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[Sugarmill Fort Bend County]
Photographic postcard labeled Sugar mill Fort Bend County, Tex Schlueter, Houston. Photo is of large building complex on a stream. Numerous smoke stacks. Addressed to Miss Addy Koeffleck, Schulenburg, TX. Post marked Oct. 6, ____.
Date:
August 6, 1909
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Raymond Harper to Birdie Walters]
Postcard from Raymond Harper to Birdie Walters with an image on the front showing West Beach in Westbrook, Connecticut; there is a line of houses positioned along the water front. The note on the reverse side of the card discusses Harper's being in Westbrook during the month of August and that there is "good fishing, boating and crabing" there.
Date:
1907-08?
Creator:
Harper, Raymond L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Rose Chamberlin to Junia Roberts Osterhout, August 1, 1907]
Postcard from Rose Chamberlin to Junia Roberts Osterhout. On the front is a photo of long wagon being drawn by several horses. Farther back on the road is another wagon. They are traveling through a grassland and in the corner of the photo are the words "Fourteen horse wool outfit." The letter on the back has minor news including an upcoming carnival and a recent death.
Date:
August 1907
Creator:
Chamberlin, Rose
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from R. P. B. to Junia Roberts Osterhout, November 14, 1907]
Postcard from R. P. B. to Junia Roberts Osterhout. Featured on the postcard is a photo of a grave for General Sam Houston. In front of the grave is a fence missing several posts. A tree is by the grave and behind it is another fence. In the background are other grave stones. On the bottom, R. P. B. asked if Junia was glad that a monument was going to be placed at the grave.
Date:
August 14, 1907
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Rose Chamberlin to Junia Roberts Osterhout, August 14, 1907]
Postcard from Rose Chamberlin to Junia Roberts Osterhout. The photo depicts a rabbit sitting in the middle of a prairie and a tree off in the distance. On the side and bottom of the postcard, Rose wrote a brief recap of her day.
Date:
August 14, 1907
Creator:
Chamberlin, Rose
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Rose Chamberlin to Junia Roberts Osterhout, August 2, 1909]
Postcard from Rose Chamberlin to Junia Osterhout discussing daily life and local news. The front of the postcard contains two photos labeled at the bottom as "West Texas Freight Trains, San Angelo, Texas." In the upper image, a line of cattle are roped together, leading a covered wagon; a man is standing behind them holding a whip. In the lower image, a series of covered wagons are being pulled by teams of horses. Text in the center of the image says "Copyright 1907 by Ragsdale" and there are handwritten notes below the image.
Date:
August 2, 1909
Creator:
Chamberlin, Rose
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Rose Chamberlin to Junia Roberts Osterhout, August 13, 1909]
Postcard from Rose Chamberlin to Junia Roberts Osterhout. The front has a photograph of a court house in San Angelo with a smaller, older photograph of the building in the upper right corner. The newer building is made out of stone and has tall, arched windows. There is a clock tower in the middle of the building. There are trees around the base. The older version of the courthouse is a small, wooden building with one window in the front. On the front and back, Rose wrote about what she had been doing recently.
Date:
August 13, 1909
Creator:
Chamberlin, Rose
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Pharis Whittenberg to Annie Sharpe, August 17, 1908]
Postcard from Pharis Whittenberg to Annie Sharpe featuring the image of a young girl wearing a dress and a ribbon in her hair.
Date:
August 17, 1908
Creator:
Whittenberg, Pharis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of the Dallas Model Fire Station]
Postcard of the Dallas Model Fire Station, a two-story building with a tower extending another story in one of its corners. The base of the building has garage doors with labels corresponding to the type of fire engine it houses. There is a large, red brick building in the background that says, "Southern Rock Island Plow Co." The back of the postcard has a handwritten message by the sender to the addressee.
Date:
August 7, 1908
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of a Fire Boat, Portland, Oregon]
Postcard of a fire boat over Portland Harbor. High-pressure hoses are spraying water in all directions from the boat. To the left in the foreground, a man is standing on a small boat, looking towards the fire boat. On the back of the postcard, the sender has left a handwritten message.
Date:
August 24, 1909
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Berlin Fire Department]
Postcard of the Amsterdam Fire Department in an auto fire engine. The vehicle is equipped with a coiled fire hose on its rear.
