Camp Mabry, Building No. 15, 2200 West Thirty-fifth Street, Austin, Tr...
2002 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Building 15, originally Barrack 6, is one of four remaining 1918 barrack buildings that represents a World War I-era building campaign at Camp Mabry in Austin... More
[George T. Stovall/James Austin, St. Louis Browns, baseball card portr...
Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Center photo caption: "Ty Cobb steals third." Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.
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
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
Reed Hall, 3200 Bowman Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX
Significance: It was a prominent example of Tudor Revival estate design in Austin, and the primary residence of Roberta Reed Dickson Crenshaw (1914-2005), a local philanthropist. Unprocessed Field note materia... 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
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
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
Portrait photo of Martha Bunton, ex-slave, Austin
Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Carrington-Covert House, 1511 Colorado Street, Austin, Travis County, ...
Significance: One of the last remaining 1850's residential buildings in area around Texas State Capitol. Built by Leonidas Davis Carrington, merchant and land speculator. Survey number: HABS TX-3311 Building/... More
504 West Fourteenth Street (House), Austin, Travis County, TX
Significance: The residence of 504 West Fourteenth Street is typical of the small stone houses built in Austin during the late nineteenth century. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-... More
504 West Fourteenth Street (House), Austin, Travis County, TX
Significance: The residence of 504 West Fourteenth Street is typical of the small stone houses built in Austin during the late nineteenth century. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-... More
504 West Fourteenth Street (House), Austin, Travis County, TX
Significance: The residence of 504 West Fourteenth Street is typical of the small stone houses built in Austin during the late nineteenth century. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-... More
Austin Peay Bridge, State Route 56 spanning Cumberland River, Gainesbo...
Significance: The bridge is the only known extant K-truss in the Federal Highway Administration's Southeast Region. The bridge also is historically significant for its associations with the early development of... More
Declaration of the causes which impel the state of Texas to secede fro...
Caption title.; "Done by the people of the state of Texas, in Convention assembled at Austin, this first day of February, A.D. 1861."; Printed on satin.; Secession--Texas.; Texas--Politics and government--Civil... More
Judge Sebron G. Sneed House, Route I-35 & Bluff Springs Road, Austin, ...
Significance: In 1854, Judge Sebron G. Sneed moved his entire family from Fayetteville, Arkansas to his newly acquired 470 acre farm south of the present city of Austin. Construction of a permanent family resid... More
Judge Sebron G. Sneed House, Route I-35 & Bluff Springs Road, Austin, ...
Significance: In 1854, Judge Sebron G. Sneed moved his entire family from Fayetteville, Arkansas to his newly acquired 470 acre farm south of the present city of Austin. Construction of a permanent family resid... More
A. B. Austin House, 501 Jefferson Avenue, Paris, Edgar County, IL
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-108 Survey number: HABS IL-280 Building/structure dates: 1854 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1855 Subsequent Work
Texas Suspension Bridges, Dr. Flinn's Model & Builders Plate, Austin, ...
Survey number: HAER TX-98-A Building/structure dates: after 1898 Subsequent Work
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Austin, Travis County, Texas.
Jun 1885. 8 Sheet(s). Texas fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability. T... More
Portrait photo of Mary Kincheon, ex-slave, Austin
420008. District no. 27. Picture no. 369. Official project no. 565-3-3. Work project no. 6950(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More
Culpeper, Virginia. Generals, John H.H. Ward, Gershon Mott and Colonel...
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
Colonel Hunt / Mrs. Martin, Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas.
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
Mountain woman in the hills near Austin, Texas
Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
John Bremond House, West Seventh & Guadalupe Streets, Austin, Travis C...
Significance: The John Bremond House is one of six residences located on the same city block and built either by a Bremond or Robinson, prominent Austin businessmen of the last century. This block was a neighbo... More
North-Evans Chateau, 708 San Antonio Street, Austin, Travis County, TX
STORED ON SITE. mchr 2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: As a part of the Bremond Block Historic District, the North-Evans Chateau remains as one of Austin's few surviving large-scale Vict... More
Goodman Building, 202 West Thirteenth Street, Austin, Travis County, T...
Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
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
Edwin Austin Abbey, 1852-1911 - Public domain portrait print
Half length portrait, facing left. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf.
Senate Judiciary Committee considers president's request to increase m...
