Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photography Collection
The Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photography Collection is a broad visual resource for the study of the state of Texas. It contains many rare and unique images from among 4,000 historic views of Texas, ca. 1846 to 1945.
Portrait of a woman with elaborate cameo jewelry and off the shoulder dress. Austin, Travis County, Texas.
This ambrotype is housed in a paper-mache case with inlayed mother-of-pearl decoration in the shape of flowers in a vase.
C. 1857
Portrait of Colonel Julius A. Andrews, 32nd Texas Cavalry Regiment, Confederate States Army, as a lieutenant colonel. Andrews enlisted in a Texas cavalry battalion in 1861. Within a short time he was promoted to adjutant, lieutenant colonel, and then colonel. The two stars on his collar indicate that he was a lieutenant colonel when this tintype was made. Andrews returned to Texas after the war and lived in Tarrant County.
Tintype in thermoplastic case with gypsy fortune teller design in relief; case made by A. P. Critchlow & Co.
C. 1861-1862
