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The upper reaches of Frost Bank Tower, a prominent Austin, Texas, skyscraper

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

The French Legation Museum, in Austin, Texas, where the Empire of France kept a mission for two years during the period when Texas was an independent nation from 1836 to 1846. As the name suggests, it is now a historical house museum

The French Legation Museum, in Austin, Texas, where the Empire of Fran...

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

Incidents of the Texas contest / sketched by Douglas E. Jerrold.

Incidents of the Texas contest / sketched by Douglas E. Jerrold.

Four illustrations of a contested election in Texas including the gathering of the Democrats to oust the Radicals arresting the mayor of Austin and guarding the secretary of state's office, and Democrats discus... More

Painting, "The Battle of San Jacinto," hanging in the Senate Chamber of the Texas State Capitol in Austin

Painting, "The Battle of San Jacinto," hanging in the Senate Chamber o...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Artist: Henry McArdle, 1895 (Source: tsl.texas.gov, 2014) Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. High... More

Swimming pool at Hotel Ella, a boutique hotel in Austin, Texas, that occupies the 1900 Goodall Wooten House

Swimming pool at Hotel Ella, a boutique hotel in Austin, Texas, that o...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. It was built by local doctor and benefactor Goodall H. Wooten and his wife Ella and was noted for its Classical Revival architecture ... 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

The proud state capitol of Austin, Texas

The proud state capitol of Austin, Texas

No. 16576. 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. Capit... More

State Capitol at Austin, Texas, second largest capitol in America

State Capitol at Austin, Texas, second largest capitol in America

No. 3412. 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. Capito... More

Nine year old newsie who is up at 4:00 A.M. Sundays. Paul Luna. Photo Sunday morning.  Location: Austin, Texas.

Nine year old newsie who is up at 4:00 A.M. Sundays. Paul Luna. Photo ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Eleven year old newsie who has been selling for three years. He gets up at 2:30 A.M. Sundays, and at 5:00 A.M. school days. Makes about $1.25 a day. Norval Sharp. Photo taken early Sunday morning.  Location: Austin, Texas.

Eleven year old newsie who has been selling for three years. He gets u...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Texas National Guard, Brig. Gen'l. Wolters Com'd'g., Camp Mabry, 1921

Texas National Guard, Brig. Gen'l. Wolters Com'd'g., Camp Mabry, 1921

J249513 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; E. O. Goldbeck; July 15, 1921. Stamped on verso: "Copies of this picture will be mailed post paid to any part of the United States upon receipt of price $.50. Re... More

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.

South from Capitol dome down Congress St., Austin, Texas

South from Capitol dome down Congress St., Austin, Texas

Aerial view from dome. 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 th... More

[Portraits of musician Bill Tatnall of Frederica, Ga.; Luneda Commeaux of New Iberia, La.; Prisoners at Darrington State Farm working in the woodyard; A mountain woman in the hills near Austin, Tx.]

[Portraits of musician Bill Tatnall of Frederica, Ga.; Luneda Commeaux...

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

State Capitol, Austin - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

State Capitol, Austin - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

J16712 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 24. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, wh... More

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

City market, Austin, Texas - Public domain book illustration

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

City market, Austin, Texas - Public domain book illustration

City market, Austin, Texas - Public domain book illustration

Print shows site plan for building. 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 assistance of... More

Senor Vigues, wife and 5 children - live in this homemade shack opposite American-Mexican "Jim Crow" housing project, "Santa Rita"

Senor Vigues, wife and 5 children - live in this homemade shack opposi...

Photograph shows Mexican American man and three children standing at dilapidated shack opposite the Santa Rita Courts in Austin,Texas, first public housing development completed under the Housing Act of 1937, w... More

Living room of the Governor's Mansion, Austin, Texas

Living room of the 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

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

Parlor at the Texas Governor's Mansion, Austin, Texas

Parlor at the 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

Texas - Victorian era public domain image

Texas - Victorian era public domain image

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Possibly room in Texas Governor's mansion, per note fro... More

University Tower at the Univesity of Texas, Austin, Texas

University Tower at the Univesity of Texas, 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. The building has become associated with the day in 1966... More

Fountain in the rear of the Texas Governor's Mansion, Austin, Texas

Fountain in the rear of the Texas Governor's Mansion, Austin, Texas

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

"The Hiker" statue, Austin, Texas

"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

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

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

Lobby, 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

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

Courtroom door 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

Side exterior, U.S. Court House, Austin, Texas

Side exterior, 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

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

Exterior, 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

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

Elevator lobby at U.S. Court House, Austin, Texas

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 Department of Agriculture in 1911 as a one-story, L- shaped bungalow, was remodeled in Colonial Revival style in the 1930s in the Hyde Park neighborhood, just north of the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas. The home became a bed-and-breakfast inn

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

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

Marble statue of David "Davy" Crockett, by Elizabet Ney, unveiled on this spot in the Texas Capitol South Foyer in 1903. Austin, Texas

Marble statue of David "Davy" Crockett, by Elizabet Ney, unveiled on t...

