@TXCapHistory

Posting historical photos and videos of the Texas Capitol and its former inhabitants. From @wsbyerly

 Austin, Texas
Joined January 2022
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Happy voting, Texas! 🗳️
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Fawaz S. Anwar, MPA@FSAnwarTXOct 2
Governor Barnes with the gavel he used to break a tie in the Texas Senate on a bill @TXCapHistory @scottbraddock – at West University Place, TX
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Chris Walker
@WalkerATXSep 30
It's 1986 in Austin and you're watching @KarlRove claim that he found an electronic listening device in his office, the same day as the Clements-White debate #txlege @fox7austin
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We are so grateful for Rep. Garnet Coleman’s decades of service and dedication, not only to the people of Texas, but to LSG. His legacy lives on through our work and through the many young leaders he mentored along the way. See Chair Walle’s statement below.
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Garnet Coleman@GFColemanSep 24
Statement on the Passing of Representative Garnet F. Coleman
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RIP Garnet Coleman. House member from 1991-2021 and long term staple on County Affairs. #txlege
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That’s my cue.
Scott Braddock
@scottbraddockSep 23
Update: the official leatherbound record of the impeachment of Attorney General Paxton is seven volumes and was delivered to both Texas House and Senate offices today
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LBJ Library@LBJLibrarySep 13
#OnThisDay: Sixty-six years ago today, on September 13, 1960, Senator #JohnFKennedy and Senator #LyndonBJohnson campaigned across #Texas. 📷 Frank Muto | #Austin and #FortWorth
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Scott Braddock
@scottbraddockSep 9
Fun flashback: Then-Rep Tracy King, D-Uvalde, is startled by a rubber snake in his desk on the Texas House floor. Wait for it...
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LBJ Library@LBJLibrarySep 1
#HappyBirthday to former #TexasGovernor #AnnRichards, born on this day in 1933 in #Lakeview, #Texas (now Lacy Lakeview). 🥳 Over the years, we were honored to welcome #GovernorRichards to the #LBJLibrary on several occasions.
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Happy birthday LBJ, born 118 years ago today in Johnson City. #txlege
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Jim Nicar@JimNicarAug 27
1957: When the Texas Capitol and @UTAustin Tower defined the Austin skyline, and there was a Sears department store (look lower left) on Congress Avenue.
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Jim Nicar@JimNicarAug 8
1966 - 60 years ago: A busy @UTAustin Main Mall during class change. These students registered for classes waiting in long lines at Gregory Gym, bought textbooks at the Co-op with personal checks, and carried their books without backpacks. How did they survive? 😉
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The Finance Committee if the 1974 Texas Constitutional Convention meets on January 16th. #txlege
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Jim Nicar@JimNicarAug 4
August 1965: President Lyndon Johnson and @UTAustin graduate Lady Bird Johnson (bachelor degrees in history and journalism) inspect the architectural model for the LBJ Library. The first presidential library on a college campus, it opened 55 years ago, in 1971. 📸: LBJ Library
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Micky Leland talking to Bob Gammage during the Constitutional Convention of 1974. Taken April 2nd. #txlege
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RIP Ton Luce. A life well lived in services to others. #txlege
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#txlege statesman.com/news/history/a…

A secret vault sits under the Texas Capitol. Here’s why it was built

A rarely seen Texas Capitol vault built in 1936 tells a story of gangsters, state money and an 1865 treasury robbery.

statesman.com
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History Calendar
@HistoryCalendarJul 3
View of the U.S. Capitol Building at it appeared in 1846.
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