Item Type: Photograph

[Colorado River Bridge]

Photograph of a bridge over the Colorado River, shot from one end of it and looking across its length. A town (possibly Kingsland) is visible on the other side.

Date: 1892?

Item Type: Photograph

Constitution and by-laws of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas

Constitution and by-laws of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.

Date: 1892

Creator: Daughters of the Republic of Texas

Item Type: Book

[Exterior of Decker Methodist Church]

Photograph of the front exterior of Decker Methodist Church circa 1892. The church was built in 1879 and was moved in 1901. There is a large group standing in front of the church. Among those present are Reverend August Wallin, S.A. Lundell (grandfather of Mrs. Simon Swahn who was Hilma Johnson) and his brother Gustav Lundell, L.P. Swahn (father of Simon Swahn)and his brother C.J. Swahn, and F.G. Swenson.

Date: 1892~

Item Type: Photograph

[Fire Wagon]

Photograph of a horse-drawn fire wagon stopped in the middle of an un-paved main street in front of a row of storefronts; a sign on the wagon says "Colorado No. 2, A Unit for the Dam, 44 Members - Strong." Other carriages are visible in the background and people are standing in the windows and on the first-floor roofs of the stores. The stores include Gammel's Used Books, J.O.Buaas, Phil Bruckmann Painter and Decorator, and a drug store.

Date: 1892~

Item Type: Photograph

A&NW RR Depot, Marble Falls

Photograph of the Austin and Northwest Railroad depot in Marble Falls. The train station consists of a small building (on the right) with a garden (in the foreground). Men and women are gathered around a train and the building, looking towards the camera.

Date: 1892

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.572099 -98.285279

[Texas German and English Academy]

Group portrait in front of the Texas German And English Academy, later Bickler School. The school was located at 208 West 14th Street. There is an inscription on the back of the photograph that reads "On June 12, 1881, I was born in the south west upstairs bedroom. This building is located at 208 W. 14th St. Mah H. Bickler."

Date: 1892~

Item Type: Photograph

[Texas Rangers - Company "E" Frontier Battalion]

Group of men with guns sitting in front of an encampment. Captain JS McNeel is seated in the center.

Date: 1892

Item Type: Photograph

Texas State Capitol

View of the north side of the Texas State Capitol grounds from 17th St. Roads are unpaved and there is a group of girls under trees and a woman with a horse in the foreground.

Date: 1892

Item Type: Photograph

Ostersonntag in Riverside Park

Family group portrait in Riverside Park in San Antonio on Easter. A couple of the men hold drinks (beer?) and one boy holds a gun. There is a horse-drawn carriage and trees in the background.

Date: March 29, 1891

Creator: Jacobson

Item Type: Photograph

[Austin Baseball Team]

Photograph of a baseball team from Austin, Texas. The photograph is cabinet card format.

Date: [1891..1892]

Creator: Deane

Item Type: Photograph

Partial View of Austin, Texas

Photograph of copy print of the 1891 bird's eye view map of Austin. "Partial view of Austin, Texas. The most beautiful and wealthiest city of its size in the United States."

Date: 1891

Item Type: Photograph

Tracks concreted, concrete crew in distance, Congress Avenue looking South

Photograph of the newly concreted trolley tracks on Congress Avenue looking south. The concrete crew is working on the tracks in the distance. Horses and carts are visible near in front of the shops, including Condit Davis & Fink and a bakery in the foreground.

Date: 1891

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.269858 -97.742080

[People in Boat on Colorado River]

Photograph of three women and two nicely dressed men in a boat at Mormon Falls on the Colorado River with Mt. Bonnell in the background.

Date: May 18, 1890

Item Type: Photograph

[Austin White Lime Company]

Photograph of the exterior of Austin White Lime Company. There is a man walking in front of the building and there are lime kilns in the background.

Date: 1890

Item Type: Photograph

[Bar at Scholz Beer Garten]

Photograph of four employees of Scholz Beer Garten standing behind the bar.

Date: [1890,1920]

Item Type: Photograph

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Elisabet Ney's Studio

Morrison & Fourmy's General Directory of the City of Austin, 1893-94

Picnic at Hyde Park

Prospectus of the Colorado Lake Chautauqua Association at Austin, Texas, For the Season of 1893

Sprinkle Post Office

University of Texas Football Team

Pontoon Bridge

[Bickler Family Portrait]

[Bull Creek]

[Colorado River Bridge]

Constitution and by-laws of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas

[Exterior of Decker Methodist Church]

[Fire Wagon]

A&NW RR Depot, Marble Falls

[Texas German and English Academy]

[Texas Rangers - Company "E" Frontier Battalion]

Texas State Capitol

Ostersonntag in Riverside Park

[Austin Baseball Team]

Partial View of Austin, Texas

Tracks concreted, concrete crew in distance, Congress Avenue looking South

[People in Boat on Colorado River]

[Austin White Lime Company]

[Bar at Scholz Beer Garten]