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[Eliza Ranking Shooting a Rattlesnake]

Postcard of Eliza Rankin (wife of Finis Ewing Rankin) holding a rifle, aiming it straight at a rattlesnake outside a pen.
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Finis Ewing Rankin with a Rattlesnake]

Postcard of Finis Ewing Rankin, kneeling next to a rattlesnake with a small knife in his hand outside a pen.
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard to Miss Eddie Handy - May 8, 1909]

Postcard from Midland addressed to Miss Eddie Handy[?] in Maverick, Texas. The front of the postcard depicts a Fourth of July parade in downtown Midland, going down Main Street with the Llano Hotel at left and several pedestrians and parked carriages watching horse-drawn parade floats and decorated cars.
Date: May 8, 1909
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Camp Cotton]

Postcard of Camp Cotton located in El Paso, Texas. In the center of the image are rows of 20th Infantry tents attached to the ground. Soldiers are shown positioned between the rows of tents and in a group to the left of the tents. The postcard is addressed to Miss Judith Locke of San Antonio, Texas.
Date: September 28, 1915
Creator: W. H. Horne Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Calvin E. Trammell to Eddie Handley - November 6, 1911]

Postcard from Calvin E. Trammell to Eddie Handley of Maverick, Runnels County. The front of the postcard depicts a panoramic view of a parade held on July 4, 1911 on the intersections of Wall and Main Street in Midland, looking at the northwest.
Date: November 6, 1911
Creator: Trammell, Calvin E.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard to E. D. Merrill - August 6, 1911]

Postcard to E. D. Merrill in Big Spring discussing visiting an unspecified female friend. The front of the postcard portraits a lively scene with two men dancing with each other, a band of musicians with two fiddlers and a guitarist (identified as Paul), another crowd of men watching from behind the musicians, and a woman holding a baby (Nellie holding Henley).
Date: August 6, 1911
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Selective Service Notice of Classification]

Draft Board notice related to Alan Raisbeck Paulsen.
Date: February 8, 1945
Creator: Local Board No. 413 of St. Lawrence County
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Selective Service Notice of Classification]

Draft Board notice related to Alan Raisbeck Paulsen.
Date: July 27, 1944
Creator: Local Board No. 413 of St. Lawrence County
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Selective Service Notice of Classification]

Draft Board notice related to Alan Raisbeck Paulsen.
Date: June 25, 1943
Creator: Local Board No. 413 of St. Lawrence County
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Fighting Seabees Postcard]

Postcard advertising the movie "The Fighting Seabees," starring John Wayne, Dennis O'Keefe, and Susan Hayward. Acquired by Ivan D. East during his service with the 136th Seabees.
Date: 1944
Creator: Republic Pictures Corporation
System: The Portal to Texas History

[War Savings Stamps Volunteer Pledge Card]

War savings stamps volunteer pledge card for liquor and wine businesses.
Date: July 1942
Creator: War Stamp Council
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Presbyterian Church in Orange, Texas]

Color postcard of the First Presbyterian Church in Orange, Texas. It is also called the Lutcher Memorial Building. This landmark building of Italian marble and Texas granite was one of the first air-conditioned buildings in the United States. A copper dome with stained-glass windows sits atop of the building and an ornate wrought-iron fence surrounds the building. Correspondence on the back of the card reads, "4/12/20 Daddy: A nice little town, its public buildings are wonderful but it is dead. There are as many Buicks as Fords. We leave for Galveston in a few days. Love, Stan." It is addressed to Mr. Eisenhard, 1512 Gordon St., Allentown, Penna. It is postmarked Orange, Texas on April 12, 1920.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History