Historical Portrait
[Street corner, with church on hill in background, Austin, Texas]
![[Street corner, with church on hill in background, Austin, Texas], 1860 (Library of Congress)](/api/img/street-corner-with-church-on-hill-in-background-austin-texas-1860-WupCtLR42mBMH0rHtIrg.jpg)
Archive record
1 photoprint on carte de visite mount.
About this photograph
A street scene photographed in Austin, Texas, showing a corner with a church visible on a hill in the distance. The image was made by H. B. Hillyer and printed as a carte de visite, the small card-mounted photograph format popular during this period.
The record dates the image to 1860. No other details about the specific location within Austin, the church depicted, or the circumstances of the photograph are known.
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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Rights & Attribution
Credit: Library of Congress
Reuse: Public domain. Free to download, print, edit and republish, commercially or otherwise. How rights work in this archive.
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