Orsay Tenant House, 310 East Fourteenth Street, Austin, Travis County,...
Significance: The Orsay Tenant House is typical of the simple small stone houses built in Austin in the mid to late nineteenth century. Only a few of these simple buildings remain in the Capitol area. Unproces... More
John H. Houghton House, 307 West Twelfth Street, Austin, Travis County...
Significance: The John H. Houghton House was one of the larger, more elegant residences built in the late nineteenth century in the Capitol area. Its original owner, John H. Houghton, a prominent Austin busines... More
Nathaniel Raymond House, 204 East Twenty-fourth Street, Austin, Travis...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-41 Survey number: HABS TX-331 Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1893 Subsequent Work
Nathaniel Raymond House, 204 East Twenty-fourth Street, Austin, Travis...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-41 Survey number: HABS TX-331 Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1893 Subsequent Work
502 West Thirteenth Street (House), Austin, Travis County, TX
Significance: A fine example of the Italianate style, featuring round-arched windows, rustication, and quoining. Survey number: HABS TX-3295 Building/structure dates: 18t3 Initial Construction
Goodman Building, 202 West Thirteenth Street, Austin, Travis County, T...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Governor Elisha M. Pease Mansion, 6 Niles Road, Austin, Travis County,...
Survey number: HABS TX-330 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction
Sampson-Nalle House, 1003 Rio Grande Street, Austin, Travis County, TX
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr 2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The two-story limestone house, as completed in 1877, is characterized by its simple form, asymmetrical plan, and... More
Sampson-Nalle House, 1003 Rio Grande Street, Austin, Travis County, TX
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr 2010 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The two-story limestone house, as completed in 1877, is characterized by its simple form, asymmetrical plan, and... More
Governor's Mansion, 1010 Colorado Street, Austin, Travis County, TX
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-28 Survey number: HABS TX-33-C-4 Building/structure dates: after 1850 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000896
Governor's Mansion, 1010 Colorado Street, Austin, Travis County, TX
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-28 Survey number: HABS TX-33-C-4 Building/structure dates: after 1850 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000896
Governor's Mansion, 1010 Colorado Street, Austin, Travis County, TX
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-28 Survey number: HABS TX-33-C-4 Building/structure dates: after 1850 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000896
James Oscar Jones oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier i...
James Oscar Jones remembers growing up on a farm in Arkansas, the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, and attending the Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical, and Normal College in Pine Bluff. He dis... More
Austin, Nevada / T. H. O'Sullivan, phot.
Photograph showing a small town. Plate 111 from: Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel / United States Army Corps of Engineers; Clarence King, geologist in charge. [Washington, D.C.; 187-?].
Land Office, 108 East Eleventh Street, Austin, Travis County, TX
Significance: The Old Land Office Building is the oldest known public building in Austin and was the second Land Office Building constructed in the City. O. Henry, the noted short story writer used the building... More
Land Office, 108 East Eleventh Street, Austin, Travis County, TX
Significance: The Old Land Office Building is the oldest known public building in Austin and was the second Land Office Building constructed in the City. O. Henry, the noted short story writer used the building... More
Land Office, 108 East Eleventh Street, Austin, Travis County, TX
Significance: The Old Land Office Building is the oldest known public building in Austin and was the second Land Office Building constructed in the City. O. Henry, the noted short story writer used the building... More
Land Office, 108 East Eleventh Street, Austin, Travis County, TX
Significance: The Old Land Office Building is the oldest known public building in Austin and was the second Land Office Building constructed in the City. O. Henry, the noted short story writer used the building... More
Incidents of the Texas contest / sketched by Douglas E. Jerrold.
Four illustrations of a contested election in Texas including the gathering of the Democrats to oust the Radicals arresting the mayor of Austin and guarding the secretary of state's office, and Democrats discus... More
Republican Senators leave White House after conference with president....
A black and white photo of two men in a car. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Austin/Dam Flood, wreck of School House
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
RR train caught in flood, Austin
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More
Austin, Pennsylvania after flood of Sept. 30, 1911
J162109 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; A. Newman; October 23, 1911. Copyright claimant's address: Rochester, N.Y. On image: "D.B.4."
Nine year old newsie who is up at 4:00 A.M. Sundays. Paul Luna. Photo ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Bob Austin (likely Robert V.), Vic Bickers (maybe), Merito Acosta, Jo...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a sports competition, baseball player, baseball field, athlete, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Mrs. Austin W. Lord - Public domain print
Photo shows the wife of architect Austin Willard Lord at the Venetian pageant which was part of the fine arts ball arranged by the Society of Beaux Arts Architects, held at the Hotel Astor, New York City on Feb... More
Joint Congressional Committee to investigate Texas centennial celebrat...
A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
State Capitol, Austin - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph
J16712 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 24. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, wh... More
U.S. Senators and their wives, Jerusalem, 1936, R. Copeland, W. Austin...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an old ancient city, historic place, stone building architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
John Crawford, Age 81 - Born in slavery. Slave narratives. Federal wri...
