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Court-House crowd [Group of Travis County officials standing on the steps of a stone building]

Description: Photograph of a group of men wearing suits standing on the steps of what may be either the Travis County Courthouse or the Travis County Jail. The identified men, including Judge George Calhoun, District Clerk James P. Hart, and Deputy Sheriff Fred Peck, are all Travis County officials, but most of the group are unidentified. One of the the men is African American, and he appears to be the only person not wearing a suit coat. Several of the men are wearing ties -- including bow ties, string tie… more
Date: 1900?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Travis County Clerk Records: Poor Farm Record

Description: List of paupers at the Travis County Poor Farm from 1890-1900. Ledger includes inventory of property belonging to the Travis County Poor Farm; list of paupers; list of hands hired; list of county convicts sent to the Poor Farm to work out fines and costs; supplies purchased; sales made of produce of the Poor Farm; and, total expenditures and receipts. Pauper information includes name, date when first entered the Poor Farm, age, sex, nativity, color, date of discharge and reason for discharge.
Date: 1890/1900
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Travis County Clerk’s Office

[People boarding a passenger train]

Description: Photograph of two women wearing long dresses and large hats, two men in suits and hats, a black porter and two conductors (one black and one white) stand near a stationary train. One of the women is standing on the boarding stool at the train door and bending over; she appears to be looking for something. Above her, part of a third woman's body is visible in the door opening. There is a number written in pencil on the lower left corner of the photograph that reads "6009".
Date: 1900~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Woman standing with a bicycle with balloon tires]

Description: Photograph of a woman dressed in a white blouse and hat as well as a dark skirt standing on a lawn in front of bushes with a bicycle with balloon tires. She has her right hand on the seat and her left hand on the handlebar. The bicycle is a turn-of-the-century safety model with a single gear and bicycle chain.
Date: 1900~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Supreme Court of Texas]

Description: Photograph of the Supreme Court of Texas around 1900. The photograph was taken in the court chambers and features Chief Justice R.R. Gaines, Associate Justices T.J. Brown and F.A. Williams, Clerk Charles S. Morse, and Deputy F.T. Connerly.
Date: 1900~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[University of] Texas vs. Kansas City Medics

Description: Photograph of University of Texas Longhorns vs. Kansas City Medics at Clark Field. The weather is sunny and cloudless as the two teams line up against one another. The crowds pack closely together along the two sides of the field. The University of Texas began its football program in 1893 managed by Albert Lefevra, playing two games in the fall and two in the spring. The following year, the team hired its first official head coach, R.D. Wentworth.
Date: 1900
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Austin Cotton Gin

Description: Austin Cotton Gin was owned by W. T. Caswell and was located on the west side of Chicon St. Horse-drawn wagons with bales of cotton. Workers pose for photograph. Hand-crank loading cranes on platform.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Caswell, W. T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Austin Cotton Gin

Description: Austin Cotton Gin was owned by W. T. Caswell and was located on the west side of Chicon St. Horse-drawn wagons full of cotton. Workers pose for photograph.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Caswell, W. T.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Letter from Linnet Moore to Charles and Mary Moore, March 19, 1900]

Description: Letter from Linnet Moore to her parents in which she relates the details of an accident she had where she fell and hit her head. She was in bed for two days. She also attended an organ recital, took a tour of Austin, Texas in a rig with rubber tires, and attended the Episcopal Church. She asks her mother about the flower garden.
Date: March 19, 1900
Creator: Moore, Linnet
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Carter Dalton Linnet Moore, April 8, 1900]

Description: Letter from Carter Dalton to Linnet Moore in which he confesses that he forgot to "check your trunk and have cussed myself over and over for so doing." He tells her about a dam that washed away killing nine men in Austin, Texas. He asks Linnet's advice on answering a letter from a woman. He wants to keep her as a friend, but not encourage her to think he wants more from the relationship. He say that he is thinking about going "to the Territory" next summer.
Date: April 8, 1900
Creator: Dalton, Carter
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Willie B. Blakely (bust shot) as a boy.]

Description: Photographic portrait of Willie B. Blakely (bust shot) as a boy. Blakely appears to be about 12 years old and is wearing a light colored suit coat, white shirt, necktie with thin vertical stripes, and round tie pin. Image is cropped into an oval and mounted onto a pale gray matte. Photographer's mark in silver at lower right: "The Elliots, Austin, Tex." Image dimensions: 8.8 cm x 12.5 cm
Date: 1900
Creator: Elliots
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[University of Texas practice game, 1900]

Description: Photograph of Tackle at a UT practice game. Even for a practice game, the spectators fill the bleachers. The University of Texas began its football program in 1893 managed by Albert Lefevra, playing two games in the fall and two in the spring. The following year, the team hired its first official head coach, R.D. Wentworth.
Date: 1900
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Austin Dam broken in Colorado River flood]

Description: Photograph of Southeast view of the Austin Dam on the Colorado River after breaking during a flood. The dam was built in 1890 in an attempt to bring industry to the city, but failed after upriver storms sent a flood cracking the dam and killing eight people when the powerhouse flooded.
Date: 1900
Creator: Marks, H. R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 141

Description: Recorded copies of Travis County deeds, conveyances, and other muniments of title affecting ownership to real estate from October 1897 to February 1900, including warranty deeds, gift deeds, partition deeds, guardian deeds, quitclaim deeds, royalty deeds, various types of affidavits, appointments and resignations of trustees, trust indentures, transfers of liens, conveyances of liens, assignments of liens, subordination of liens, various types of partial releases, leases, easements, contracts o… more
Date: 1897-10/1900-02
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Travis County Clerk’s Office

Travis County Naturalization Records: Declaration Minutes B

Description: Notices filed by aliens, declaring intention to become citizens of United States, showing declaration number; court of jurisdiction; county; name, age, occupation, personal description, place of birth, date of birth, and present address of alien; country from which alien emigrated; name of vessel on which alien arrived or character of conveyance or name of transportation company if alien arrived by means other than vessel; alien's last foreign residence; name of foreign prince, potentate, state… more
Date: 1900-03/1906-09
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). District Clerk's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Travis County District Clerk’s Office

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 160

Description: Recorded copies of Travis County deeds, conveyances, and other muniments of title affecting ownership to real estate from January 1900 to March 1902, including warranty deeds, gift deeds, partition deeds, guardian deeds, quitclaim deeds, royalty deeds, various types of affidavits, appointments and resignations of trustees, trust indentures, transfers of liens, conveyances of liens, assignments of liens, subordination of liens, various types of partial releases, leases, easements, contracts of s… more
Date: 1900-01/1902-03
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Travis County Clerk’s Office

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record 159

Description: Recorded copies of Travis County deeds, conveyances, and other muniments of title affecting ownership to real estate from November 1898 to April 1900, including warranty deeds, gift deeds, partition deeds, guardian deeds, quitclaim deeds, royalty deeds, various types of affidavits, appointments and resignations of trustees, trust indentures, transfers of liens, conveyances of liens, assignments of liens, subordination of liens, various types of partial releases, leases, easements, contracts of … more
Date: 1898-11/1900-04
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Travis County Clerk’s Office
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