00:00:00
/
00:00:00

Your E-mail has been sent

Texas in Review - Old French Legation (1957)
Texas Historical Commission
Sound
|
1957
|
B/W
|
English
  • Map
    The Historic French Legation, Austin, TX
  • Highlights
    French Legation House
    Built 1840
    Description of interior of house
    Dr. Joseph W. Robertson and family
    Purchased by State of Texas in 1845
    Restoration completed in 1946 and opened to public
    Count Alphonse de Saligny
    Original fireplace
    One of the earliest clocks made in France
    Rosewood sofa, original De Saligny pieces
    Outdoors, landscape
Texas Locations:
About the Video
More Information
Photos
Keywords
Leave your comment
This clip from the "Texas in Review" series presents the history and a tour of the Old French Legation in Austin. The film features a number of period furnishings, some original to the house, and through their descriptions chronicles key events that took place there.
  • Texas in Review

    "Texas in Review" was a television series sponsored by the Humble Oil & Refining Company.  Originally produced in a news-like format by Fort Worth's Channel 5, the series was later given to the Jamieson Film Company, who developed its newsreel and TV-magazine style. For five years, Jamieson produced the program in its entirety (writing, filming, editing), until recession-induced budget cuts caused Humble Oil to cancel it in 1958. While on air in Dallas, it enjoyed the prime time spot between the popular "Burns & Allen" and "I Love Lucy."

test