The John Bremond House, the spectacular centerpiece of what's known as...
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
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
Mary Ann Patterson, ex-slave, Austin
420004. District no. 27. Picture no. 371. 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
Lundberg Bakery, 1006 Congress Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX
Significance: The Lundberg Bakery is an important commercial and historical landmark in Austin. Built in 1875-76, it first housed successful bakery business of Charles Lundberg, and continued to be used as a ba... More
Humphrey-Erskine House, 902 North Austin Street, Seguin, Guadalupe Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-39 Survey number: HABS TX-328 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000750
Humphrey-Erskine House, 902 North Austin Street, Seguin, Guadalupe Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-39 Survey number: HABS TX-328 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000750
Humphrey-Erskine House, 902 North Austin Street, Seguin, Guadalupe Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-39 Survey number: HABS TX-328 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000750
Humphrey-Erskine House, 902 North Austin Street, Seguin, Guadalupe Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-39 Survey number: HABS TX-328 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000750
Humphrey-Erskine House, 902 North Austin Street, Seguin, Guadalupe Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-39 Survey number: HABS TX-328 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000750
Ehrigson Cotton Gin, Shelby, Austin County, TX
Significance: When cotton farmer William Ehrigson built his gin in 1917 near Shelby, Austin County, Texas, he was the only ginner in the immediate vicinity. Using an 80 horse power steam engine fired with cord ... More
Austin D. Kilham Place, 8 Thorndike Street, Beverly, Essex County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-63 Survey number: HABS MA-266 Building/structure dates: 1844 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: before 1900 Subsequent Work
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
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
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
Houghton Carriage House, 1111 Guadalupe Street, rear of 307 West Twelf...
Public domain photograph of construction site, excavation works, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
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
Taylor-Hunnicutt House, 405 West Twelfth Street (moved from Guadalupe ...
Significance: The Taylor-Hunnicutt House was built in 1872 by Dr. Matthew A. Taylor, a leading Austin physician, businessman, and investor. Dr. Taylor's widow married Hicklin P. Hunnicutt and the house remained... 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
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
Laguna Gloria, 3809 West Thirty-Fifth Street, Austin, Travis County, T...
2001 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Fourth Place Significance: The historic Laguna Gloria property at 3809 W. Thirty-fifth Street in Austin, Texas, is the former home of influential aesthete, preservationist, and b... More
Zilker Park Club House, 200 Clubhouse Road, Austin, Travis County, TX
2006 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: It was originally built as a Boy Scouts of America Clubhouse. Workers from the Civil Works Administration erected it in 1934. The Clubhouse and the surroundin... More
Neill-Cochran House, 2310 San Gabriel, Austin, Travis County, TX
Survey number: HABS TX-3391 Public domain photograph of architectural diagram, building plan, section, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
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
Angela Townsend House, 1802 West Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX
Significance: The Townsend House was a representative example of the post Civil War Greek Revival House as it was modified by Victorian influences. Survey number: HABS TX-3141 Building/structure dates: 18t3 I... More
Angela Townsend House, 1802 West Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX
Significance: The Townsend House was a representative example of the post Civil War Greek Revival House as it was modified by Victorian influences. Survey number: HABS TX-3141 Building/structure dates: 18t3 I... More
Albert Schafer, eight year old newsboy who usually begins at 8:00 A.M....
Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
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
Austin, M.A. Pine Bluff, Ark. - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mrs. James B. Eustis, Mrs. Austin Gray
A black and white photo of two women in dresses. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dr. Austin Flint - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rescuers at Austin pulling down ruins
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[S.S. M.W. [i.e. Howard M.] Hanna on reef (near Pt. Austin light, Lake...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Austin Curtis and his pig project. He is a young colored boy living ne...
Picryl description: Public domain image of cow, cattle, livestock, farm animals, agriculture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Homesteaders working in garden. Austin Homesteads, Minnesota
Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Butcher on the beef cut. Packing plant, Austin, Minnesota
Public domain photograph - working class people, the 1930s United States, work, labor, worker, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Beef in storage. Packing plant. Austin, Minnesota
Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Beef in storage. 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
Beef carcasses on the production line. Packing plant, Austin, Minnesot...
Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Processing of hog innards. 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
[Burton, Texas. H&TC (Southern Pacific) railroad (Austin Branch Main a...
Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s bridge, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The historic Driskill Hotel in downtown Austin, Texas. A Romanesque-st...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Exterior view, J.J. Pickle Federal Building located in downtown Austin...
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
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
Ruins of Salado College, a small college that operated in Salado, Texa...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The "college" taught courses from the elementary-school level up to college level and held many classes in people's homes. The proper... More
The State Theater in Austin, Texas
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Orginally built in 1935 by Interstate Circuit Inc. The theater was converted from an existing building by architect W. Scott Dunne. C... More
Joshua is a classic 72' wooden schooner sailing on Mobile Bay, Alabama...
Joshua, launched in 2002, became the City of Mobile's official tall ship in 2003 and the official Tall Ship of the State of Alabama in 2009. Bramlett began building the wooden schooner in 1993 at the Zirlott bo... More
Ruins of Salado College, a small college that operated in Salado, Texa...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The "college" taught courses from the elementary-school level up to college level and held many classes in people's homes. The proper... More
Artwork on the grounds of the French Legation Museum, 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
A view of Lake Austin from Mount Bonnell, above Austin, Texas
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Lake Austin, a thin and winding reservoir created in 1939 by the damming of the Colorado River, not to be confused with the Colorado ... 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
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
Branding day at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a working cattle r...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
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
Cowhand Craig Bauer aboard his horse, Spaghetti, at the 1,800-acre Lon...
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
Doorways to the state Supreme Court chamber in the Texas Capitol, 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
Neon sign for an Austin, Texas, Mexican restaurant
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
Ornate interior skylight inside historic Driskill Hotel in downtown Au...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Costumed cow and pig walk the carnival grounds at Rodeo Austin, the ci...
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 at the University of Texas at Austin
A bronze statue of a horse and a dragon swimming in a pool, America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bronc riding at Rodeo Austin, the fourth-largest indoor pro rodeo in 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
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
Sculpture "War Mother" at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum in Aust...
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
Texas longhorns on the move at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a w...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural farming landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, farmers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Detail from the Radha Madhav Dham, the main U.S. center of Jagadguru K...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Radha Madhav Dham is home to Shree Raseshwari Radha Rani Temple, the largest Hindu temple and ashram complex in America. It is a plac... More
Bronc riding at Rodeo Austin, that city's annual rodeo, stock show, pe...
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
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
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
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
Painting, "Dawn at the Alamo," by Henry Arthur McArdle, hanging in 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
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
Bronc riding at Rodeo Austin, that city's annual rodeo, stock show, pe...
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
Some would call this eclectic, others funky, art in the vibrant South ...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Mural artist: name not given. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Lib... 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
Cowhands, including cowgirl Lacey Elick Hollis, left, take a break fro...
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
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
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
Some would call this eclectic, others funky, art in the vibrant South ...
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