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[Austin City Plan, 1840]

Description: Photograph of an illustration by Edward Hall of a city plan for the Texas Government buildings in Austin. Architectural renderings of buildings can be found on the top half of the illustration. Handwritten on the photograph is a list of buildings that are seen in the plan including: the President's House, Capitol Hill and Bullock's Tavern.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bill Malone Photography
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

The 2nd State Capitol

Description: Photograph of the 2nd capitol building for the state of Texas. There is a attached to the bottom right hand corner of the photograph a label that reads "The 2nd State Capital [sic]. Located on the site of the present Capital [sic], Burned in 1881." The land in front of the building is terraced and a pathway extends from the entrance down the terraces.
Date: [1853..1881]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Temporary Capitol Building]

Description: Photograph of the building that served as the temporary state capitol while the current capitol building was under construction. Some horse-drawn carriages are parked in front of the building.
Date: [1881,1888]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Temporary Texas Capitol Building Fire]

Description: Photograph of the fire that destroyed the building that had temporarily served as the capitol building for the state of Texas while the new capitol building was being constructed. Firefighters can be seen spraying water in to the upper floors while a large number of spectators look on.
Date: August 30, 1899
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[View of Texas Capitol]

Description: View of Texas State Capitol Building, seen through shrubbery and trees. A man is in the foreground, looking at the Capitol with his back to the camera.
Date: 191X
Creator: J.M. Kuehne
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Capitol Construction]

Description: 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: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Aluminum for Defense]

Description: Photograph of Aluminum for Defense collection point outside of the Texas Capitol building. A large chicken-wire bin holds aluminum cans. The Capitol dome is visible in the background.
Date: July 28, 1941
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory City of Austin, Texas
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Texas State Capitol Building During the Second World War]

Description: Photograph of the Texas State Capitol Building during the Second World War as seen from the intersection on Congress Avenue and 11th Street. Out front of the Capitol Building are collection bins for scrap metal, specifically aluminum, which feature the slogan "Aluminum for Defense, Let's Go Over the Top."
Date: July 31, 1941
Creator: Bureas of Identification Photographic Laboratory City of Austin, Texas
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

New Capitol Building, July, 1886

Description: Photograph of workers posing for a group portrait during construction of the new capitol building. Writing on the back of the photograph reads: "Hans Falkenburg - sitting on stone (center, with hat)."
Date: July 1886
Creator: Cooper, S.H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Interior room at Capitol]

Description: Photograph of an interior view of a room at the Capitol. The room is full of tables with typewriters with women seated at them. Men and other women are gathered at the back and side of room. Bundles of paper or on the table in the foreground. Trash is on the floor. This is possibly the DRT [Daughters of the Republic of Texas] museum in the east hallway of the Capitol.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.274665 -97.740350
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Farmworkers Demonstration]

Description: Photograph of a farmworkers demonstration with protesters marching up Congress Avenue towards the Capitol building, which is visible in the background. Different businesses line the left side of the street, and cars are parked on both sides of the street.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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