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[Post Office Force, Marshall, Texas]
Group portrait photograph of the Marshall, Texas, post office employees taken on the steps in front of the post office and printed on real photo postcard paper. Part of the lettering on the front window of the post office is visible in the upper right corner. A boy in knickers stands in the front row. Most of the men are wearing white shirts with bow ties. Written in ink on the back are the words "Post office force."
Date:
191X
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post Office, Marshall, Tex.
Photo-postcard of the Marshall, Texas, post office building showing the facade and the west side of the building. Two automobiles are parked in front of the building and one is visible on the side. Two pedestrians are walking on the sidewalk. The building is located at 100 E. Houston St. Bushes have been planted across the front and side of the building. There is a metal trash bin with a pyramidal top next to the streetlight at the right corner of the building. There also is a flagpole and highway directional signs. The title at the bottom of the image is "Post Office - Marshall, Tex." and the code M 215 is on the lower right. There is no postmark or message on the back of the card, but handwritten in ink is, "Post office Marshall, Texas. 1962 changed to Federal Building." Printed between the message and address sections: "All rights reserved - The L. L. Cook Co., Milwaukee."
Date:
195X
Creator:
L. L. Cook Co.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of a Boat Landing at Caddo State Park]
Color halftone postcard showing a boat landing on the bayou of Lake Caddo, near Marshall, Texas. The wooden boat landing with a corrugated iron roof is in the foreground on the left. Two people are standing on it, and an empty rowboat is next to it. A red canoe with one person in it paddling is moving towards the landing. Trees are in the background. There is no postmark or message on the back of the card. Printed on the back of the card at the end of the image caption: "Ektachrome by Helen O'Brien. Printed at the bottom of the message section: "Pub by Eastex Photo Supply, Marshall, Texas. 380-D-11, 63192. Printed between the message and address sections: "Dextone, Made Direct from Kodachrome and Ansco Color By Dexter Press, Pearl River, N.Y."
Date:
195X
Creator:
O'Brien, Helen
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Bob Hope Motel, Marshall, Texas]
Color halftone postcard on textured linen paper showing the Bob Hope Motel, Marshall, Texas. The view shows the office building and the section of the motel to its right. The office is a front gable, one-story building with a cross-gable wing in back. There is a sign saying "Bob Hope Motel" on a pole in front, and "Bob Hope Motel" is also in the front gable. Beds of flowers are at the base of the sign, the office building and the other buildings. Four outdoor chairs are placed on the side of the office building. The motel rooms have covered garages between them. A "Triple A" (AAA) logo is in the top right corner of the image. Included in the caption on the back of the card are features including "all tile baths," "hot water heat," and "refrigerated air conditioned." Printed between the message and address sections is: "Nationwide Post Card Co., Arlington, Texas-- in Dallas, Texas, see Sam Sabor, 7420 Red Bud Drive." There is no message or postmark on the card.
Date:
[1930..1945]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Caddo Lake with Four People in a Motot Boat among the Trees]
Color halftone postcard showing Lake Caddo, near Marshall, Texas. Water is in the foreground with trees growing from the water on the sides and in the background. A small boat with an outboard motor on the back is in the middle, with four people in it fishing. There is no postmark or message on the back of the card. Printed on the back of the card at the end of the image caption: "Ektachrome by Helen O'Brien. Printed at the bottom of the message section: "Pub by Eastex Photo Supply, Marshall, Texas. 380-D-2, 63183. Printed between the message and address sections: "Dextone, Made Direct from Kodachrome and Ansco Color By Dexter Press, Pearl River, N.Y."
