19th Century Texas Towns Photographs

The 19th Century Texas Towns Photo collection contains 230 black and white photographs of locations throughout Texas. While they are undated, the images appear to come from the late 19th century--horses and buggies, as well as trains are prevelant, while automobiles are absent. Although the images themselves are older, it is possible that the physical prints are more recent.

These photographs present a variety of scenes showing Texas' development in the late 19th century. They depict schools, shops, post offices, hospitals, farms, residences, court houses, mills, street scenes, nature scenes, churches, hotels, rail yards and train stations, jacals, and other urban and rural settings.

Cities and towns depicted include Houston, Galveston, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, El Paso, New Braunfels, San Marcos, Waco, Jefferson, Hearne, Sherman, Weatherford, Clarksville, Abilene, Paris, Lufkin, Huntsville, Willis, Rockport, Terrell, Naples, Taylor, Tyler, Palestine, Denton, Laredo, Rockdale, Corsicana, Denison, Longview, Sulphur Springs, Cotulla, and Gatesville. Counties named include Upshur, McLennan, Fannin, Rusk, Leon, Collin, Marion, Cass, Bowie, Mitchell, Franklin, Milam, and Harrison. There are also a few images set in Mexico.

The photographs are primarily 8x10" or similar size. All have text identifying the location or image content.