/r/texashistory
A place to share and discuss history of the great state of Texas!
A place to share and discuss Texas history.
Posts should be focused on the history of Texas. Posts with no reference to Texas history will be removed.
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The intersection of Second & Main Street in Taylor, Texas, 1883. On the right corner is the First National Bank, which would later become Taylor National Bank.
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2024/10/31
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Comal County, Texas 1879 Map
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2024/10/30
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The line at the Alabama Theatre for the release of The Empire Strikes Back in 1980. Located at the intersection of Alabama Street and Shepherd Drive in the Upper Kirby district of Houston, this building still stands and is now a Trader Joe's.
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2024/10/30
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Dinosaur footprints excavated in the bed of the Paluxy River in Texas - 1952
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2024/10/29
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Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash in front of the Alamo, 1982.
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2024/10/29
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Colt Stadium in Houston, temporary home of the expansion Houston Colt .45s for their first three seasons (1962–1964). The initial stages of construction for the Astrodome can be seen in the background. The Colt .45s would change their name to the Astros on December 1, 1964.
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2024/10/28
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Men of Smith's Company of the Texas Rangers posed behind barrels of confiscated bootleg liquor. Nov. 9, 1922 near Tyler, Texas.
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2024/10/27
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Peters Shoes, which shared it's location with the Post Office in Big Lake, Reagan County, in 1920.
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2024/10/27
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B Gittings, F Kameny, and Dr H Anonymous (Dr J Fryer) at the American Psychiatric Association. Fryer masked himself in order to say 'I am a homosexual. I am a psychiatrist'. As a result of their efforts APA removed homosexuality from the list of psychological disorders. Dallas, May 2, 1972.
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2024/10/27
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Oldest known photo of Mineral Wells TX 1881
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2024/10/27
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Downtown Sulphur Springs (Hopkins County) in 1940.
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2024/10/26
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Wichita Falls Texas 1979 F4
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2024/10/26
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Aerial view of the University of Texas in 1940. The famous tower is just 3 years old in the photo.
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2024/10/25
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Famous Fort Worth Fire Horses Doomed
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2024/10/25
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The Fort Worth Fire Department lined up for a parade in 1910
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2024/10/24
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Buffalo Wallow Battle Ground
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the September 12, 1874 Buffalo Wallow Fight in which Billy Dixon won the Congressional Medal of Honor
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2024/10/24
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Private Frank L. Schmid of the Texas Rangers (c. 1886)
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2024/10/24
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West Texans watching a polo match, Abilene, Texas. May, 1939.
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2024/10/23
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Houston dentist Lonnie E. Smith, plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court case Smith v. Allwright, casts his ballot in the 1944 Texas Democratic primary. July 22, 1944.
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2024/10/23
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El Paso in 1915. At the time the city was in the midst of explosive population growth, having gone from 15,509 in 1900 to 39,279 in 1910, to 77,560 in 1920.
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2024/10/22
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A Gordon-Sewell & Co truck delivers stock to a Grocery & Feed store in San Augustine, 1939. Gordon-Sewell was a wholesale grocer company based out of Houston.
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2024/10/21
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F3 in Dallas TX April 2nd 1957
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2024/10/21
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Dust storm approaching Stratford, Texas. April 18th, 1935.
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2024/10/21
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1900 photo of a band posing in front of the Emil Hopf store in Fredericksburg. The building still stands and can be found at 123 E Main St with only a few modifications.
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2024/10/20
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