Date:
195X
Creator:
O'Brien, Helen
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Bob Hope Motel, Marshall, Texas]
Color halftone postcard on textured linen paper showing the Bob Hope Motel, Marshall, Texas. The view shows the highway in the foreground, then the parking lot, then the motel . A front gable one-story office building is in the center of the parking lot with a sign on a pole in front of it. The low, one-story motel building stretches behind it. Small motel room facades with entrance door and one window alternate with open garage spaces. Included in the caption on the back of the card are features including "air cooled,", "all tile baths," and "hot water heat." Printed between the message and address sections is: "Fullcolor Post Cards Produced by Nationwide Advertising Specialty Co., -- Tyler, Texas." There is no message or postmark on the card.
Date:
[1930..1945]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post Office, Marshall, Texas
Color halftone postcard of the Marshall, Texas, post office building showing the facade and the west side of the building. The building is located at 100 E. Houston St. The title at the top of the card is "Post Office - Marshall, Tex." and the code 68234-N is on the lower right. There is no postmark or message on the back of the card. Printed between the message and address sections: "Genuine Curteich-Chicago 'C.T. American Art' post card (Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.}"
Date:
[1931..1945]
Creator:
Curt Teich & Co.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Post Office, Marshall, Texas
Photo-postcard of the Marshall, Texas, post office building. The three windows on the right are partially open and the front doors are open. The building is located at 100 E. Houston St. A tall flagpole stands to the right of the building. The title at the bottom of the image is "Post Office, Marshall, Texas." There is no postmark or message on the back of the card.
Date:
196X
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Three Young Women]
Photograph of three young women, head and shoulders view, with one posed behind the other two. They are wearing white, or light-colored blouses with high necks and decorative lace. The lace on the blouse of the women in back is in a contrasting darker color. The photographers' imprint at the bottom of the card is Bruce & Corti, Artists, Marshall, Texas. There is a decorative border in relief on the card around the image. Names have been written on the card next to two of the women. The one on the right is Miss Virgie Bell, on the left is Mary McAllister, and in the back is possibly Miss Mernet.
Date:
189X
Creator:
Bruce & Corti
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Cypress Trees in the Water, Caddo Lake State Park, Karnack, Texas]
Color halftone postcard of cypress trees growing from the water at Caddo Lake State Park, at Karnack, near Marshall, Texas. The view is filled with the tree trunks and branches and the reflections of the tree trunks on the water. Printed on the back of the card between the message and address sections: "The finest American made view post cards - The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y." There is no postmark or message on the card.
Date:
193X
Creator:
Albertype Co.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sam Houston Elementary School, Marshall, Texas, Classroom with students and teacher, 1949]
Photograph taken in a classroom of Sam Houston elementary school in Marshall, Texas showing students, some sitting at desks and others standing in back with their music teacher, Mrs. Sims McCutchan, Jr. in the very back. The walls are of painted horizontal boards, with three multipaned windows with curtains and above those windows, just under the ceiling, three smaller, horizontal windows. A blackboard with Christmas greetings and decorations is on the other visible wall. The desks are old desks with cast iron frames with desk on one side and folding bench on the other. Between two of the windows, examples of students' art work are mounted, and "Girl Scout Laws" hang between the other windows. An empty desk in the front right of the photo shows the book shelf under the desk surface and what appears to be a book bag hanging from the corner of the iron frame. An unidentified male, possibly another teacher, is seated in front of Mrs. McCutchan. On the back of the photograph Mrs. McCutchan wrote: "1949, I was transferred to Sam Houston School to teach only music classes in grades 8 classes of music from 3rd through 7th grades."
Date:
1949
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sam Houston Elementary School Faculty, Marshall, Texas, March 1970]
Group photograph in color of the teachers of Sam Houston Elementary Schoool, Marshall, Texas. They are posed inside in front of a pale green curtain with one seated row and two standing rows behind. A sign on the floor in front of the group reads: "Sam Houston Elem. Marshall, Texas Mr. Jones Principal, Faculty, March 1970." Written in pen on the back are the following identifications: "Back row, Wendell Jones, Glendon Harris, Modena Owen, ?, Margie Ford, Virginia Neeley, Larnell Johnson ; 2nd row from back, ?, Johnnie McCutchan, ?, Irene Hussey, ? ; 3 row from back (Front row), Faun Shaw, Ilene Pelz, Freddie Eubanks, Ruby Newton, Edna Link, Annette Westmoreland." The inscription was written by Mrs. Johnnie McCutchan.
