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Newly concreted railroad tracks on Congress Avenue looking south. The concrete crew is working on the tracks in the distance. Horses and carts are visible near in front of the shops, including Condit Davis and Fink and a bakery in the foreground

The concrete team works on the east railroad track toward the capitol. The crews are working hard in the background while horses and carts line up to visit the clothing and shoe shops that line the road. A trolley car is visible in the distance.

A crew of African-Americans digs a ditch where the second railroad line will lie. They use shovels and pickaxes in front of a row of shops including C.B. Moreland Wall Paper store and the Postal Telegraph service.

A crew of African-American workers hard at work on the railroad intersections at Sixth Street and Congress Avenue looking north while foremen and others look on. Shops along the west side of the street are visible including a dentist and book store.

Smelting crew pouring white hot liquid metal over the rails. Two men grip the bucket handles and tilt them and the bucket so that a third man can push the molten metal out, joining the rails together.

African-American workers lay down rail line on one side of East Sixth Street. Pedestrians look on from beneath the shop awnings. Shop signs for a candy store, millinery and a druggist are visible.

Railroad crew laying bricks on West Sixth street looking west in front of the Phoenix Saloon. Trolley and telegraph wires cross heavily overhead. A penciled caption in the lower left reads "Some Texas / sunshine."

The Congress Avenue bridge looking north toward the Capitol building. There are several horse drawn carts and the photo if from a low vantage point showing the street railroad tracks very well.