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Union Depot

Description: 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

University of Texas grounds

Description: Three women sitting among the bluebonnets on the Campus grounds. In the background are the Woman's Building built 1903 on the left and the old Chemical Laboratory built 1891. Both buildings were destroyed by fire; the Woman's Building burned in 1959 and the Chemical Laboratory in 1926.
Date: 1903~

[University of Texas Old Main Building]

Description: Back of photograph reads: "University of Texas. This view shows the west wing of the present main building taken from about where Sutton Hall now stands. The erection of this was started in the fall of 1883 and finished in the summer of 1884. The University of Texas opened Sept. 1883 in the temporary Capitol building and moved to the west wing in the fall of 1884. Copy of old photograph."
Date: unknown
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