A group of men standing around a table signing papers. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Cooper-Frost-] Austin House, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Austin, Pennsylvania, panoramic view after flood of Sept. 30, 1911
J162110 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; A. Newman; October 23, 1911. Copyright claimant's address: Rochester, N.Y.
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM. CHAIRMEN OF FEDERAL RESERVE DISTRICTS. FRONT R...
Public domain portrait photograph, France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Austin Homestead, Clarksville, Albany County, NY
Survey number: HABS NY-3154 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fuel supply on Austin Fretty's farm near Armstrong, Iowa
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of lumber, lumberjack workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
U.S. Senators and their wives, Jerusalem, 1936, R. Copeland, W. Austin...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Government inspection of hog carcasses. Packing plant, Austin, Minneso...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less
The beef kill. Cattle are knocked out by a blow on the head before the...
Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The hog cut: hogs come chilled and split, and go through the crew of b...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
"The Hiker" statue, Austin, Texas
Picryl description: Public domain image of a cemetery, memorial, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Carol M. Highsmith - Texas Capitol dome, 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
The Small Parlor in the northeast corner of the first floor in the 185...
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
Interior view of the LBJ suite of offices, J.J. Pickle Federal Buildin...
Built in 1965, the building houses a suite of offices, including the "LBJ Suite" used by President Lyndon B. Johnson during his term in office. Architect: Page-Southerland-Page and Brooks-Bar-Graeb. Photographe... More
Sign for a popular cluster of food trailers in South Austin, Texas, an...
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
Littlefield Fountain, the sculptor Pompeo Coppini's 1933 memorial in A...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The fountain bubbles beneath the school's signature Texas Tower from 1937, designed by Paul Philippe Cret. Sadly imprinted in the towe... More
Atrium of the Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Aust...
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
Wayen Slanina-Wertz and his goat kid at Rodeo Austin, the city's annua...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural farming landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, farmers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Located on the side of the Roadhouse Relics building on 1st Street in ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Mural artist and owner: Todd Sanders, with Rory Skagen (Source: austinot.com/best-murals-in-austin, 2014) Credit line: The Lyda Hill ... More
"Hi, How Are You," while one of the simplest murals in Austin, Texas, ...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Texas longhorns on the move at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a w...
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
Barrel racing 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
The Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin, Texas
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum, designed by the local firm Verner Johnson, opened in 2001. It is named after onetime Texas Lieutenant Governor Bob Bulloc... 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
Wayen Slanina-Wertz and his goat kid at Rodeo Austin, the city's annua...
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
Door hardware in the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas
The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the U.S. Capitol building,... More
The Sam Houston Bedroom on the second floor, southeast corner, of the ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The bed was purchased during the administration of Governor Houston, 1859-61. Built in 1854, it was designed by prominent architect A... More
The east entrance to the Texas Capitol extension, Austin, Texas
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Located on the north side of the statehouse, the Extension is a four-level underground structure which was completed in 1993. It was ... 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
The Texas Federation of Women's Clubs mansion 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
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
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
Children and their rabbit at the stock show portion of Rodeo Austin, t...
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
Motorcycles parked outside the Dirty Dog Bar on East Sixth Street, loc...
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
We're not quite sure how to describe this oversized outdoor chicken in...
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
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
A fine patch of prickly pear catctus in Salado, Texas, a town between ...
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
Bronc riding at Rodeo Austin, the city's annual stock show and rodeo. ...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Cowhand Robert Vaughn aboard his horse, Dunnie, 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
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
Barbecue Pit at the original Salt Lick BBQ, a barbecue restaurant in D...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Opened in 1967 by Thurman Roberts, Sr. and his wife Hisako T. Roberts, The Salt Lick quickly grew in popularity and went from being o... More
An American bison at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a working cat...
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
Lone Star detail from the speaker's desk in the House of Representativ...
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
John Elick, owner of the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, atop his hors...
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
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
Mother longhorn and her calf at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a ...
Public domain image of cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
A stream that runs through the Texas State Cemetery 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
Tomb of John Connally at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas
Picryl description: Public domain image of a cemetery, graves, monuments, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Bull riding at Rodeo Austin, the city's annual stock show and rodeo. 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
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 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
One of the outsized obstacles at the Peter Pan miniature-golf course i...
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