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Austin Cotton Gin

Austin Cotton Gin was owned by W. T. Caswell and was located on the west side of Chicon St. Horse-drawn wagons with bales of cotton. Workers pose for photograph. Hand-crank loading cranes on platform.

Date: 1900~

Creator: Caswell, W. T.

Item Type: Photograph

Austin Cotton Gin

Austin Cotton Gin was owned by W. T. Caswell and was located on the west side of Chicon St. Horse-drawn wagons full of cotton. Workers pose for photograph.

Date: 1900~

Creator: Caswell, W. T.

Item Type: Photograph

[Austin Dam Broken after Flood]

Photograph of a view southeast at the Austin Dam on the Colorado River after breaking during a flood.

Date: January 1, 1900

Item Type: Photograph

[Congress Avenue]

Photograph of Congress Avenue looking north. The state capital building is visible in the background.

Date: [1900..1919]

Item Type: Photograph

[Congress Avenue Bridge]

Looking north towards the Capitol on the Congress Avenue bridge.

Date: 1900/1919

Item Type: Photograph

[Congress Avenue looking south from Capitol Building]

View of Congress Avenue, looking south from Capitol Building. Signs are visible for Maerki's Bakery and Hill & Hill Groceries.

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Photograph

Court-House crowd [Group of Travis County officials standing on the steps of a stone building]

Photograph of a group of men wearing suits standing on the steps of what may be either the Travis County Courthouse or the Travis County Jail. The identified men, including Judge George Calhoun, District Clerk James P. Hart, and Deputy Sheriff Fred Peck, are all Travis County officials, but most of the group are unidentified. One of the the men is African American, and he appears to be the only person not wearing a suit coat. Several of the men are wearing ties -- including bow ties, string tie… more

Date: 1900?

Item Type: Photograph

[Governor’s Mansion]

Front elevation, walkway with urns, gothic screen door, grounds.

Date: 1900

Item Type: Photograph

[Group of men on horseback, including Sheriff George S. Matthews, in front of Barnes and Company Grocers store]

Photograph of a group of men on horseback in front of Barnes and Company Grocers, including George S. Matthews, who served as Travis County Sheriff from 1902 to 1920. Prior to that Matthews was a deputy sheriff. The men are wearing suits and hats, and some are wearing sashes and ribbons. Horses and buggies are visible behind the men on horseback, just in front of the store. Two women on the store's front porch are wearing long skirts and large hats. The Barnes and Company grocery was a two-stor… more

Date: 1900/1901

Item Type: Photograph

[Old Austin High School/John T. Allan Junior High School]

Photograph of the recently completed building that housed Austin High School from 1900 to 1925 and the John T. Allan Junior High School from 1925 until it was destroyed by a fire. Note that the photograph is mounted on cardboard backing and written on the back is the name J. E. Pearce.

Date: [1900..1920]

Item Type: Photograph

[People boarding a passenger train]

Photograph of two women wearing long dresses and large hats, two men in suits and hats, a black porter and two conductors (one black and one white) stand near a stationary train. One of the women is standing on the boarding stool at the train door and bending over; she appears to be looking for something. Above her, part of a third woman's body is visible in the door opening. There is a number written in pencil on the lower left corner of the photograph that reads "6009".

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Photograph

[Three Men Under Bridge at Barton Creek]

Photograph of three men in suits holding buckets and standing under a bridge at Barton Creek. Photograph is a cyanotype.

Date: [1900,1910]

Item Type: Photograph

Union Depot

This is a photograph from the book - "Austin, Texas, illustrated: Famous Capital City of the Lone Star State" published in 1900 that shows Union Depot on Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas. Trains and passengers in view. Property of International & Great Northern Railroad.

Date: 1900~

Creator: Jordan-Ellison

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.265294 -97.743752

[View of Austin from the South]

Photograph of an aerial or high point view of Austin from the south looking north across the river toward the Capitol building.

Date: [1900..1909]

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.245245 -97.751215

[Woman standing with a bicycle with balloon tires]

Photograph of a woman dressed in a white blouse and hat as well as a dark skirt standing on a lawn in front of bushes with a bicycle with balloon tires. She has her right hand on the seat and her left hand on the handlebar. The bicycle is a turn-of-the-century safety model with a single gear and bicycle chain.

Date: 1900~

Item Type: Photograph

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Austin Cotton Gin

Austin Cotton Gin

[Austin Dam Broken after Flood]

[Congress Avenue]

[Congress Avenue Bridge]

[Congress Avenue looking south from Capitol Building]

Court-House crowd [Group of Travis County officials standing on the steps of a stone building]

[Governor’s Mansion]

[Group of men on horseback, including Sheriff George S. Matthews, in front of Barnes and Company Grocers store]

[Old Austin High School/John T. Allan Junior High School]

[People boarding a passenger train]

[Three Men Under Bridge at Barton Creek]

Union Depot

[View of Austin from the South]

[Woman standing with a bicycle with balloon tires]