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Harrell McFarland as a toddler riding in a goat cart pulled by a goat at 3903 Avenue B.

1924

Workers constructing the Austin dam, January 1893. Stamped on reverse: "Made by Geo. H. Berner With H. R. Marks, Photographer, Austin, Texas."

1893-01

View of railroad bridge alongside Austin Dam during construction, 1890s. Workers and a horse-drawn carriage are visible in the foreground.

undated

Early stages of the construction of the Austin Dam, with workers and a mule-drawn cart visible in the foreground, 1890s.

undated

Water flowing over dam, with workers installing pipes at bottom of image, 1890s. A mule-drawn cart is visible.

undated

Real photo postcard of workers constructing the Austin Dam; two men visible in foreground working high above the dam, pulling supplies up a pulley system.

circa 1912

Construction of the Austin Dam, circa 1912. Workers are present on the partially completed spillway and horse drawn wagons bring supplies up the road on right side of the image.

circa 1912

A man is sitting on a wagon with two horses pulling it, undated. There is rolled up fence and the wagon says Walter Tips Hardware on the side.

undated

Exterior view of the Lone Star Ice and Coal company with several work men in front, circa 1800s.

undated

Store front of the Calcasieu Lumber Company with men posing in front. Back reads: "On June 29, 1883, the Drake brother opened their small lumber company near the Colorado River at second and Guadalupe..."

1883-06-29

Men are standing out in front of the Calcasieu lumber store with a horse and buggy, and a horse and wagon.

undated

A man with a beard and hat is seated in a horse cart which has "Rawls Lumber Co." painted on it's side, on July 2, 1947. There are piles of lumber behind the cart.

1947-07-02

Exterior view of Kuntz-Sternberg Lumber Company with an ox-pulled covered wagon in front of the building, July 6, 1936. One man sits on the oxen, two others are in the wagon, and a few are on the sidewalk in the background. A sign reads "Jax, Best Beer in Town…"

1936-07-06

African American man standing behind a wagon loaded with watermelons on June 19, 1900. "Typical watermelon salesman." The day's events were held at "East Woods" on East 24th St. Mrs. Stephensen kept a diary of the events, which she later sold to the San Francisco Chronicle.

1900-06-19

Austin's first ambulance taken at 33rd and Speedway streets. The ambulance is horse-drawn and on the side, in addition to a cross, is a small plaque that reads "V.O. Weed." The body of this horse-drawn ambulance was removed and motorized.

1910

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