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Title	[Samuel T. Stone, ferry operator, and wife]
Creator	Unknown
Date	ca. 1861
Decade	1860-1869
Part Of	Lawrence T. Jones III Texas photography collection
Series	Series 2: Cartes de Visite
Place	Austin, Travis County, Texas
Description	Like his father before him, Samuel T. "Doc" Stone operated Stone's Ferry across the Colorado River at Austin, Texas. Located where Waller Creek enters the Colorado in present downtown Austin, the ferry was operated by the Stone family from 1846 until the 1880s. Source: Lawrence T. Jones III.
Notes	Verso: [handwritten in ink] Samuel T. Stone, Jr (''Doc''), Baby on her back when Indians came [handwritten in pencil] Stone operated ferry at Austin, Texas - Colorado River.
Related Resources	Barkley, Mary Starr. History of Travis County and Austin, 1839-1899. Austin: The Steck Company, 1967.; MARC record: http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2777978 Finding aid: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/smu/00085/smu-00085.html
Keywords	groups; portraits; ferry operator; professions; couples; men; women, historical people; Texas; U.S. West; Southwest
Subject Headings	Stone, Samuel T.--19th century--Photographs Stone, Mrs. Samuel T.--19th century--Photographs
Physical Description	1 photographic print on carte de visite mount; 10 x 6 cm.
Form/Genre	Cartes de visite Photographs Portrait photographs
Type	Image
Digitization Date	Digitized: 2008
Digital Format	Displayed as .jp2; uploaded as .tif
Archival File Resolution	Archival scan: Recto: 600 ppi; Verso: 300 ppi
Digitization Process	Digitization process: archival files scanned at 600 ppi or 300 ppi; derivative cropped, contrast levels and/or color balance optimized, and resized at 300 ppi in Photoshop; derivatives from both sides merged into single file
Physical Location	Series 2; Box 1
Call Number	Ag2008.0005
Upload File Name	ag2008_0005_2_1_161_c_stone_opt.tif
Archival File Name(s)	ag2008_0005_2_1_161_r_stone.tif; ag2008_0005_2_1_161_v_stone.tif
Archival File Path	ARCHIVE\DeGolyer\reproductions\Ag2008-0005\Series2
Digital Collection	Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Library	DeGolyer Library
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	Please cite Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library when using this image file. A high-quality version of this file may be obtained for a fee by contacting degolyer@smu.edu.

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