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[Portrait of Stephen F. Austin wearing a black jacket]

Description: Photographic print of portrait of Stephen F. Austin. Austin has thick dark hair and is wearing a black jacket with high collar and white shirt with collar that reaches his chin.
Date: unknown
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

Engraved frieze on the San Jacinto Monument, Colonists Forced the Mexican Authorities

Description: Photograph of an engraved frieze on the San Jacinto Monument in La Porte, Texas. It says: "In June, 1832, the colonists forced the Mexican authorities at Anahuac to release Wm. B. Travis and other from unjust imprisonment, the battle of Velasco, June 26, and the Battle of Nacogdoches, August 2, followed; in both the Texans were victorious. Stephen Fuller Austin, "Father of Texas," was arrested January 3, 1834, and held in Mexico without trial until July, 1835. The Texans formed an army, and on … more
Date: May 2, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Partner: UNT Libraries

Historic Plaque, Parker County C. S. A.

Description: Photograph of a historic plaque in Weatherford, Texas. It reads: "Parker County C. S. A. Part of a colonial grant to S. M. Williams and Stephen F. Austin, father of Texas, but with no permanent settlers before 1850, this county was created in 1855 and named for Isaac Parker, its legislative sponsor. By 1860 it had 4,213 people and in 1861 its voters favored secession 535 to 61. Oliver Loving, a settler, was an official stock raiser, furnishing beef to the Confederacy in the Civil War. He and 18… more
Date: April 14, 2006
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Partner: UNT Libraries

Stephen F. Austin grave

Description: Grave marker of Stephen F. Austin. The top of the marker has a statue of Austin with his arm outstretched and his name listed below. At the base there is a plaque.
Date: June 30, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Statue of a Stephen F. Austin]

Description: Photograph of a statue of Stephen F. Austin holding a role of cloth and a rifle inside the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas. A young boy is visible to the right.
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Photograph of Stephen Fuller Austin Statue]

Description: Photograph of a bronze statue of Stephen Fuller Austin sitting on a pink granite pyramidal plinth designed by architect Donald Nelson. The bronze statue was created by sculptor John Angel (1881-1960). It was unveiled in 1938.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Portrait of Stephen F. Austin

Description: Copy negative of the portrait of Stephen F. Austin holding a rifle with his left hand, a dog is sitting right beside him.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Portrait of Burton English Barnes]

Description: Photograph of Burton English Barnes (1895–1933). He wears eyeglasses, a shirt with rolled-up sleeves, a necktie which is fluttering in the wind, and a hat. Looking forward, he poses behind the backrest of a wooden chair. He stands in front of a two-storied building.
Date: unknown
Creator: Britain
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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