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"A Drove of Texas Cattle Crossing a Stream"

Engraved woodcut of cattle crossing a stream printed in Harper's Weekly, October 19, 1867, page 665.

Date: October 19, 1867

Creator: Waud, A. R.

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Engraved print of Abraham Lincoln

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Abraham Lincoln with notation in lower left corner, "From life by F.B. Carpenter, 1864,"

Date: 1864

Creator: Carpenter, F. B.

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Engraving of San Antonio, Texas]

Steel engraving print of the town of San Antonio from Meyer's Universum.

Date: unknown

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

"Esh-Tah-Hum-Leah, or the Sleepy Eye: A Sioux Chief

Hand-colored lithograph of Sioux chief Esh-Tah-Hum-Leah visible from the waist up; he is wearing feathers in hair and has two braids, a scarf around his neck, and blanket over his right shoulder.

Date: 1836

Creator: Newsam

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Galveston in Texas

Steel engraving print of Galveston, Texas showing a group of men sitting, or working on a wooden dock. A sunken ship is visible in the water on the right side of the image, and on the left, the dock curves and leads toward the town. A number of buildings are pictured along the dock.

Date: unknown

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

"General Taylor and Staff: The Heroes of Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey and Buena Vista"

(a) Lithograph of General Taylor and staff on horseback, soldiers standing at attention with U.S. flag; (b) frame, dark brown, wooden, cut nails with filler.

Date: unknown

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Harper's Weekly: Camp Ford, Texas Sketch]

Hand-colored print of the Civil War camp, Camp Ford taken from an 1865 issue of Harper's Weekly, page 132. Camp Ford, located near Tyler, Texas was established in 1863 as a Confederate prison camp during the Civil War. Over the course of two years, the camp held about 6,000 prisoners and was one of the largest Confederate prison camps west of the Mississippi River.

Date: March 4, 1865

Creator: Simmons, G. W.

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Harper's Weekly: Camp Ford, Texas Sketch]

Hand-colored print of the Civil War camp, Camp Ford took from an 1865 issue of Harper's Weekly, page 132. Camp Ford, located near Tyler, Texas was established in 1863 as a Confederate prison camp during the Civil War. Over the course of two years, the camp held about 6,000 prisoners and was one of the largest Confederate prison camps west of the Mississippi River. George Washington Simmons, pictured holding a pail, was the paymaster of the USS Clifton, captured at Sabine Pass on September 8, 18… more

Date: March 4, 1865

Creator: Simmons, G. W.

Location: 32.396301 -95.267229

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Henrietta Veazey]

Lois Jean Cooper-Mayer Collection. Picture of Henrietta Veazey, sister of Catherine (Kate) Veazey; taken about 1877, year she died; from collection of 71 items (parts a-bs): documents, photographs, and books. See 1983-82.1 - .7 for related three dimensional objects. On back of photograph: "Henretta Veazey. Born: 1858 in Gay Hill, Texas. Died: According to family tradition, when 19, same year picture taken, Gay Hill, Texas. Father: Y. Sheppard Veazey. Mother: Amanda Malvina Zimmerman. O… more

Date: 1877~

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Major General Winfield Scott, at Vera Cruz March 25, 1847

(a) lithograph of Major General Winfield Scott standing at the port of Vera Cruz; (b) dark brown wood frame with decorative square corner pieces.

Date: unknown

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Market House, Caroline County, Virginia]

Illustration of house; on front "Market House, Caroline County, Va. (John Baylor, 1758); on back "'New Market' Manor House, Caroline Co. Virginia. Home of the Baylors, who came from Tiverton, Devonshire, England, in 1676"

Date: 1758

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Mexico

Front cover and front inside of the portfolio containing a hand-colored, engraved pocket map of Texas and Mexico showing major roads, settlements, rivers, and empresario grants; insets of statistics, distances, and roads from Vera Cruz and Alvarado to Mexico City.

Date: unknown

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Military Plaza: San Antonio

Engraving of a plaza with scene showing men and women, dogs, horses, and oxen. There are several buildings in the background, of different styles. In the foreground, groups of people are stopped and there are various items on the ground around them.

Date: unknown

Creator: Schott, Arthur

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum