Historical Portrait
[Old Capitol building, Austin, Texas]
![[Old Capitol building, Austin, Texas], 1860 (Library of Congress)](/api/img/old-capitol-building-austin-texas-1860-go39R66Pbh9PFfHC8BAd.jpg)
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1 photoprint on carte de visite mount.
About this photograph
This photograph shows the Old Capitol building in Austin, Texas, created by H. B. Hillyer in 1860. The image was produced as a carte de visite, a small photographic format mounted on card stock that was popular during this period.
The record provides no information about the building's history, architectural features, or role in Texas government. Nothing is documented about the photographer H. B. Hillyer or their work in Austin. The circumstances under which this photograph was made, and why the capitol was photographed at this particular time, remain unknown.
Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.
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