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[Tents and Barracks at Camp MacArthur]

Postcard of a dirt road at Camp MacArthur with a row of barracks on the right and a grouping of tents on the left and rows of telephone poles on both sides. A man is standing in front of a barrack on the right, another man is riding a tractor down the dirt road, and there is a small group of men on the left side and some trees in the background. Written on the front of the postcard is the text: "125-126. U. S. Inf'try Camp MacArthur Waco, Texas. F. Mann. © 10-11-17."
Date: December 10, 1917
Creator: Mann, Fred
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - December 28, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - December 28, 1943]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife discussing his opinions about the year coming to an end.
Date: December 28, 1943
Creator: Smith, Merrill
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - December 12, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife - December 12, 1943]

Letter from Captain Merrill Smith to his wife discussing his recent trip inland.
Date: December 12, 1943
Creator: Smith, Merrill
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[F. C. Olds' Residence, Waco]

Postcard of Frederick Charles Olds' residence on Austin Avenue, Waco. The house here is a two-storied house with a large portico set on stone pillars and balconies on both floors extending in both directions for the house's front facade. A covered driveway juts out from the house's side at left, with a paved pathway leading up to the side of the house.
Date: December 24, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard to Mrs. J. P. Bahl - December 7, 1920]

Postcard addressed to Katharine Bahl, "Mrs. J. P. Bahl", of Waco, Texas, from Harry Bahl in San Antonio. Harry states he is having a "good time" and anticipates he will be home soon. The front of the post card depicts a large pagoda at the Japanese Tea Garden in San Antonio. At left, people walk past footpaths lined with ferns onto stairs that lead to the leftmost wing of the pagoda. Along the bottom of the picture is a lower section of the park, below the pagoda, which contains more pathways, stone walls holding garden planters, and an arched stone bridge over a calm pond lined with bushes and flowers.
Date: 1920-12-07~
Creator: Bahl, Harry
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard Sent to W. G. Lobb - December 1918]

Postcard sent to W. G. Lobb in Atwood, Illinois containing greetings and well wishes. The front of the postcard features an image of soldiers gathered around a boiling pot with plates and cups in Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas.
Date: 1918-12-XX
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard to Ms. Charlotte Dunbar, December 1, 1917]

Postcard of Camp MacArthur in Waco, Texas with a handwritten message on the back explaining more about the photograph.
Date: December 1, 1917
Creator: Dunbar, Charlotte
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Funeral Program for Allen Davis, December 15, 1900] (open access)

[Funeral Program for Allen Davis, December 15, 1900]

Funeral program for Will Allen Davis, born 1898 and died December 14, 1900. The funeral was held on December 15, 1900 in the residence of R. H. Parker. He was buried in the Masonic section of the Abilene Municipal Cemetery in Abilene, Texas.
Date: December 15, 1900
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History