Born in slavery slave narratives from the federal writers project 1936 1938
Couple dancing the polka at a dance during the San Angelo Fat Stock Sh...
Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Government inspection of hog carcasses. Packing plant, Austin, Minneso...
Public domain photograph of laboratory, scientist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The beef cut. Packing plant. Austin, Minnesota
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Austin, Texas. State capitol - safety film negatives, Library of Congr...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic Capitol building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Living room of the Governor's Mansion, Austin, Texas
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Hotel Ella, a boutique hotel in Austin, Texas, that occupies the 1900 ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. It was built by local doctor and benefactor Goodall H. Wooten and his wife Ella and was noted for its Classical Revival architecture ... More
The 1916 Italianate-style Villa Laguna Gloria, one of two sites of the...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
The old Paramount Theatre, left, and the adjacent, newer State Theater...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Originally called the "Majestic," the larger and more famous Paramount was erected in 1915 by Austin businessman Ernest Nalle, the so... More
Part of the back-entry hallway of the Texas Governor's Mansion in Aust...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Part of the 1914 addition, this area's width of this changed slightly during another restoration completed in 2012. Built in 1854, th... More
Outbuildings behind the William Braxton Barr House, a historic farmhou...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Set on Sprinkle Road and now part of a wedding and event operation, the mansion was built for cotton merchant Willian Braxton Barr an... More
Part of a 200-head longhorn herd at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The ranch, originally settled in 1823 by one of the "Old 300" Texas pioneers who received land grants from Stephen F. Austin, is home... More
A Texas-sized obstacle at the Peter Pan miniature-golf course in Austi...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Cowhands wrestle a longhorn calf to the ground on branding day at the ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The ranch, originally settled in 1823 by one of the "Old 300" Texas pioneers who received land grants from Stephen F. Austin, is home... More
Country singer-songwriting legend Willie Nelson, age 80 at the time of...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
The Texas Governor's Mansion in Austin, the capital of Texas
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Built in 1854, it was designed by prominent architect Abner Cook and has been the home of every Texas governor since 1856. Credit lin... More
Country singer-songwriting legend Willie Nelson, age 80 at the time of...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Rodeo Austin, the city's annual stock show and rodeo. Austin, Texas
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Rodeo competition at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo, produced by Rod...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Office doorways in the Texas Capitol, Austin, Texas
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Scene from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, part of the Univer...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson and actress Helen Hayes founded the National Wildflower Research Center in 1982 to protect and pr... More
Part of the 200-head longhorn herd at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ran...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The ranch, originally settled in 1823 by one of the "Old 300" Texas pioneers who received land grants from Stephen F. Austin, is home... More
Branding day for heifers at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a work...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The ranch, originally settled in 1823 by one of the "Old 300" Texas pioneers who received land grants from Stephen F. Austin, is home... More
Scene from the livestock pavilion at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo,...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Cowhand Craig Bauer, atop his horse, Spaghetti, at the 1,800-acre Lone...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The ranch, originally settled in 1823 by one of the "Old 300" Texas pioneers who received land grants from Stephen F. Austin, is home... More
Old Bull Durham tobacco advertising poster in Giddings, the seat of Le...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Carnival scene at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo, produced by Rodeo ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Bronc riding at Rodeo Austin, the city's annual stock show and rodeo. ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Rodeo competition at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo, produced by Rod...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Scene from the livestock pavilion at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo,...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Doorways to the state Court of Appeal chamber in the Texas Capitol, Au...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Cowboy Lars Hollis, atop his horse Catote, among longhorn steers at th...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The ranch, originally settled in 1823 by one of the "Old 300" Texas pioneers who received land grants from Stephen F. Austin, is home... More
Cowhand Lars Hollis, right, and John Elick, owner of the 1,800-acre Lo...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The ranch, originally settled in 1823 by one of the "Old 300" Texas pioneers who received land grants from Stephen F. Austin, is home... More
Colonnade and atrium of the Blanton Museum of Art at The University of...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Scenes from the stock show portion of Rodeo Austin, the city's annual ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
[Detail of building on Rio Grande Street, Austin, Texas]
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Texas Capitol Vietnam Veterans Monument, by New Mexico artist Duke...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The monument is a tribute to the Texans who served in the U.S. Armed Forces in the Vietnam War. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Coll... More
Sculpture at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum in Austin, Texas
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Umlauf garden centers on the artistic works of American sculptor Charles Umlauf. In 1985, Charles and Angeline Umlauf donated the... More
Looking up at the dome of the Senate Chamber of the Texas Capitol in A...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Sign for the Broken Spoke, a dance hall and self-proclaimed "honky-ton...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
The San Lorenzo Monument, a replica of an Olmec colossal head of ancie...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The head is an exact replica of the giant head that was discovered at the Olmec site of San Lorenzo, Veracruz, Mexico. The artwork, w... More
Rodeo competition at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo, produced by Rod...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
The "Moderne" style Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Texas
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More
Scenes from the stock show portion of Rodeo Austin, the city's annual ...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Carnival scene at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo, produced by Rodeo ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Cowhands drive the 200-head longhorn herd at the 1,800-acre Lonesome P...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The ranch, originally settled in 1823 by one of the "Old 300" Texas pioneers who received land grants from Stephen F. Austin, is home... More
Carnival scene at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo, produced by Rodeo ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More
Wreck as art outside the South Austin Museum of Popular Culture, a cen...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Artist: name not given. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library o... More
Cowhands rope longhorn calves and heifers at the 1,800-acre Lonesome P...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The ranch, originally settled in 1823 by one of the "Old 300" Texas pioneers who received land grants from Stephen F. Austin, is home... More
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, also known as the LBJ Pr...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. As of 2014, it is one of 13 Presidential Libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. The Library hous... More
Agenor-Etienne de Gasparin, et al. to Loyal National League of New Yor...
