[Postcard to Mrs. Beth DeBusk, May 13, 1918]

Postcard of Camp MacArthur sent to Mrs. DeBusk, Beth and Boby about his stay in Waco. It shows Section E at the camp.
Date: May 13, 1918
Creator: DeBusk, Beth
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Waco, Texas in 1917]

Aerial photograph of downtown Waco, Texas as seen in 1917; the old city hall and the square around it can be seen directly in the center of the picture. The Brazos River can seen on the right side of the photograph.
Date: September 13, 1917
Creator: Stauts & Sons
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of the Texas Cotton Palace]

Postcard of the Texas Cotton Palace. Visitors are shown in the grounds of the palace in front of the large building. The postcard is addressed to Miss Viola Flores from Menasha, Wisconsin.
Date: November 13, 1917
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke - November 13, 1918] (open access)

[Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke - November 13, 1918]

Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke discussing he bad food at the mess hall, writing discharge papers, and being discharged before Christmas. He asks about what New York was like when it was announced the war was over. He asks Emma to tell him how his fathers health is.
Date: November 13, 1918
Creator: Suyker, Hector
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke - November 13, 1918] (open access)

[Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke - November 13, 1918]

Letter from Hector Suyker to Emma Riecke discussin how he will write discharge papers, short details about his day, and how he wants to receive more letters from Emma.
Date: November 13, 1918
Creator: Suyker, Hector
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Twelfth and Franklin Streets in Waco]

Postcard showing people and buildings on Twelfth and Franklin Streets in Waco, Texas, with Austin Avenue Methodist Church visible on the left side of Twelfth Street. A handwritten note on the back of the card is addressed to Mrs. W.D. Barton in Ozona, Texas and says, "I guess you think I have forgotten you but I haven't. I am fine. I don't know when I will be thru. I like Waco fine. Go to Sunday School and Church every Sunday. We have about 500 members in Sunday School when I go. A Meeting has just close and it sure was fine. Charley Cortes."
Date: May 13, 1911
Creator: Cortes, Charley
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Hallie to Mrs. Joe Bigy - June 13, 1911]

Postcard from Hallie to Mrs. Joe Bigy[?] in Coalgate, Oklahoma. Hallie writes about their home and beckons Mrs. B. to write back. The front of the postcard shows a collage of four places in Waco: in clockwise order from the top left, the New Exchange Hotel, its furnished lobby, its large dining room, and the Union Depot station.
Date: June 13, 1911
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History