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

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

Stairs from above. 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

The Small Parlor in the northeast corner of the first floor in the 1856 section of the Texas Governor's Mansion in Austin, Texas

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. The cove molding and mantels with mirrors date to the Joseph D. Sayers Administration, 1899-1903. Built in 1854, the building was des... More

Light at U.S. Court House, Austin, Texas

Light 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

The historic Driskill Hotel in downtown Austin, Texas. A Romanesque-style building completed in 1886, the Driskill is one of the best-known hotels in Texas

The historic Driskill Hotel in downtown Austin, Texas. A Romanesque-st...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Courtroom. 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

Architectural details at U.S. Court House, Austin, Texas

Architectural details 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

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

Courtroom gate 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

Hall detail, U.S. Court House, Austin, Texas

Hall detail, 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

The Small Parlor in the northeast corner of the first floor in the 1856 section of the Texas Governor's Mansion in Austin, Texas

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 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

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

Exterior view, J.J. Pickle Federal Building located in downtown Austin, Texas

Exterior view, J.J. Pickle Federal Building located in downtown Austin...

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

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

Exterior view, J.J. Pickle Federal Building located in downtown Austin, Texas

Exterior view, J.J. Pickle Federal Building located in downtown Austin...

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

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

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

Exterior view, J.J. Pickle Federal Building located in downtown Austin, Texas

Exterior view, J.J. Pickle Federal Building located in downtown Austin...

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

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

Exterior view, J.J. Pickle Federal Building located in downtown Austin, Texas

Exterior view, J.J. Pickle Federal Building located in downtown Austin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an office building, commercial building, 20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

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...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a lobby, large living room, hall, interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Exterior view, J.J. Pickle Federal Building located in downtown Austin, Texas

Exterior view, J.J. Pickle Federal Building located in downtown Austin...

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

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

Hotel Ella, a boutique hotel in Austin, Texas, that occupies the 1900 Goodall Wooten House

Hotel Ella, a boutique hotel in Austin, Texas, that occupies the 1900 ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. It was built by local doctor and benefactor Goodall H. Wooten and his wife Ella and was noted for its Classical Revival architecture ... More

The 1916 Italianate-style Villa Laguna Gloria, one of two sites of the contemporary-art museum known locally in Austin, Texas, as simply "The Contemporary"

The 1916 Italianate-style Villa Laguna Gloria, one of two sites 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

The old Paramount Theatre, left, and the adjacent, newer State Theater in downtown Austin, Texas

The old Paramount Theatre, left, and the adjacent, newer State Theater...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Originally called the "Majestic," the larger and more famous Paramount was erected in 1915 by Austin businessman Ernest Nalle, the so... More

Part of the back-entry hallway of the Texas Governor's Mansion in Austin, the capital of Texas

Part of the back-entry hallway of the Texas Governor's Mansion in Aust...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Part of the 1914 addition, this area's width of this changed slightly during another restoration completed in 2012. Built in 1854, th... More

Outbuildings behind the William Braxton Barr House, a historic farmhouse built about 1898 in Austin, Texas

Outbuildings behind the William Braxton Barr House, a historic farmhou...

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

Littlefield Fountain, the sculptor Pompeo Coppini's 1933 memorial in Austin, Texas, to University of Texas students and alumni who died in World War I

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

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

Painting, "The Settlement of Austin's Colony," by Henry Arthur McArdle, in the House of Representatives chamber in the Texas Capitol. Stephen F. Austin is shown rallying his colonists against the Karankawa Indians around 1824, as an unnamed scout comes to the cabin door to sound the alarm

Painting, "The Settlement of Austin's Colony," by Henry Arthur McArdle...

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 1887 Moore-Flack House in Austin, Texas

The 1887 Moore-Flack House in Austin, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The first owner of the Victorian house, John M. Moore, was Texas secretary of state. Laura A. E. Flack, a prominent Austin businesswo... More

One of the original residences that has not been gentrified in Clarksville, an eclectic neighborhood in West Central Austin, Texas. The settlement was founded in the 1870s by freed African-American slaves

One of the original residences that has not been gentrified in Clarksv...

