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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

Branding day 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 at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a working cattle r...

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

Branding day 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 at the 1,800-acre Lonesome Pine Ranch, a working cattle r...

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain photo of antique sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

The modernist Austin City Hall and Public Plaza in Austin, Texas

The modernist Austin City Hall and Public Plaza in Austin, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designer Antoine Predock said he envisioned the building not as a "suit-and-tie" city hall, but rather as "a reflection of the warm i... 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

Iron gate leading to the Hartman Prehistoric Garden within Zilker Botanical Gardens in Austin, Texas

Iron gate leading to the Hartman Prehistoric Garden within Zilker Bota...

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. 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

Exterior detail of the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Texas

Exterior detail of the Travis County Courthouse 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

Littlefield Fountain, a monument by Italian-born sculptor Pompeo Coppini located on the main campus of The University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas

Littlefield Fountain, a monument by Italian-born sculptor Pompeo Coppi...

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

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

Samantha and Scarlett Santana have some fun in the ride area of a carnival outside the event locations Rodeo Austin, the city's annual stock show and rodeo. Austin, Texas

Samantha and Scarlett Santana have some fun in the ride area of a carn...

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 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

The True Blue tattoo and body-piercing parlor in Austin, Texas

The True Blue tattoo and body-piercing parlor 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

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. Artist: name not given. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library o... More

Construction of a high-rise condominum behind the central core of the old City of Austin Seaholm Power Plant in Austin, Texas

Construction of a high-rise condominum behind the central core of 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

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...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Monument at the tomb of Stephen F. Austin at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas

Monument at the tomb of Stephen F. Austin at the Texas State Cemetery ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The husband-and-wife, cowboy-cowgirl team of Lars Hollis and Lacey Elick Hollis 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

The husband-and-wife, cowboy-cowgirl team of Lars Hollis and Lacey Eli...

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

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

Ferris wheel, Carnival at Rodeo Austin, the city's annual stock show a...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ferris wheel, luna park, attractions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Calf roping at Rodeo Austin, the city's annual stock show and rodeo. Austin, Texas

Calf roping 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

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

Provocative neon sign at a Lucy's Fried Chicken location on Burnet Road in Austin, Texas

Provocative neon sign at a Lucy's Fried Chicken location on Burnet Roa...

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...

Public domain image of carnival, parade, celebration, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

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

[A stream that runs through the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas]

[A stream that runs through the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas]

Title from related image in same group: LC-DIG-highsm-28242. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divis... More

Apt silhouette (for Texas) near the University of Texas at Austin campus

Apt silhouette (for Texas) near the University of Texas at Austin camp...

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 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

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

Rodeo queen and mascot get a ride before the crowd at Rodeo Austin, the city's annual stock show and rodeo. Austin, Texas

Rodeo queen and mascot get a ride before the crowd at Rodeo Austin, th...

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 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

Scene from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, part of the University of Texas at Austin but located 10 miles south of the Texas capital

Scene from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, part of the Univer...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson and actress Helen Hayes founded the National Wildflower Research Center in 1982 to protect and pr... More

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

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

Samantha and Scarlett Santana have some fun in the ride area of a carnival outside the event locations Rodeo Austin, the city's annual stock show and rodeo. Austin, Texas

Samantha and Scarlett Santana have some fun in the ride area of a carn...

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 piece of steel from the World Trade Center, destroyed by a terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001 in New York City. It is displayed as a memorial at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas

A piece of steel from the World Trade Center, destroyed by a terrorist...

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 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 Lonesom...

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

Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Sixteenth Street & Congress Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX

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

Mary Ann Patterson, ex-slave, Austin

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

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

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

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...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

French Legation to Republic of Texas, Seventh & San Marcos Streets, Austin, Travis County, TX

French Legation to Republic of Texas, Seventh & San Marcos Streets, Au...

Survey number: HABS TX-33-C-1 Building/structure dates: ca. 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1880 Subsequent Work

French Legation to Republic of Texas, Seventh & San Marcos Streets, Austin, Travis County, TX

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, 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

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

Portrait photo of Martha Bunton, ex-slave, Austin

Portrait photo of Martha Bunton, ex-slave, Austin

Public domain photograph, 20th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Taylor-Hunnicutt House, 405 West Twelfth Street (moved from Guadalupe Street), Austin, Travis County, TX

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

Judge Sebron G. Sneed House, Route I-35 & Bluff Springs Road, Austin, Travis County, TX

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

Panorama Austin, Texas. Cityscape photograph,  Panoramic Photograph

Panorama Austin, Texas. Cityscape photograph, Panoramic Photograph

J139615 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; March 2 1910. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.

Laguna Gloria, 3809 West Thirty-Fifth Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

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

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

Zilker Park Club House, 200 Clubhouse Road, Austin, Travis County, TX

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

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

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

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

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

502 West Thirteenth Street (House), Austin, Travis County, TX

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

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

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.

Governor Elisha M. Pease Mansion, 6 Niles Road, Austin, Travis County, TX

Governor Elisha M. Pease Mansion, 6 Niles Road, Austin, Travis County,...

Survey number: HABS TX-330 Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction

Sampson-Nalle House, 1003 Rio Grande Street, Austin, Travis County, TX

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

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

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

Congress Ave., Austin, Texas

Congress Ave., Austin, Texas

Capitol in background. Public domain photograph of telegraph or telephone wires, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

University Buildings from Capitol dome, Austin, Texas

University Buildings from Capitol dome, Austin, Texas

University buildings and nearby residential community. J281468 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 26569.

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

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

City market, Austin, Texas - Public domain book illustration

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

Texas Suspension Bridges, Austin, Travis County, TX

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

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

Stairs, U.S. Court House, Austin, Texas

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 Building located in downtown Austin, Texas

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 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

The House of Representatives Chamber in the Texas Capitol, Austin, Texas. Behind the Speaker's desk hangs an original flag from the 1836 Battle of San Jacinto

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

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 Austin cotton merchant

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, hanging in House of Representatives chamber in the Texas Capitol

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 in Austin, Texas

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, which (as of 2014) is booming thanks to the influx of thousands of high-tech, music, and corporate employees, many of them under 30

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, 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

Scenes from the stock show portion of Rodeo Austin, the city's annual stock show and rodeo. Austin, Texas

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 Alicea, and Steven B. Jones in Dr. Charles E. Urdy Plaza in East Austin, a neighborhood of Austin, Texas

"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

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