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Senator Earl B. Mayfield of Austin, Texas

Senator Earl B. Mayfield of Austin, Texas

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portraits of musician Bill Tatnall of Frederica, Ga.; Luneda Commeaux of New Iberia, La.; Prisoners at Darrington State Farm working in the woodyard; A mountain woman in the hills near Austin, Tx.]

[Portraits of musician Bill Tatnall of Frederica, Ga.; Luneda Commeaux...

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[Burton, Texas. H&TC (Southern Pacific) railroad (Austin Branch Main and siding) bridge over Highway 290, looking towards Brenham, Texas]

[Burton, Texas. H&TC (Southern Pacific) railroad (Austin Branch Main a...

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Austin, Texas. State capitol - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Austin, Texas. State capitol - safety film negatives, Library of Congr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of bustling city downtown streets, commercial buildings, 20th-century, the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fountain in the rear of the Texas Governor's Mansion, Austin, Texas

Fountain in the rear of the Texas Governor's Mansion, Austin, Texas

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Courtroom gate at U.S. Court House, Austin, Texas

Courtroom gate 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

Interior view of the LBJ suite of offices, J.J. Pickle Federal Building located in downtown Austin, Texas

Interior view of the LBJ suite of offices, J.J. Pickle Federal Buildin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a lobby, large living room, hall, interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Exterior view, J.J. Pickle Federal Building located in downtown Austin, Texas

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

Cowhand E. B. Feldman, atop his horse, Deets, at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a working cattle ranch that is part of the Texas Ranch Life ranch resort near Chappell Hill in Austin County, Texas

Cowhand E. B. Feldman, atop his horse, Deets, at the 1,800-acre Loneso...

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

Bronc riding at Rodeo Austin, that city's annual rodeo, stock show, performance event, and carnival. Austin, Texas

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

Carnival scene at Rodeo Austin, the city's annual stock show and rodeo. Austin, Texas

Carnival scene 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

Mother longhorn and her calf at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a working cattle ranch that is part of the Texas Ranch Life ranch resort near Chappell Hill in Austin County, Texas

Mother longhorn and her calf at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a ...

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Susana Decado at Rodeo Austin, the city's annual stock show and rodeo. Austin, Texas

Susana Decado 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

Carnival scene at Rodeo Austin, the city's annual stock show and rodeo. Austin, Texas

Carnival scene at Rodeo Austin, the city's annual stock show and rodeo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a picnic in the park, outdoor activity, leisure time, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sculpture at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum in Austin, Texas

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

Littlefield Fountain at the University of Texas at Austin, with the historic University of Texas Tower in the distance

Littlefield Fountain at the University of Texas at Austin, with the hi...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Littlefield Fountain is a monument by Italian-born sculptor Pompeo Coppini. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photograph... More

Sculpture at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum in Austin, Texas

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

Country singer-songwriting legend Willie Nelson, age 80 at the time of this photograph, performs with his band, "Family," at Rodeo Austin, the city's annual stock show and rodeo

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 Austin neighborhood of Austin, Texas

Some would call this eclectic, others funky, art in the vibrant South ...

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 Austin neighborhood of Austin, Texas

Some would call this eclectic, others funky, art in the vibrant South ...

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

Barbecue Pit at the original Salt Lick BBQ, a barbecue restaurant in Dripping Springs, in Hays County, Texas, south of Austin

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

Part of a 200-head longhorn herd at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a working cattle ranch that is part of the Texas Ranch Life ranch resort near Chappell Hill in Austin County, Texas

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

Bronc riding at Rodeo Austin, the city's annual stock show and rodeo. Austin, Texas

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 Tejano Monument on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas

The Tejano Monument on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol in Austi...

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Carnival scene at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo, produced by Rodeo Austin in Austin, Texas

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

Statue in the likeness of "Bevo," the University of Texas longhorn sports mascot, in faithful burnt-orange and white school colors

Statue in the likeness of "Bevo," the University of Texas longhorn spo...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The creation stands amid several food trucks outside the University of Texas at Austin co-op store. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas ... More

Branding day for heifers at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a working cattle ranch that is part of the Texas Ranch Life ranch resort near Chappell Hill in Austin County, Texas

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

Cowhands drive the 200-head longhorn herd at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a working cattle ranch that is part of the Texas Ranch Life ranch resort near Chappell Hill in Austin County, Texas

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

Bronc riding at Rodeo Austin, the fourth-largest indoor pro rodeo in the world, held in Austin, Texas

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

Rearward view of the House of Representatives chamber in the Texas Capitol, Austin, Texas

Rearward view of the House of Representatives chamber in the Texas Cap...

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

This looks like one of the funky artistic neon signs that are everywhere in the eclectic South Austin neighborhood of Austin, Texas. It is that, perhaps, but it also directs one to the actual Deep Eddy municipal pool

This looks like one of the funky artistic neon signs that are everywhe...

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

Mascots ham it up at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo, produced by Rodeo Austin in Austin, Texas

Mascots ham it up 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 Large Parlor in the northwest corner of the 1856 section of the Texas Governor's Mansion in Austin, the capital of Texas

The Large Parlor in the northwest corner of the 1856 section of the Te...

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

Mural on the old Union Pacific train station in Giddings, the seat of Lee County, Texas, east of Austin

Mural on the old Union Pacific train station in Giddings, the seat of ...

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

Roping at Rodeo Austin, the fourth-largest indoor pro rodeo in the world, held in Austin, Texas

Roping at Rodeo Austin, the fourth-largest indoor pro rodeo in the wor...

