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[Postcard from [Emil] to Mr. and Mrs. Gammenthaher, July 18, 1913]

Description: Postcard from [Emil] to Mr. and Mrs. Gammenthaler. The front has a photograph of a man leaning against a tent in Battle Creek. The tent has a screen door and a frame beneath a layer of tarp. Behind the tent are trees and to the left of it is a small building. [Emil] wrote a brief correspondence to the Gammenthalers to tell them where he was headed and small updates.
Date: July 18, 1913
Partner: Gillespie County Historical Society

[Car with a Flat Tire]

Description: Photograph of a couple standing by a car. The man at the front of a picture is holding a car jack, attempting to fix a flat tire. The caption on the back reads "Bob got a puncture in route to Galveston from Austin 7/17/13 just before arriving at Giddings."
Date: July 17, 1913
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Race at Galveston Beach]

Description: Photograph of a car race at Galveston Beach. Two cars are visible behind the spectators. The inscription on the back reads "L. Disbrow in his 290 HB 'JIC' attempts to lower record for beach comer."
Date: July 29, 1913
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Travis Heights, Austin

Description: Photograph of a car driving through the Travis Heights subdivision in Austin. The road is dirt and is surrounded by trees; no houses are visible.
Date: July 16, 1913
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Two Cars near the Brazos River]

Description: Photograph of a man standing by two cars on the side of the road. A note on the back of the photograph says, "Just before arriving at Brenham - 7/17/13 - Brazos River."
Date: July 17, 1913
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Old Homestead Coffee Can]

Description: Photograph of a metal coffee can. There is an illustration of a brick house on the front of the can. Text surrounding the illustration says "Old Homestead Roasted Coffee," and "Roasted & Packed By Wangemann-Reichardt Company[,] Brenham, Texas."
Date: July 1913
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Start in 300 mile race, Galveston Beach

Description: Photograph of a car race at Galveston Beach. The drivers are lined up with their cars behind the crowd.
Date: July 29, 1913
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Ship at Galveston]

Description: Photograph of a U.S. Transport Ship at Galveston.
Date: July 20, 1913
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Riverside Drive, Austin

Description: Photograph of a car driving through Riverside Drive, Austin. A rocky hillside is at the right.
Date: July 10, 1913
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Galveston Causeway

Description: Photograph of the Galveston Causeway. A man is standing in the road next to two parked cars.
Date: July 19, 1913
Location: 29.297181 -94.885754
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Travis Heights, Austin

Description: Photograph of a car driving through the Travis Heights subdivision in Austin. The area is heavily shaded by nearby trees.
Date: July 16, 1913
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Travis Heights, Austin

Description: Photograph of a car driving through the Travis Heights subdivision in Austin. There are trees and shrubs on either side of the dirt road; no houses are visible.
Date: July 15, 1913
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[People on Boulder at Blue Springs]

Description: Photograph of a group of unidentified people sitting on top of a large boulder overlooking a small body of water and a man crouching by the water's edge below.
Date: July 28, 1913
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[People on Boulders]

Description: Photograph of several unidentified people posing in two groups, one sitting on top of several large boulders and another standing and sitting between two boulders below, with trees in the background.
Date: July 28, 1913
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[People on rocks at Blue Springs]

Description: Photograph of several unidentified men holding a woman's arms and lowering her down from a pile of large boulders while another man gets ready to catch her from below and three other women watch (two sitting behind the men on top of the boulders and another standing below).
Date: July 28, 1913
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[People Posing by Cliff]

Description: Photograph of a group of unidentified people standing and sitting on a large boulder with several piles of smaller rocks visible in the foreground below them and trees and the side of a cliff in the background.
Date: July 28, 1913
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[People posing on rocks and in tree at Blue Springs]

Description: Photograph of a group of unidentified people posing sitting and standing on a pile of large boulders and two men standing on a large tree branch above.
Date: July 28, 1913
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Washburn School House]

Description: Photograph of a Fourth of July celebration at Washburn, Texas, a town consisting of a 2-story brick school house and several smaller homes, with many horse-drawn carriages and people in the foreground, and more people, horses, and plains in the background.
Date: July 4, 1913
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Washburn, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a Fourth of July celebration at Washburn, Texas featuring a large group of women and men standing around a long table in the foreground, with several horse-drawn carriages and automobiles on the right, and two small homes visible in the background on an empty plain.
Date: July 4, 1913
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Water and Rock Formations]

Description: Photograph of a small body of water surrounded by rock formations at Blue Springs.
Date: July 28, 1913
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Two Men on Boulders]

Description: Photograph of two unidentified men wearing light-colored shirts, ties, and hats standing on top of two large boulders with trees and a cliff visible in the background.
Date: July 28, 1913
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Men and women at Blue Springs]

Description: Photograph of four unidentified men and two women holding hands and climbing up the steep side of a mountain in the Blue Springs area with rocks and plants in the foreground and mesas, trees, and clouds visible in the background.
Date: July 29, 1913
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

Nymphaea lutea, "Water Chinkapin"

Description: Still life photograph of Nymphaea lutea, or water chinquapin, arranged in jars, sitting on a table. A pocket knife is on the table. Water chinquapin is an aquatic perennial with large pale yellow flowers and circular leaves. In addition, the fruiting receptacle cradles fruits which resemble seeds. The plant is found in the Coastal Bend Region of Texas.
Date: July 15, 1913
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Partner: Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library
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