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
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
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
Pig races at Rodeo Austin, the city's annual stock show and rodeo. Aus...
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
Bull throws its rider at Rodeo Austin, the city's annual stock show 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
Mural on the wall of the Victory Grill, a longtime "juke joint" on 11t...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Photo shows portion of mural painted by the Trust Your Struggle mural collective of Victory Grill founder Johnny Holmes with pianist ... 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
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
"Dear Mr. President," Granbury, Austin, and Hood County, Texas, Januar...
The name of one interviewee is unknown. Part of a series of recordings made by John Henry Faulk, Granbury, Austin, and Hood County, Texas, January or February 1942. Contents: AFS 06434A, Unidentified woman; AFS... More
Edward T. Austin House, 1502 Market Street (Avenue D), Galveston, Galv...
Survey number: HABS TX-261 Building/structure dates: 1868 Initial Construction
Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Sixteenth Street & Congress Avenue, Austin...
Significance: Swedish immigrants to Texas were inaugurated by Swante Magnus Swenson when he arrived in the Republic of Texas during 1838. Inspiring other groups from his native Smaland. He caused the local Swed... More
Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Sixteenth Street & Congress Avenue, Austin...
Significance: Swedish immigrants to Texas were inaugurated by Swante Magnus Swenson when he arrived in the Republic of Texas during 1838. Inspiring other groups from his native Smaland. He caused the local Swed... 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
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
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
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 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
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
Isaac Boyett, "I'm de whole show." The twelve year old proprietor, man...
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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
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
West Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning Shoal Creek at West Sixth Street, A...
Significance: This bridge, one of the state's oldest masonry arches, is located at the site of the first bridge in Austin and continues to serve one of the city's principal east-west arteries. Unprocessed Fiel... 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
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
Texas Suspension Bridges, Dr. Flinn's Model & Builders Plate, Austin, ...
Survey number: HAER TX-98-A Building/structure dates: after 1898 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
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
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
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
Austin Perry House, 712 Harbor Road, Southport, Fairfield County, CT
Significance: The Austin Perry house is a highly stylized classical Greek design of the 1830s. A symmetrical and balanced composition, the correctly detailed Doric cornice and bold proportions of the Corinthia... More
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
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
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
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
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...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an office building, commercial building, 20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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.
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
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
[Design drawing for stained glass window with crests on rounded blue m...
Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Port Austin Reef Light House, Point[e] Aux Barques
Public domain photo of lighthouse, sea shore, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Austin Peay - Public domain photograph, glass negative
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Austin Byrne and J.F. Wilkins - Public domain photograph, glass negati...
Public domain photograph of official photograph, building on the background, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Congress Ave., Austin, Texas
Capitol in background. Public domain photograph of telegraph or telephone wires, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Teaching seamen to tie knots, U.S.S. Calvin Austin
Public domain image of a American navy warship of World War One time, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Boy in stocking cap (taller of two) is James Ryan, 89 Austin St. Has b...
Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Co. G, 2nd Inf., Minnesota Nat. Guards, Austin, Minn., Aug. 28th, 1917
J225221 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Frank Palen; September 4, 1917; DLC/PP-1917:45469.
Austin Curtis and his pig project. He is a young colored boy living ne...
Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
University Buildings from Capitol dome, Austin, Texas
University buildings and nearby residential community. J281468 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 26569.
U.S. Senators and their wives, Jerusalem, 1936, R. Copeland, W. Austin...
Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. Senators and their wives, Jerusalem, 1936, R. Copeland, W. Austin...
Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
U.S. Senators and their wives, Jerusalem, 1936, R. Copeland, W. Austin...
Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Courtroom eagle at U.S. Court House, Austin, Texas
Neoclassical/Art Deco design completed in 1936 by architect Charles H. Page. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by ... More
Social Security board goes into the census reports. Washington, D.C., ...
A black and white photo of two men at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
City market, Austin, Texas - Public domain book illustration
Print shows interior view of the market. Illus. in: Public buildings : a survey of architecture of projects constructed by federal and other governmental bodies between the years 1933 and 1939 with the assistan... More
Putting young veal in sack. Packing plant. Austin, Minnesota
Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Packing sausages at meat packing plant. Austin, Minnesota
Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Community building at Austin Homesteads project. Minnesota
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Beef in storage. Packing plant, Austin, Minnesota
Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The beef cut. 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
Government inspection of hog carcasses. Packing plant, Austin, Minneso...
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
Skinning sheep. Hormel packing plant. Austin, Minnesota
Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Portrait of Alan Kent and Austin Croom-Johnson, New York, N.Y., betwe...
Public domain image of musical performance, piano music, keyboard instrument, pianist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Texas Suspension Bridges, Austin, Travis County, TX
Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Exterior, Texas 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
Totem, Peter Pan mini golf, Barton Springs Road, Austin, Texas
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library ... More
Stairs, U.S. Court House, Austin, Texas
Neoclassical/Art Deco design completed in 1936 by architect Charles H. Page. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by ... More
Interior view of the LBJ suite of offices, J.J. Pickle Federal Buildin...
Public domain photograph of hotel lobby, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
The House of Representatives Chamber in the Texas Capitol, Austin, Tex...
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 Daniel H. Caswell House in Austin, Texas
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Daniel H. Caswell came to Austin from Nashville, Tennessee, about 1895. He purchased a cotton oil manufacturing company, bought and s... More
The William T. Caswell House in Austin, Texas. Caswell was a prominent...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Standing next door to an even-grander house owned by his father, Daniel H. Caswell, this house was constructed circa 1904 by A.O. Wat... More
Painting of James Stephen Hogg, the first native governor of Texas, ha...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Artist: Freeman Thorpe, 1907. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Lib... More
The William Braxton Barr House, a historic farmhouse built about 1898 ...
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
One of many vibrant neon signs in Austin, the Texas state capital, whi...
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 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
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
"Rhapsody," a mosaic depicting Austin musicians, by John Yancey, Luis ...
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
Neill-Cochran House Museum, a historic home in north-central 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
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