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[Postcard of Producing Wells in Mexia, Texas]
Postcard of oil wells in Mexia, Texas, showing a building and tower.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mexia Oil Fields]
Postcard of a landscape littered with derricks. The caption on the image reads "Mexia Oilfields Monarch -- Kirby Gushers."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postal Card from Loman Cox Orchard to Isaac Herbert Kempner, July 3, 1951]
Card with letter from Loman Cox Orchard to Isaac Herbert Kempner about his inquiry to Mr. Nussbaum about the peaches. He mentions about Hale Haven, and Frank, two types of peaches. But also adds that the express service in the town has been poor since the last two years, but hopes to fulfil his needs.
Date:
July 3, 1951
Creator:
Orchard, Loman Cox
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Horse-Drawn Fire Engines, Victoria, Texas]
Postcard of two firemen in two horse-drawn fire engines on a residential street, with a two-story Victorian house in the background. The back of the postcard has a handwritten note from the sender that says, "How would you like [to] be at the steering wheel of one of these?"
Date:
August 5, 1913
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mexia Oil Field]
Postcard of a bird's eye view of landscape that is dotted with derricks and storage tanks. A road bisects the image on the left and several buildings line the road, the caption on the image reads "Mexia oilfield, Mexia - Waco Pike. Mills' Coses."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Fishpond Gushers]
Postcard of a landscape with several derricks. A pool of water or oil is visible in the foreground and the caption on the image reads "Mexia Oilfields, Fishpond Gushers."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Oil Blowing Derrick]
Postcard in black and white of a wooden oil derrick spewing oil. The inscription on the front reads: "Humphrey's Jones #1, Kosse Texas. Buie Mexia."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History