[Sign Commemorating Historic Mass]

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Photograph of a sign beneath a tree outside the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church. The sign is set in concrete, in the shape of a mission-style parapet, with the dates 1845 and 1917 on either side of a star, near the top. The text describes the purported saving of the first German in Texas. In the background, the northeast side of the church is partially visible; it is made of light-colored stone and has a series of stained-glass windows that are shaped as pointed arches.

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1 photograph : positive, col. ; 35 mm.

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Creator: Unknown. June 1983.

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German-Texan Heritage Society

The German-Texan Heritage Society is a nonprofit organization that preserves German culture in Texas through festivals, language classes, genealogical searches, and other services. The German Free School is a City of Austin Landmark and Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.

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Description

Photograph of a sign beneath a tree outside the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church. The sign is set in concrete, in the shape of a mission-style parapet, with the dates 1845 and 1917 on either side of a star, near the top. The text describes the purported saving of the first German in Texas. In the background, the northeast side of the church is partially visible; it is made of light-colored stone and has a series of stained-glass windows that are shaped as pointed arches.

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1 photograph : positive, col. ; 35 mm.

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Sign text: "Folk-lore says that here, in the dawn of Texas history, stood an Indian village in which one of the early missionaries lingered many days; that here a vision of the chief’s daughter freed the first German in Texas. Tradition says that under this tree mass was offered by the Abbe em Domenech in 1849. Texas Historic Landmarks Association June 15, 1917.”

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Rescuing Texas History, 2021

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  • June 1983

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  • July 3, 2023, 9:58 p.m.

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[Sign Commemorating Historic Mass], photograph, June 1983; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1450692/: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting German-Texan Heritage Society.

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