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[Portrait of Mary Portfield Hickman]

Description: Portrait of Mary Portfield Hickman, visible from the chest up, wearing a dark-colored top with buttons up the front, an upturned collar, and puffy sleeves. A hand written note on the back reads, "Mary Portfield Hickman, born June 30, 1846 - Nacogdoches, Tex. Her parents came from the state of Miss. Attended school in Austin, kept by B. J. Smith. Sept. 29, 1869 married N. F. Hickman. Died Liberty Hill, Tex. Oct. 8, 1926." Many descendants are listed on the back of the photograph.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Louis Wagner]

Description: Portrait of Louis Wagner, visible from the chest up, wearing a dark-colored suit jacket with a striped tie and boutonnière. A hand written note on the back identifies him as "Louis Wagner."
Date: unknown
Creator: Sproul
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Bledsoe House

Description: Photograph of workers building the Bledsoe House, located at 724 Huff Street, Taylor, Texas. A group of workers is standing in a line near one corner of the house holding buckets and there are ladders propped against the house; a horse-drawn carriage is next to them, to the right. Handwritten text on the back says "unverified if this is the Bledsoe home -- a surgeon who moved to Taylor in 1911 & left in 1927. Address: 724 Huff Street."
Date: 191X
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.579364 -97.419263
Partner: Taylor Public Library

[First airplane in Taylor]

Description: Sepia toned photograph of a group of men gathered around an early biplane airplane. The men are all wearing trousers, hat, and white dress shirts. Most are wearing suit jackets. The plane has a single engine with a propeller. The photograph was taken from a neighboring field and there is a barbed wire fence in the foreground. Several blurry buildings are in the background. Photo is labelled in the margin "First airoplane at Taylor"--first airplane in Taylor.
Date: 1910/1920~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Williamson Museum

[Man on horse leading steer]

Description: Photograph of two men: one lounging on the back of a light-colored cow and a second riding a horse and leading the cow by a rope. Directly behind them, several other cows are standing in the shade of a tree; other trees and brush are visible in the background.
Date: 19uu
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Williamson Museum

[Man on truck loaded with wood]

Description: Black and white photograph shows Mr. Robert Egger with a load of winter fuel. This was the method of getting the winter supply of wood for both heating and cooking. This load came from the Herbert Ganzert Ranch west of Round Rock.
Date: 1922
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Williamson Museum

[Brushy Creek with bridge]

Description: Photograph of Brushy Creek and the round rock in the creek, for which the town of Round Rock was named; photograph was taken before the creek washed away both bridges shown in the image, one of which was a railroad bridge; the picture is taken from the dam, east of the round rock; there is an unidentified person standing on the round rock; view is looking east down Brushy Creek.
Date: 19uu
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Williamson Museum

[Buggy with horse in front of store]

Description: Photograph of store fronts in old Round Rock on Bagdad Street. A horse and buggy is on the left side of the photo. The business on the right has signs for "STAR / TOBACCO," "HARNESS and SHOES / REPAIRED HERE," and "RESTAURANT." There is a "Coca Cola" repeating sign on the underside of the store porch. To the left is a poster for "HARVEST / JUBILEE" attached to the side of a store.
Date: 19uu
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Williamson Museum

[Model A Ford- Mail carrier & car]

Description: Photograph of Mr. Edward Peterson with his Model A Ford. A note with the picture states that Mr. Peterston used the automobile to carry mail from 1928 until he retired in 1960. Prior to that, he delivered Round Rock's mail on horseback and in a gig.
Date: 19uu
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Williamson Museum
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