Gallery


LONE STAR & EAGLE



Vaterland to Frontier
map of germany, 1830s

map of texas with german settlements

Hin Nach Texas! On To Texas!
texas for ever

the german poet august hoffmann von fallersleben glorified texas in many songs and poems.

Adelsverein
carl, prince of solms

contract between an immigrant and the adelsverein

carlshafen, later known as indianola, was the port of entry for many german immigrants.

john o. meusebach

peace treaty with the comanches

Revolution in Two Lands
recruiting poster for immigrants

robert j. kleberg

george b. erath

sisterdale

Writers and Printers
the new braunfels newspaper (neu-braunfelser zeitung)

dr. adolf douai published the san antonio deutschezeitung

fritz goldbeck, poet

dr. rudolph l. biesele, historian

selma metzenthin-raunick

lisa kahn, poet

Kultur...
st. john’s houston

st. joseph’s church, san antonio

beethoven männerchor, 1893

loesscher band, cat spring

music festival poster by richard petri

casino hall dramatic society

… on the Comal
garden party

schützenverein (shooting club)

gartenverien in galveston

german school in san antonio

the order of the sons of hermann

Kunst along the Pedernales.
elisabet ney in her austin studio

richard petri

plains indian family on horse and muleback

carl von iwonski

elise haseloff

herman lungkwitz

paggi’s mill

A Photo Album
wilhelm c.a. thielepape

betty holenkamp

pastor adolphus fuchs

charles philipp axe

john durst

gustave schliecher

ferdinand ludwig von herff

caroline grobe

julius berendt

karl wilhelm von rosenberg

doctor ferdinant roemer

george pfeuffer

william gebhards

august c. buchel

august faltin

professor jacob brodbent

herman lehmann

oscar fox

fleet admiral chester nimitz

Deutschtum yesterday...
memorial window

church building

hier ruhet carl g. kretzschmar

s.a. turn verein

selig sind die todten die in dem herren sterben

log and stone (fachwork) house

dogtrot cabin

marker for town of cat springs

cemetery

two-story house with exterior staircase

stone post office

corner view of a house with historical marker

… and today
singing society

street signs at intersection of beinhorn and kuhlman

crops growing in the field

country church spire

turn-verein, 1854-1928

farm woman and girl observing young turkeys

woman with sausages

piecing the design of a quilt

german festival at sturdy oak farm

geraniums

garten verein dancing pavilion

community gathering at a gazebo on the town green