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

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

Neon sign outside Hut's Hamburgers, an Austin, Texas, institution dating to 1939. In 1969 it moved to this location, which had operated as Sammie's Drive-In, Eli's Lounge, and Picante's Mexican restaurant

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

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

One of three architectural elements above the Paramount Theatre in downtown Austin, Texas

One of three architectural elements above the Paramount Theatre in dow...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Two of the friezes are inscribed with the dates 1885 and 1915. Between them is a frieze with the name Joseph Nalle. The theater was b... More

A view of Lake Austin from Mount Bonnell, above Austin, Texas

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

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

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

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

The Conservatory, part of the 1914 addition on the west side of the Texas Governor's Mansion in Austin, the capital of Texas

The Conservatory, part of the 1914 addition on the west side of the Te...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The room stands where the original back porch was located. Built in 1854, the mansion was designed by prominent architect Abner Cook ... More

The State Dining Room, looking towards the west wall of the Texas Governor's Mansion in Austin, the capital of Texas

The State Dining Room, looking towards the west wall of the Texas Gove...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This wall was the back of the house until the 1914 addition. Built in 1854, the mansion was designed by prominent architect Abner Coo... More

The Elisabet Ney Mansion, a museum located in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Austin, Texas

The Elisabet Ney Mansion, a museum located in the Hyde Park neighborho...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Completed in 1893, for German-born sculptor Elisabet Ney, the limestone building is singular piece of vernacular architecture. After ... More

Part of the back-entry hallway of the Texas Governor's Mansion in Austin, the capital of Texas

Part of the back-entry hallway of the Texas Governor's Mansion in Aust...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Part of the 1914 addition, this area's width of this changed slightly during another restoration completed in 2012. Built in 1854, th... More

Marble statue of Sam Houston by Elizabet Ney, unveiled on this spot in the Texas Capitol South Foyer in 1903. Austin, Texas

Marble statue of Sam Houston by Elizabet Ney, unveiled on this spot 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

The Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives & Library Building in Austin, Texas

The Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives & Library Building in Austin, Tex...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The building was dedicated on April 10, 1962. Built of granite from the same quarry that supplied materials for the Texas State Capit... More

Artistic canopy at the 1916 Italianate-style Villa Laguna Gloria, one of two sites of the contemporary-art museum known locally in Austin, Texas, as simply "The Contemporary"

Artistic canopy at the 1916 Italianate-style Villa Laguna Gloria, one ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Formerly known as the AMOA-Arthouse at Laguna Gloria, it was the home of Clara Driscoll, whose philanthropy in 1903 prevented the sal... More

Exterior detail of the Driskill, a venerable Austin, Texas, hotel

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, is (in 2014) the oldest operating hotel in Austin and one of the best-known hotels i... More

Two of 11 grand Victorian homes erected in the "Bremond Block" in downtown Austin, Texas, from the mid-1850s to 1910

Two of 11 grand Victorian homes erected in the "Bremond Block" in down...

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

One of 11 grand Victorian homes erected in the "Bremond Block" in downtown Austin, Texas, from the mid-1850s to 1910

One of 11 grand Victorian homes erected in the "Bremond Block" in down...

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

Outdoor sconce on Battle Hall at the University of Texas at Austin. Austin, Texas

Outdoor sconce on Battle Hall at the University of Texas at Austin. Au...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed in 1909-10 by the New York architect Cass Gilbert, Battle Hall is (as of 2014) the only academic building on campus listed o... More

Sculpture in the swimming-pool courtyard of Hotel Ella, a boutique hotel in Austin, Texas, that occupies the 1900 Goodall Wooten House

Sculpture in the swimming-pool courtyard of Hotel Ella, a boutique hot...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Sculptor: name not given. It was built by local doctor and benefactor Goodall H. Wooten and his wife Ella and was noted for its Class... More

View at the 1916 Italianate-style Villa Laguna Gloria, one of two sites of the contemporary-art museum known locally in Austin, Texas, as simply "The Contemporary"

View at the 1916 Italianate-style Villa Laguna Gloria, one of two site...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Formerly known as the AMOA- Arthouse at Laguna Gloria, it was the home of Clara Driscoll, whose philanthropy in 1903 prevented the sa... 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

View at the 1916 Italianate-style Villa Laguna Gloria, one of two sites of the contemporary-art museum known locally in Austin, Texas, as simply "The Contemporary"

View at the 1916 Italianate-style Villa Laguna Gloria, one of two site...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Formerly known as the AMOA-Arthouse at Laguna Gloria, it was the home of Clara Driscoll, whose philanthropy in 1903 prevented the sal... More

The State Theater in Austin, Texas

The State Theater in Austin, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Orginally built in 1935 by Interstate Circuit Inc. The theater was converted from an existing building by architect W. Scott Dunne. C... More

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