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[Railroad Wreck Postcard]
Postcard of a train that wrecked near Goldthwaite, Texas, taken from a ditch to the right of the train track and looking down the length of the train which is partially derailed in the background. Six men are standing in the ditch and on the hill to the right, some observing the wreck and some looking towards the camera. Handwriting on the back of the postcard reads, "Wreck near Goldthwaite, May 1908".
Date:
May 1908
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Train Wreck Postcard]
Postcard of a train wreck taken from behind one of the train cars still on the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway. Crowds of people are on embankments to the left and right. A row of power-line poles are on the left embankment that continue down the track into the distance. Writing on the back of the card reads, "Wreck near Goldthwaite Tex May '08".
Date:
May 1908
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Railroad Wreck in Goldthwaite]
Postcard of a large group of men in suits and brimmed hats gathered around and on top of the wreckage of a train on the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railroad. Text on the back of the post card reads, "Railroad wreck Goldthwaite, May 1908".
Date:
May 1908
Creator:
unknown
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
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
System:
The Portal to Texas 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
[Sanger Avenue School]
Postcard of Waco's Sanger Avenue elementary school, a large, two-story brick building, with hundreds of students posing in several rows, standing and sitting, in front of the school and more students standing in the windows inside the school. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Sanger Avenue School, Waco, Texas 692 Pupils."
Date:
May 26, 1931
Creator:
Gildersleeve, Fred
System:
The Portal to Texas History