Date:
August 17, 1909
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard with a Photograph of a Wagon of the Grand Ledge, Michigan Fire Department]
Postcard addressed to George Pendexter with a photograph of one of the horse-drawn fire wagons used by the fire department in Grand Ledge, Michigan. This wagon is sitting in front of two neighborhood homes and is loaded with various fire fighting supplies; a fireman is sitting in the driver's seat.
Date:
August 15, 1909
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of a Fire Engine Test]
Postcard of fire fighters testing a fire engine near a city canal, spraying its hose over the water. A tube is running from the water to a machine on the right, with smoke coming out of the machine's top.
Date:
August 12, 1908
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from J. D. Smith to George Pendexter, August 20, 1909]
Postcard from J. D. Smith to George Pendexter with a message saying that Smith had forgotten Pendexter's number. On the backside of the postcard there is a photo of some of the members of the Central Fire Station in Lansing, Michigan. The twelve men in front of the building are standing next to two of the automobiles used in fighting fires; the car on the left is holding ladders in the back end.
Date:
August 20, 1909
Creator:
Smith, J. D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard with a Photo of the Goshen, Indiana Fire Department]
Postcard with an image of the fire department in Goshen, Indiana. The note on the back from the sender says he does not know if he already sent Pendexter this photo or not. The photograph shows the three horse-drawn vehicles used by the Goshen Fire Department, the one in the center is the primary one, while the one on the left is a small passenger wagon.
Date:
August 15, 1909
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of a Fire Engine Test]
Postcard of fire fighters testing a fire engine near a city canal, spraying its hose over the water. A tube is running from the water to a machine on the right, with smoke coming out of the machine's top.
Date:
August 12, 1908
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Fire Fighters in Action]
Postcard of fire fighters using an apparatus to extinguish a fire on a city building. The fire fighters are standing on the back of a wagon, with hoses running from beneath the vehicle. The sender has left a handwritten message starting on the right of the image, and continuing on the back of the postcard.
Date:
August 14, 1907
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Berlin Fire Department]
Postcard of the Berlin Fire Department in an auto fire engine. The vehicle is equipped with a water tank and hose.
Date:
August 17, 1909
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of a Man with a Banjo]
Postcard of a man sitting on a wooden box and playing a banjo. Text written across the bottom and along the side of the front of the card reads: "I am reading the book Melody but it is not like this at all. Lill. E." Text in the upper left-hand corner of the card reads: "Thank you for the cute postal so much" The card is addressed to Miss Ellen Forsgard of Waco, Texas.
Date:
August 16, 1907
Creator:
Shreok, V. G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of the YMCA Building in Palestine, Texas]
Postcard of the YMCA building in Palestine, Texas. A handwritten message on the back of the card reads "Hello Chas. If you have any intentions of going to Purdue next year, which I hope you have let me know at once and I will come down some Saturday or Sunday and talk it over with you. C. F. M." The card is addressed to Mr Chas. Forsgard of Waco, texas.
Date:
August 8, 1909
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard with a View Looking Down a Road Between Trees]
Postcard with a photograph of a view looking down "Lover's Lane" positioned underneath a grove of trees; the caption reads: "You had better bring Harry down here. What you think?" The note on the reverse side of the card reads: "Am having some joy - so sorry you would not ride with me Sunday. Lots of girls here. I leave tomorrow. At home about Sun./six."
Date:
August 22, 1907
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard Addressed to Mamie Collins, August 28, 1907]
Postcard with a photograph of a group of people around a small structure, two women are sitting on top of a small wooden rising, the caption reads: "A part of a big picnic crowd from Marlin do you see me?" The not on the back of the card reads: "Have had a dandy time and go home today. Will see you soon."
Date:
August 28, 1907
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard with a View of Main Street, Houston, Texas]
Postcard showing a view overlooking Main Street in Houston, Texas; the photograph is illustrated in color and shows trolley cars moving down the street as well as people walking up and down the sidewalks. There is a note on the reverse side of the card that is addressed to Mamie Collins in Waco, Texas; there is a printed note in the upper right corner that describes the street and the buildings that appear on it.
Date:
August 11, 1907
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Rose and Mayme Collins to Michael Collins, August 15, 1906]
Postcard from Rose and Mayme Collins to their father Michael Collins in Waco, Texas. The note on the card says that the sisters are "going to Denver tomorrow," while the photograph shows them sitting atop horses while wearing dresses and large hats.
Date:
August 15, 1906
Creator:
Collins, Mary Florence & Collins, Rose
System:
The Portal to Texas History