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Modern Times Lecure Series | Texas Bird's Eye Views: A Merging of Commerce, History, and Art

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Bird’s eye views of Texas cities and towns became very popular in the decades after the Civil War. They were often commissioned as advertisements to promote new towns and/or to document the tremendous growth of these places between 1870 and 1900. But these views are also remarkable evidence of specific buildings and neighborhoods and are thus wonderful tools for architectural historians.

In this talk we will focus on Galveston, Houston, San Antonio, and, of course, Austin, and smaller towns such as Bastrop, New Braunfels, and Waco, to see what mysteries we can uncover.

Bird’s eye views of Texas cities and towns became very popular in the decades after the Civil War. They were often commissioned as advertisements to promote new towns and/or to document the tremendous growth of these places between 1870 and 1900. But these views are also remarkable evidence of specific buildings and neighborhoods and are thus wonderful tools for architectural historians.

In this talk we will focus on Galveston, Houston, San Antonio, and, of course, Austin, and smaller towns such as Bastrop, New Braunfels, and Waco, to see what mysteries we can uncover.

More about Neill-Cochran House Museum
The Neill-Cochran House Museum is located in the heart of Austin, TX, just a few minutes walk from the UT-Austin campus. We steward the city's 10th oldest historic site (1856), including Austin's only intact slave quarters. We share our site, Austin, and Texas history from the city's birth in 1839 up to 1930 through historically furnished spaces as well as numerous rotating art and history exhibitions. The Neill-Cochran House Museum is open Wednesdays through Sundays from 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM. For more information, please contact the museum office at 512.478.2335 or info@nchmuseum.org.
When & Where
Dec 4, 2022, 2:30pm to 4:00pm Timezone: CST
$10.00

Special Instructions
Free parking behind the Museum. Doors open at 2pm.

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