Taylor county courthouse, Abilene, Texas – Historic Reproduction
![Taylor county courthouse, Abilene, Texas, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/cc/cce9621a5754-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 Taylor county courthouse, Abilene, Texas in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Taylor county courthouse, Abilene, Texas
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The courthouse that gives Taylor County its seat stands in Abilene, a West Texas town that grew up in the early 1880s as the Texas and Pacific Railway pushed across the plains. Its caption card places it in a series labeled as Dunlop Society Court Houses, a set of courthouse views assembled for civic record-keeping. The card gives no date, and its information has not been verified, so the photograph's exact year is unknown. Still, it captures a type of building that anchored county life across Texas, where the courthouse served as the center for records, elections and court business.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Dunlop Society Court Houses. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 962 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-147957 |
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