Title:
The Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature
Description:
The Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature was created by William De Ryee and R.E. Moore and published by Miner, Lambert and Perry of Austin, Texas, in 1860. The album includes 129 individual albumen portraits of members of the 8th Texas Legislature, including Governors Hardin R. Runnels and Sam Houston, Lieutenant Governor Edward Clark, and Speaker Marion DeKalb Taylor. Accompanying many of the portraits are the name of the county each member represented in the legislature and biographical information. Biographical information is not available for all individuals. Some of the individual portraits were previously marked over with ink, obscuring the image. Handwritten notes on the endpapers are sometimes illegible.
Description:
265 pages
Identifier:
1991137_album
Item identifier:
1991/137
Collection:
Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature
Creator:
DeRyee, William, 1825-1903
Creator:
Moore, R. E. (Photographer)
Contributor:
Miner, Lambert and Perry
Date of creation:
1860
Source:
Texas State Library and Archives Commission, 1991/137
Geographic coverage:
Texas
Subject:
Texas. Legislature
Type:
Image
Medium:
Volumes (documents by form)
Citation information:
1991/137, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Copyright information:
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States. Please contact the Texas State Library and Archives Commission for more information. Unless expressly stated otherwise, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission makes no warranties about the Item and cannot guarantee the accuracy of this Rights Statement. You are responsible for your own use. Please contact the Texas State Library and Archives Commission for more information. You may need to obtain other permissions for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy or moral rights may limit how you may use the material.
Date digitized:
2017
Language:
English