First Capitol of Texas – Vintage Print
![First Capitol of Texas, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6d/6db9166eefdc-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures First Capitol of Texas in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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First Capitol of Texas
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Few capitals were as short-lived as Columbia, a small town on the Brazos River where the Republic of Texas first set up its government in 1836. The building named here is tied to that brief seat of power, when the new republic's congress met in the months after the victory at San Jacinto. The government moved to Houston before the year ended, and the caption card's 1836 notation places the subject in that unsettled season. The print comes from the Wittemann Collection, though the card gives no date for the photograph itself.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Wittemann Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Capitol bldgs.; Tex.--Hist.--1836; Tex.--Columbia; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 996 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-140250 |
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