Public domain photograph of correspondence, letter, manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Excelsior Hotel, Austin Street, Jefferson, Marion County, TX
Significance: This hotel, while changing ownership many times, has remained in continuous operation since the 1850's. The original frame portion is similar to many roadside inns built in the mid-nineteenth cent... More
Excelsior Hotel, Austin Street, Jefferson, Marion County, TX
Significance: This hotel, while changing ownership many times, has remained in continuous operation since the 1850's. The original frame portion is similar to many roadside inns built in the mid-nineteenth cent... More
Austin-Whittemore House, 15 Austin Street, Vermillion, Clay County, SD
Significance: Built five years prior to South Dakota statehood, this house is one of the few surviving 19th century structures in the vicinity of Vermillion. It is a rare permanent frontier structure with a fe... More
Views in Bloomer Cut, near Austin
The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More
U. S. Courthouse & Post Office, 224 West Austin Street, Jefferson, Mar...
Significance: This building is a typical example of a small late nineteenth century Federal building in the Romanesque style. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-61 Survey number: HA... More
U. S. Courthouse & Post Office, 224 West Austin Street, Jefferson, Mar...
Significance: This building is a typical example of a small late nineteenth century Federal building in the Romanesque style. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-61 Survey number: HA... More
U. S. Courthouse & Post Office, 224 West Austin Street, Jefferson, Mar...
Significance: This building is a typical example of a small late nineteenth century Federal building in the Romanesque style. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-61 Survey number: HA... More
Austin Pass Warming Hut, Washington Highway 542, Glacier, Whatcom Coun...
Significance: The Austin Pass Warming Hut is associated with Federal efforts to promote the welfare of the American people, as a result of its construction by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Constructed... More
French Legation to Republic of Texas, Seventh & San Marcos Streets, Au...
Survey number: HABS TX-33-C-1 Building/structure dates: ca. 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1880 Subsequent Work
Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...
Significance: A fine pink granite building with Renaissance detailing. Design chosen by Napoleon le Brun in a competition. Myers, the architect, also designed the capitol of Michigan, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah.... More
Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...
Significance: A fine pink granite building with Renaissance detailing. Design chosen by Napoleon le Brun in a competition. Myers, the architect, also designed the capitol of Michigan, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah.... More
Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...
Significance: A fine pink granite building with Renaissance detailing. Design chosen by Napoleon le Brun in a competition. Myers, the architect, also designed the capitol of Michigan, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah.... More
Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...
Significance: A fine pink granite building with Renaissance detailing. Design chosen by Napoleon le Brun in a competition. Myers, the architect, also designed the capitol of Michigan, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah.... More
Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...
Significance: A fine pink granite building with Renaissance detailing. Design chosen by Napoleon le Brun in a competition. Myers, the architect, also designed the capitol of Michigan, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah.... More
Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...
Significance: A fine pink granite building with Renaissance detailing. Design chosen by Napoleon le Brun in a competition. Myers, the architect, also designed the capitol of Michigan, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah.... More
Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...
Significance: A fine pink granite building with Renaissance detailing. Design chosen by Napoleon le Brun in a competition. Myers, the architect, also designed the capitol of Michigan, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah.... More
Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...
Significance: A fine pink granite building with Renaissance detailing. Design chosen by Napoleon le Brun in a competition. Myers, the architect, also designed the capitol of Michigan, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah.... More
Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travi...
Significance: A fine pink granite building with Renaissance detailing. Design chosen by Napoleon le Brun in a competition. Myers, the architect, also designed the capitol of Michigan, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah.... More
Simms-Vance House, 1802 San Gabriel Street, Austin, Travis County, TX
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27 Survey number: HABS TX-33-C-3 Building/structure dates: 1860 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1883 Subsequent Work
Simms-Vance House, 1802 San Gabriel Street, Austin, Travis County, TX
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-27 Survey number: HABS TX-33-C-3 Building/structure dates: 1860 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1883 Subsequent Work