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[Church of the Assumption]

Postcard of a color image of the Church of the Assumption, a large stone building with a red roof, a tower, a rose window, and rows of stained glass windows; there are two people standing in front of the church and several houses in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Church of The Assumption, Waco, Texas. Rev. P. J. Clancy, Rector."
Date: unknown
Creator: Clayton, Nicholas
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sacred Heart Convent]

Postcard of a color image of the Sacred Heart Convent, a large two-story red building with a black roof, with a row of trees in front of it. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Sacred Heart Convent. Waco, Texas." There is a handwritten letter on the back of the postcard.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Presbyterian Church]

Postcard of a black and white photograph of the Waco First Presbyterian Church, a large brick building with a tower and stained glass windows, surrounded by trees with a light blue colorized sky in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "First Presbyterian Church, Waco, Texas." There is a handwritten note on the front of the postcard that reads "Mrs Markquart" and a longer handwritten note on the back of the postcard.
Date: June 1908
Creator: Marquardt, Luise
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Division Headquarters at Camp MacArthur Postcard]

Postcard of Camp MacArthur with tents on the right side, division headquarters in the back (center), and houses and cars on the left side. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Division Headquarters. Camp MacArthur Waco Texas. Mann." There is a handwritten letter on the back of the postcard.
Date: May 11, 1918
Creator: Mann, Fred
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Temple Rodef Sholom]

Postcard of a color image of the Temple Rodef Sholom, a round white building with steps and pillars, with a star of David engraving on a triangular facade, surrounded by trees. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Temple Rodef Sholom, Waco, Texas." There is a handwritten letter on the back of the postcard.
Date: February 19, 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Compton's Funeral Home]

Postcard of a color image of Compton's Funeral Home in Waco, a large house covered in ivy, with two large trees in the foreground, an automobile on the right, and trees in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Compton's Funeral Home, Waco, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[South End Fire Station]

Postcard of a black and white photograph of the South End fire station, a two-story frame building, with firefighters in two horse-drawn fire engines in front of it and a slightly pink colorized sky in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "South End Station, Waco, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Texas Power and Light Co. Plant]

Postcard of a color image of the Texas Power and Light Co., plant, a large red brick building with a smoke stack, with power lines and other electrical equipment, with a field in the foreground and clouds in the sky in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Plant of Texas Power and Light Co., Waco, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Douglas Select School]

Postcard of a colorized photograph of the Douglas Select School, a two-story house with a porch and two rows of windows, with a row of trees in the foreground and other buildings in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Douglas Select School, Waco, Texas, the Educational Center of Texas."
Date: 1912
Creator: Miller, Mrs. Herman
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Section F at Camp MacArthur]

Postcard of an intersection of two dirt roads with a row of barracks and telephone poles on the right side of one road and a row of tents on the other side. On the right side a soldier is standing with a firearm on his shoulder and there are more telephone poles and tents in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Section F Camp MacArthur Waco, Texas. Mann." There are also handwritten letters (left to right) "(c), a, B" with arrows pointing downward to the respective sections and a handwritten note at the top that reads "No 2."
Date: unknown
Creator: Mann, Fred
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Field at Camp MacArthur]

Postcard of several groups of men standing in a large field with barracks, trees, and other buildings in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Sec. F. Camp Mac Arthur. Waco Texas. © F Mann 10-11-17." There is a handwritten letter on the back of the postcard.
Date: 1917~
Creator: Mann, Fred & Gillespie, L. L.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[J. C. Trube House]

Photograph of the J. C. Trube house in Galveston, a large, three-story home with steps leading up to the porch, two pillars supporting a balcony above it, and several windows. The house was designed by architect, Alfred Muller. There is a gate in front of the house with the words "J. C. Trube" engraved in stone below it and trees in the foreground and background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Compress in Temple]

Postcard of a colorized photograph of the Temple Cotton Compress, a wooden structure with a tower and smoke stack, with rows of bales of cotton and several men moving individual bales in the foreground. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Compress, Temple, Texas." There is handwritten correspondence on the back of the postcard.
Date: May 1, 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tom Culp and Family]

Portrait of Tom Culp and his family posing in front of a painted backdrop; he is wearing a dark suit and standing behind a child wearing a white gown, who is standing on a chair, and his wife is wearing a blouse and dark skirt and standing on the left.
Date: unknown
Creator: Weatherington
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Methodist Episcopal Church]

Postcard of a color image of Second Street with the First Methodist Episcopal Church, a yellow building with several spires, on the left side and rows of trees on the left and right side of the street. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Temple, the Tree City. Second Street and First M. E. Church, Temple, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Raynolds Green Portrait]

Portrait of Raynolds Green as a child wearing a dark suit and bow tie posing in front of a light background. The borders of the card on which the photograph is printed are cut in a decorative pattern.
Date: unknown
Creator: Howell
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man and Child by Confederate Monument]

Photograph of a man in a dark suit and hat holding a baby in front of a confederate monument in Dallas, Texas; part of the monument's plaque is visible and there are other monuments and trees in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Graves with Flower Garlands]

Photograph of several flower garlands on the graves on Walter and Rachel Shirley with bushes and hills in the background.
Date: [1935..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unknown African American Man in Chair]

Postcard of an unidentified African American man wearing a suit and tie posing, sitting in a chair, in front of a neutral background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldier with Gun at Camp Barkeley]

Photograph of an unidentified soldier in uniform holding a rifle in front of a wooden structure at Camp Barkeley in Abilene, Texas. .
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Graham Family Portrait]

Portrait five unidentified members of the Graham family posing in front a neutral background; two men and a young boy (center) are wearing suits and standing in the front row and two women in white dresses are standing behind them.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hauge, C.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Avenue A in Temple]

Postcard of Avenue A in Temple, Texas featuring a street corner lined with large buildings and two horse-drawn carriages in the street, with telephone poles lining the street."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Baca-City Drug Orchestra]

Postcard of members of the Baca Brothers Orchestra, nine men posing around a piano holding their instruments with a large drum that says "Baca Bros Orchestra." Printed on the front of the postcard: "Compliments of Baca-City Drug Orchestra K.T.E.M. Temple, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Directory: Austin Avenue Methodist Church (open access)

Directory: Austin Avenue Methodist Church

Book from a Methodist church in Waco that is a directory of members and businesses, encouraging the congregation to shop within its local community. The date "1910-1914", can be seen written in pencil on the the top right corner of the first page.
Date: 1910~/1914~
Creator: Austin Avenue Methodist Church
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History