"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.
"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
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
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
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
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
The upper reaches of Frost Bank Tower, a prominent Austin, Texas, skys...
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The 33-story building was developed by Cousins Properties from November 2001 to December 2003. It was the first high- rise building t... More
City market, Austin, Texas - Public domain book illustration
Print shows exterior 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
Elevator lobby 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
Adams House, built by W. T. Adams, the chief clerk of the Texas Depart...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Elevator lobby 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
Neon sign outside Hut's Hamburgers, an Austin, Texas, institution dati...
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
Exterior detail of the Driskill, a venerable Austin, Texas, hotel
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Romanesque-style building, completed in 1886 was conceived and built by Col. Jesse Driskill, a cattleman who spent his fortune co... 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
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
Exterior detail of the Driskill, a venerable Austin, Texas, hotel
Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Romanesque-style building, completed in 1886 was conceived and built by Col. Jesse Driskill, a cattleman who spent his fortune co... More
The reverse of the Texas State Seal appears in terrazzo in the atrium ...
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 Lars Hollis, left and John Elick, owner of 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
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