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Interesting photos:
A prominent white Austin family posing with their “servant girl” and her daughter. (Interesting to note the feature of the black child vs her mother in the photo)
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Architects planned for the Texas state capitol, under construction in 1885, to be larger than the U.S. Capitol.
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The University of Texas was then “overflowing” with 230 students.
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The Travis County Courthouse, also known as “the Castle,” where all the murder trials were held.
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In the 1890s Austin erected giant “moonlight towers,” which some residents hoped would keep the Midnight Assassin away for good.