Date:
1970
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sam Houston Elementary School Class Picture, Marshall, Texas, 1962-63]
Group photograph of a class of Sam Houston Elementary School students, posed in three rows on risers in front of an auditorium stage with the curtain drawn. The teacher, Mrs. Sims McCutchan, Jr. (Miss Johnnie), stands on the far left. A United States flag is to the left of the group and a Texas flag is on the right. A few identifications have been written on the back: no. 2 Patsy, 4, Nat Roberts, 11 Paul Pennington, 16 John, and 21 Roddy Warfield.
Date:
1962/1963
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sam Houston Elementary School Class Picture, Marshall, Texas, 1958-59]
Group photograph of a class of Sam Houston Elementary School, posed in four rows in front of an auditorium stage with the curtain drawn. The teacher, Mrs. Sims McCutchan, Jr. (Miss Johnnie), stands on the far left. The top right corner is torn. The names of many of the students are written on the back in red pencil.
Date:
1958/1959
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sam Houston Elementary School Class Picture, Marshall, Texas, 1949-50]
Group photograph of a class of Sam Houston Elementary School students, posed in four rows on steps in front of the school. One teacher, Mrs. Sims McCutchan, Jr. (Miss Johnnie), stands on the far left, and an unidentified teacher stands on the right.
Date:
1949/1950
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Devil's Elbow, Big Cypress Bayou, Caddo Lake]
Color halftone postcard showing a fishing area called Devil's Elbow on Big Cypress Bayou of Lake Caddo, near Marshall, Texas. The water is in the foreground and grass and trees are in the background. There is no postmark or message on the back of the card. Printed on the back at the end of the image caption: "Color photography by Robert Lomax. Printed at the bottom of the message section: "Pub by Eastex Photo Supply, Marshall, Texas. 90330." Printed between the message and address sections: "Genuine Natural Color Made by Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, N.Y."
Date:
196X
Creator:
Lomax, Robert
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Exterior of T. J. Taylor Store, Karnack, Texas]
Color halftone postcard showing the T. J. Taylor store in Karnack, Texas. Taylor was the father of Lady Bird Johnson, wife of President Lyndon Johnson. The view shows a 19th century two-story brick commercial building with later additions on three sides. The building is not in good condition and does not appear to be in use. A sign on what appears to have been a gas station addition says, "T.J. Taylor, Dealer in Everything." There is no postmark or message on the back of the card. Printed at the bottom of the message section is the code 44640-C. Printed between the message and address sections: "Pub. by Baxter's Photo Supply, Marshall, Texas 75670. Made by Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, New York."
Date:
196X
Creator:
Baxter's Photo Supply
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Interior of T. C. Lindsey & Co., Jonesville, Texas]
Color halftone postcard showing the interior of the T. C. Lindsey & Co. general store in Jonesville, Texas. The view is taken from a height (probably a ladder?) looking down on display cases and shelves packed with items for sale. Sam and Tom Vaughn and other family members that run the store are standing midway back among the merchandise. Location given on the card is Farm Road 134, which intersects I-20 two miles west of Louisiana line. There is no postmark or message on the back of the card. Printed at the bottom of the message section: "Dynacolor Graphics, Inc., Miami, Florida." Printed between the message and address sections: "Photography by Lake & Lomax Color Lab - Box 1384, Marshall, Texas 75670."