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Carnival scene at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo, produced by Rodeo Austin in Austin, Texas

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

Scene from the livestock pavilion at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo, produced by Rodeo Austin in Austin, Texas

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

Sculpture at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum in Austin, Texas

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

Cowhand Lars Hollis, atop his horse, Catote, ropes longhorn calves and heifers at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a working cattle ranch that is part of the Texas Ranch Life ranch resort near Chappell Hill in Austin County, Texas

Cowhand Lars Hollis, atop his horse, Catote, ropes longhorn calves and...

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

Part of a 200-head longhorn herd at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a working cattle ranch that is part of the Texas Ranch Life ranch resort near Chappell Hill in Austin County, Texas

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

Barn at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a working cattle ranch that is part of the Texas Ranch Life ranch resort near Chappell Hill in Austin County, Texas

Barn at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a working cattle ranch tha...

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

Rodeo competition at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo, produced by Rodeo Austin in Austin, Texas

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

Sand Beach Park, along the Colorado River in Austin, Texas

Sand Beach Park, along the Colorado River in Austin, Texas

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John Elick, owner of the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, atop his horse Rebelito at the working cattle ranch that is part of the Texas Ranch Life ranch resort near Chappell Hill in Austin County, Texas

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

Excelsior Hotel, Austin Street, Jefferson, Marion County, TX

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

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

John Crawford of Austin - Public domain portrait print

John Crawford of Austin - Public domain portrait print

Written on back: also in r.b. vol. Texas part 1, vol. 16. Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project slave narratives collections.

U. S. Courthouse & Post Office, 224 West Austin Street, Jefferson, Marion County, TX

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, Marion County, TX

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

Humphrey-Erskine House, 902 North Austin Street, Seguin, Guadalupe County, TX

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

Camp Mabry, Building No. 15, 2200 West Thirty-fifth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

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

Cat Spring Agriculture Society Pavilion, Cat Spring, Austin County, TX

Cat Spring Agriculture Society Pavilion, Cat Spring, Austin County, TX

Significance: The Cat Spring Agricultural Society (founded 1856) built its pavilion in 1902 to provide the prospering German community with a permanent dance and meeting hall. The twelve sided structure is one ... More

Reed Hall, 3200 Bowman Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

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 Twelfth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Houghton Carriage House, 1111 Guadalupe Street, rear of 307 West Twelf...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Houghton Carriage House, 1111 Guadalupe Street, rear of 307 West Twelfth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

Houghton Carriage House, 1111 Guadalupe Street, rear of 307 West Twelf...

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Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

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, Travis County, TX

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, Travis County, TX

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, Travis County, TX

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, Travis County, TX

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, Travis County, TX

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, TX

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

Carrington-Covert House, 1511 Colorado Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

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

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

West Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning Shoal Creek at West Sixth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

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

Neill-Cochran House, 2310 San Gabriel, Austin, Travis County, TX

Neill-Cochran House, 2310 San Gabriel, Austin, Travis County, TX

Survey number: HABS TX-3391 Public domain photograph of architecture design, diagram, drawing, building plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Orsay Tenant House, 310 East Fourteenth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

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

Portrait photo of Mary Thompson, ex-slave, Austin

Portrait photo of Mary Thompson, ex-slave, Austin

420061. District no. 27. Picture no. 93. Official project no. 265-6903. Work project no. 6900(27). Forms part of: Portraits of African American ex-slaves from the U.S. Works Progress Administration, Federal Wri... More

John H. Houghton House, 307 West Twelfth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

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, TX

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

Albert Schafer, eight year old newsboy who usually begins at 8:00 A.M. Sundays. Sells some on week-days. Is a cripple. Makes one to two dollars a day.  Location: Austin, Texas.

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.

Nathaniel Raymond House, 204 East Twenty-fourth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

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 County, TX

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

Planters Bank Building & Warehouse, 224 East Austin Street, Jefferson, Marion County, TX

Planters Bank Building & Warehouse, 224 East Austin Street, Jefferson,...

Significance: This building is one of the best remaining examples of mid-nineteenth century commercial architecture in Jefferson. The warehouse at the rear of the building, which extends toward the Big Cyprus B... More

Planters Bank Building & Warehouse, 224 East Austin Street, Jefferson, Marion County, TX

Planters Bank Building & Warehouse, 224 East Austin Street, Jefferson,...

Significance: This building is one of the best remaining examples of mid-nineteenth century commercial architecture in Jefferson. The warehouse at the rear of the building, which extends toward the Big Cyprus B... More

Goodman Building, 202 West Thirteenth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

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.

Governor's Mansion, 1010 Colorado Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"The Hiker" statue, Austin, Texas

"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

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 1856 section of the Texas Governor's Mansion in Austin, Texas

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 Building located in downtown Austin, Texas

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 artsy neighborhood below the Texas capital

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 Austin, Texas, to University of Texas students and alumni who died in World War I

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 Austin

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 annual stock show and rodeo. Austin, Texas

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 the South Austin neighborhood of Austin, Texas, this vintage-looking "Greetings From Austin" postcard mural, originally painted in 1998, is a favorite tourist "photo op"

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, is also one of the city's favorites

"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 working cattle ranch that is part of the Texas Ranch Life ranch resort near Chappell Hill in Austin County, Texas

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. Austin, Texas

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

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. Austin, Texas

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 annual stock show and rodeo. Austin, Texas

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

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 Texas Governor's Mansion in Austin, the capital of Texas

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

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