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"Big Foot Wallace"

Photograph of "Big Foot" Wallace (William Alexander Anderson Wallace, 1817-1899). The photograph is cabinet card format.

Date: [1880..1899]

Item Type: Photograph

Birds Eye Map of Austin

Birds eye map of Austin showing downtown, the river, and the University of Texas main building.

Date: 1887

Item Type: Photograph

The Burning Capitol

View of the Capitol as it burns looking north from the corner of 11th and Congress.

Date: November 9, 1881

Creator: Hillyer, H. B.

Item Type: Photograph

[Cancelled Checks to W. S. Porter]

Cancelled checks written by Maddox Bros. & Anderson all made out to W. S. Porter. Some are endorsed on the back by Porter.

Date: 1886

Item Type: Text

[Capitol Building After Fire of 1881]

Photograph of state Capitol building after the fire on the 9th of November, 1881. Several people can be seen standing on the steps leading up to the building.

Date: 1881

Item Type: Photograph

[Capitol Construction]

Photograph of a close up view of the construction of the Capitol building. A man stands on top of a high wall while a few other men on scaffolding guide a pillar, attached to a crane, into place.

Date: 1886~

Item Type: Photograph

[Capitol Construction]

Photograph of construction of the state capitol building. The main building is mostly complete while construction of the dome is just beginning.

Date: 1887~

Item Type: Photograph

[Capitol Cornerstone Dedication]

Photograph of a crowd of people gathered for the cornerstone dedication during the construction of the state Capitol. Some onlookers can be seen sitting and standing on top of the derricks used for the construction.

Date: March 2, 1885

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.274276 -97.740445

Capitol Dedication

Parade south down Congress Avenue from the Capitol. Caption reads: "Chichasaw Guard from Murpheesburo, Tenn."

Date: 1888-05-14/1888-05-19

Creator: Jordan-Ellison

Item Type: Photograph

Capitol under construction

Photograph of the construction site for the current Capitol building, constructed 1881-1888. View is from the Travis County Courthouse located on 11th Street.

Date: 1881/1888

Item Type: Photograph

[Cathedral of San Fernando, San Antonio, Texas]

Photograph of the Cathedral of San Fernando in San Antonio, Texas. Several shops are visible in the street to its right. A hrose adn carriage is parked in front of one of the shops. The plaza in front of the buildings is muddy. The back of the photograph has a detailed history of the building and its predating missions printed on it. Cabinet card format.

Date: 1889

Creator: Paris, A. E.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.424167 -98.493600

[Cavalry Troops Marching in Texas Capitol Building Dedication Parade]

Photograph of the parade for the dedication of the Texas State Capitol building. This particular photograph features cavalry troops (Interstate drill) marching down Congress Avenue. Crowds of spectators are standing watching on either side of the street. Many flags are on display.

Date: April 28, 1888

Item Type: Photograph

[Century Plant, San Antonio, Texas]

Photograph of a man standing by a century plant. The century plant has a long stalk that stretches several meters into the air, with flowers blooming on the top. The back of the photograph has a printed history of the city of San Antonio. Cabinet card format.

Date: 1889?

Item Type: Photograph

[Cliffs at Marble Falls]

Photograph of a cliff of flat, layered rock, with small trees growing on its side and top. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Marble Falls, Llano County, Texas 1884, South side up to Honeymoon."

Date: 1884

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.568607 -98.265581

Colorado River Near Marble Falls

Photograph of the Colorado River near Marble Falls. The river cuts between two hills, with the photograph being taken from one of them. A note on the back indicates the photo was taken from a bridge at Marble Falls.

Date: 1881

Item Type: Photograph

[Construction of Capitol Building]

Photograph of exterior view of the front of the Capitol building during construction. The contractor's office is visible in the lower right of the photograph.

Date: 1887~

Item Type: Photograph

[Construction of Capitol Dome]

Photograph of the unfinished Capitol dome. Scaffolding is in place and the stonework for the base of the dome is complete.

Date: 1888

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.274711 -97.740354

[Construction of the Capitol Building]

Photograph of the construction of the State Capitol Building, looking at the east side of the building. The base of the building is largely complete and scaffolding is in place to build the dome.

Date: [1885..1888]

Item Type: Photograph

Convict Laborers Shaping Columns

Photograph of "Convict laborers shaping columns and loading flat cars near a Marble Falls,Texas quarry." The stones were used for construction of the Texas state Capitol building.

Date: 1885~

Item Type: Photograph

Location: None

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to President Rutherford B. Hayes]

A draft of a letter from E.M. Pease to President Rutherford B. Hayes.

Date: February 4, 1880

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

Item Type: Letter

Cutstone yard, Burnet, Texas

View of the cut stone yard in Burnet, Texas. The stones were used to construct the Texas state Capitol building.

Date: 1886

Creator: Cooper, S.H.

Item Type: Photograph

Downtown Austin

Photograph of downtown Austin with Capitol under construction. Caption reads, "Birdseye view of Austin, Texas taken from School for Deaf showing the Capitol Bldg under construction. Note that west wing of main bldg of University was only partly built at that time."

Date: 1882/1888

Item Type: Photograph

[Downtown San Antonio, Texas]

Photograph of a busy street scene in downtown San Antonio, Texas. People walk by the numerous shops and businesses while horse-drawn carriages pass through the street. A banner over the street reads, in reverse, "R.A. Holland, City T Store, Coffee Roaster." Other signs are visible for Wheeler & Wilson sewing machines, a tailor, and a leather goods shop. Cabinet card format.

Date: 1880

Creator: Hardesty, F.

Item Type: Photograph

[Effie Roach Hofer Autograph Album]

Autograph album belonging to Effie Roach Hofer. It includes page a 10-line verse poem entitled "Poetry," with drawing of fiddle and pointing finger and hand, signed "W.S. Porter/Secretary Jolly Brothers."

Date: August 2, 1885

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Book

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"Big Foot Wallace"

Birds Eye Map of Austin

The Burning Capitol

[Cancelled Checks to W. S. Porter]

[Capitol Building After Fire of 1881]

[Capitol Construction]

[Capitol Construction]

[Capitol Cornerstone Dedication]

Capitol Dedication

Capitol under construction

[Cathedral of San Fernando, San Antonio, Texas]

[Cavalry Troops Marching in Texas Capitol Building Dedication Parade]

[Century Plant, San Antonio, Texas]

[Cliffs at Marble Falls]

Colorado River Near Marble Falls

[Construction of Capitol Building]

[Construction of Capitol Dome]

[Construction of the Capitol Building]

Convict Laborers Shaping Columns

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to President Rutherford B. Hayes]

Cutstone yard, Burnet, Texas

Downtown Austin

[Downtown San Antonio, Texas]

[Effie Roach Hofer Autograph Album]