Date:
199X
Creator:
Lake & Lomax Color Lab
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Howard C. Bennett Student Center, East Texas Baptist College, Marshall, Texas]
Color halftone postcard of the Howard C. Bennett Student Center, East Texas Baptist College, in Marshall, Texas, taken sometime in the 1970s. The building was constructed in 1973. The two-story brick and glass modern building has two wings visible in the view, the one on the left has a wall of glass panels with entrance doors on the lower right, next to the wing that projects to the right to form an L. There is a large pine tree on the left in the foreground. Printed on the back between the message and address sections: "McGrew Color Graphics, MCG, Kansas City, MO 64108, 071077, Dist. by Ed Boden Studio Georgetown, KY 40324." There is no postmark or message on the back of the card.
Date:
[1973..1979]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Fly 'N Fish Motel with Runway, on Caddo Lake, Marshall, Texas]
Color halftone postcard showing the Fly 'N Fish motel and airport on Caddo Lake, near Marshall, Texas. In the foreground are two small airplanes parked in the grass by a runway. On the other side of the runway is the motel. One-story wings for the rooms extend on either side of a two-story front-gable building that probably housed the dining room and dance floor mentioned in the card's caption. Automobiles are parked in front of the wings with the rooms, and a number of people are clustered in front of the two-story section. There is no postmark or message on the back of the card. Printed at the bottom of the message section on the back of the card: "Pub. by Eastex Photo Supply, Marshall, Texas, 70235." Printed between the message and address sections is: "Genuine Natural Color Made By Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, N. Y."
Date:
195X
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Post's Garage, Marshall, Texas]
Photograph of Post's Garage showing stucco retail building with Texaco gas pumps under the awning. Behind the stucco building is a larger gable-roof garage building sided in corrugated iron with a pickup truck parked beside it. Part of a raised nineteenth century cottage is visible to the right of the gas station. Signs on the service station include one for Studebaker authorized sales & service and Willard Storage Batteries.
Date:
194X
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Presentation of Scrapbook to Teacher]
Photograph of a young girl presenting a scrapbook to Mrs. Sims McCutchan, Jr. (Miss Johnnie). The picture ran in the Marshall News Messenger on 1/23/49 accompanying an article about the presentation of the scrapbook, which contained drawings and poems by South Marshall School 5th & 6th graders before Mrs. McCutchan left to teach at Sam Houston School. Mary Ann Simmons made the presentation and Harold Collier looked on. The photograph was taken in the Girl Scout room at the city park, identified in the article as the Maverick Corral, where the students had been housed during the fall 1948 semester.Mrs. McCutchan wrote notes on the back explaining the context. Attached on the back is a form used by the newspaper for processing the photo.
Date:
1949
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of the Gables Restaurant, Marshall, Texas]
Color halftone postcard of the Gables Cafe, Marshall, Texas, probably from the late 1950s. The one-story side-gable building consists of a central red-brick cottage with a small cross-gable entrance and white wood-siding additions on both sides. A tall sign on the right with lights, mounted on a single pole says "Gables Cafe." Attached to the sign's pole is a round sign for the Lions Club. A metal structure on the roof supports lighted letters spelling "The Gables Cafe." A number of automobiles are parked in the parking lot in front. There are metal awnings on all of the windows. There is no postmark or message on the back of the card. Printed on the bottom of the message section on the back: "Color by Tiny Davis, C-22253." Printed on the back between the message and address sections: "Baxtone, Box 175, Amarillo, Texas. Made in U.S.A."
Date:
195X
Creator:
Davis, Tiny
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of the Gables Restaurant, Marshall, Texas, night view]
Color halftone postcard of the Gables Cafe, Marshall, Texas, taken at night sometime after a 1974 rebuilding. The illuminated signs include a large rectangular sign supported by two posts in front of the entrance that says "The Gables Restaurant" and a rooftop sign that says "The Gables Cafe." Another sign with smaller letters runs along the ridge of the roof and says "Home of the Little Loaf of Bread." Automobiles and a pickup truck are parked in the parking log in front. There is no postmark or message on the back of the card. The caption on the back names the hosts as Amy and Troy Hammons. Printed on the back between the message and address sections: "Pub. by Fred W. Bowen, Marshall, Texas 75670. dp, Made by Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, New York."
Date:
1974~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History