Resource Type

[Postcard of Wichita Falls Fire Department]

Postcard of the Wichita Falls Fire Department with two automobiles and one horse-drawn carriage. The group is in front of the city hall, with two garage doors on the side of its building.
Date: June 5, 1912
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of a Fire Engine, Wichita Falls, Texas]

Postcard of an auto fire engine, property of the Wichita Falls Fire Department. The image has been manually colored, showing the red paint on the vehicle. The back of the postcard has a message from the sender, saying "Dear Sir, this is not a good picture of our truck - will send a good one later, hope I see you [...]"
Date: June 6, 1912
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Presbyterian Church in Wichita Falls, Texas]

Postcard image of First Presbyterian Church in Wichita Falls, Texas. The large white colored church has two sets of steps leading up to the front entrance, stained glass windows, and circular style lamps placed throughout the exterior. Visitors of the church are along the steps going into the building.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wichita Falls Clinic Hospital]

Postcard of Wichita Falls Clinic Hospital in Wichita Falls, Texas. The image is a yellow brick or stone building with a red roof with a large lawn and garden in front of the building. "Wichita Falls Clinic Hospital, Wichita Falls, Texas - 40" is printed at the bottom of the postcard.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard Showing Ohio Avenue in Wichita Falls, Texas]

Postcard showing a view looking down Ohio Avenue in Wichita Falls, Texas; there are people walking walking across the street and an automobile driving towards the camera. The text on the picture reads: "Hello Mayme - This isn't such a bad town, am stopping her a day or two..."
Date: August 27, 1908
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fort Worth & Denver (FW&D) 310

A photograph postcard showing Fort Worth & Denver (FW&D) 310, 2-8-0, Wichita Falls, TX. (Subsidiary of the Burlington)
Date: March 19, 1946
Creator: Kindig, Richard H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Worth & Denver (FW&D) 405

A photograph postcard showing Fort Worth & Denver (FW&D) 405, 2-8-2, Wichita Falls, TX. (Subsidiary of the Burlington)
Date: March 19, 1946
Creator: Kindig, Richard H.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Fort Worth & Denver (FWD) 9980 on "Texas Zephyr"

A photograph postcard showing the Fort Worth & Denver (FWD) 9980 streamlined 2-unit diesel-electric, 2 units on passenger train No. 2, "Texas Zephyr", west of Wichita Falls, TX, 9 cars, 60 mph.
Date: April 26, 1947
Creator: George, Preston
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Postcard Showing Houston Street in Ft. Worth, Texas]

Postcard showing an illustrated view looking north down Houston Street in Fort Worth, Texas; there are trolley tracks running down the center of the street and wagons lining both sides of the street. The note on the back of the card reads: "Am on my way to Wichita Falls will write when I reach my destination."
Date: 1907-08-26?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 309

A photograph postcard showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 309, 4-4-0, on passenger train No. 53, climbing out of the Borth Fork of the Red River Valley, north of Moravia, OK, 2 cars. Train en route from Woodward, OK to Wichita Falls, TX
Date: March 23, 1947
Creator: George, Preston
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 555

A photograph postcard showing the Missouri, Kansas & Texas (MKT) "Katy" 555, 2-6-0, posed by the hostler for photo at Altus, OK. The accomodating hostler often posed enginers for me with rods at the bottom of the wheels. These engines pulled freight between Wichita Falls, TX, and the Oklahoma panhandle.
Date: June 15, 1946
Creator: George, Preston
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Oil Field in Burkburnett, Texas]

Postcard of an oil field in Burkburnett and Wichita Falls. The inscription on the front reads "Oil a Mile Long in Block 96" and on the back "Mrs. J. L. Marshall 1100 Elgin Ave Muskogee, Okla. The image has an oil derrick in the background as well as a body of water running through the middle of the image.
Date: May 23, 1920
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History