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McFaddin-Ward House Museum
89
Fire Museum of Texas
21
Oklahoma Historical Society
13
Private Collection of T. B. Willis
13
Murphy Historical Society Inc.
12
Sam Rayburn House State Historical Site
12
Fort Bend Museum
7
Harrison County Historical Museum
7
El Paso Public Library
6
Patrick Heath Public Library
5
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Texas History Collection
96
Rescuing Texas History, 2015
35
George Pendexter Postcard Collection
21
T. B. Willis Collection
13
Rescuing Texas History, 2013
12
Oklahoma Historical Society Photograph Collection
10
Rescuing Texas History, 2018
10
Fort Bend Museum Collection
7
Sims McCutchan Collection
7
The Mexican Revolution on the Border: Primary Sources from El Paso
6
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Main Street and Court House
Scan of a postcard showing Main Street and the Court House, Sayre, OK.
Date:
October 19, 1911
Creator:
Hosmer Art
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
First National Bank
Scan of a postcard showing the interior of the First National Bank, Ralston, OK.
Date:
1911~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Public School in Richmond]
Postcard image of the Public School, Richmond, Texas. Two and a half story brick building. Group of people are standing near the northeast corner of the building. A person is leaning out of the middle, bottom story window.
Date:
1911
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Longview Confederate Monument Unveiling]
Photographic postcard of the unveiling of the Confederate Monument at Bodie Park in Longview, Texas. There is a crowd of people gathered around the monument, and there are unidentified buildings in the background.
Date:
June 3, 1911
Creator:
Culpepper, Cody
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Scene of Disorder in Barracks after the Battle of Juarez, Mexico]
Postcard of a group of men and women observing the disarray of personal belongings within a courtyard after the Battle of Juarez. A variety of items, including clothing, blankets, hats, and crates are gathered into one large pile. Horses are in the background, behind the group.
Date:
May 1911
Creator:
Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Adobe House Destroyed by Artillery #1]
Postcard image of six armed men on horseback, posing in front of one side of an adobe building that has been heavily damaged by bullets and cannon fire during the battle of Ciudad Juarez. This building was located down the road from the old Juarez post office and is missing a corner in the left side of the image. Most of the Mexican men on horseback are holding rifles and some also have on bandolier or bandolero bullet belts across their chests. handwritten in lower-left corner: "H38 W.H. Horne Co. El Paso, Tex. Adobe House Destroyed by Artillery."
Date:
1911~
Creator:
Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Adobe House Destroyed by Artillery #2]
Postcard image of six armed men on horseback, posing in front of one side of an adobe building that has been heavily damaged by bullets and cannon fire during the battle of Ciudad Juarez. This building was located down the road from the old Juarez post office and is missing a corner in the left side of the image. Most of the Mexican men on horseback are holding rifles and some also have on bandolier or bandolero bullet belts across their chests.
Date:
1911~
Creator:
Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[After the Battle Ciudad Juárez, 1911]
Postcard image of a group of unidentified people posing together in front of a building damaged during Battle for Ciudad Juárez. The group includes Anglo men, women, and boys, as well as Mexican Insurrectos, standing and seated on the rubble of a ruined corner of the building. One man holding a rifle is on horseback at the left side of the image, with two other men standing on the ground.
Date:
1911~
Creator:
Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Battle of Ciudad Juárez, 1911 #2]
Postcard image of people examining an adobe building that was damaged by cannons and bullets during the Battle of Ciudad Juarez. The image was taken from one corner of the building and there are groups of people wearing formal clothing and hats standing along both visible sides, including several looking into the interior from atop rubble where the corner of the building is missing. Handwritten note on back: "Juarez, Mexico, 9-28-1911. Hello Bud, Just over looking at some of the battle scenes. Leave El Paso tonight. Bro. Laurence."
Date:
September 28, 1911
Creator:
Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921 & Tripp, Laurence
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Main Street, Trinidad, Colorado]
Postcard looking northeast on Main Street in Trinidad, Colorado. A number of buildings are visible on either side of the road including a building on the left with a sign that says "Mansbach - Pool and Billiards" and the First National Bank on the right (5-story stone building). A number of pedestrians are walking on the sidewalks and a number of horse-drawn and motor vehicles are parked on either side of the street, with trolley rails and cables running down the center. The postcard is post marked from Trinidad, Colorado, July 7, 1911 and is addressed to Mrs. Henry Horne, Hallowell, Maine.
Date:
1911~
Creator:
Horne, Walter. H., 1883-1921
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Residential Street Scene
Postcard of a residential street scene featuring the T. W. Marse home, located at 104 W. Sixth Street, Taylor. Correspondence on the back in English.
Date:
1911
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Residential Street Scene
Postcard of a residential street scene in Taylor, featuring the Colonel Bland home, located at 721 Davis Street. Correspondence on back in unknown language.
Date:
1911
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of a Boat on Clear Creek]
Postcard featuring a photograph on the front of a boat party on Clear Creek. The boat belonged to Luke Johnson and was a new acquisition at the time the photograph was taken. Johnson's party are dressed in festive attire.
Date:
1911
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Memorial Day at Fairview Cemetery]
Postcard of the 1911 Memorial Day celebration at Fairview Cemetery. A massive group of people are gathered underneath a tree; everyone is wearing festive clothing for that era. Surrounding the group are numerous covered wagons and horses.
Date:
May 30, 1911
Creator:
Maurer
System:
The Portal to Texas History
West Texas State Normal, Canyon City, Tex.
Halftone color postcard showing the original building of West Texas State Normal College in Canyon, Texas. The postcard reproduces a painting of the building, showing the front facade and pedestrians walking along a circular walkway in front of the building. On the back of the post card there is a written message to Miss Loura Dozier in Kress, Texas, postmarked June 18, 1911 and signed "Your friend Ruth."
Date:
1911
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Photographic Postcard of a Woman
Photographic postcard with a woman standing outdoors holding her bonnet in her hands. The woman had her hair pulled up and wears glasses. Correspondence on the back reads, "Dear Sister I am sending you something for Jans cabbage patch. Bess and her [ ] took it out in the back yard. You can see I was dressed up. How are you, have looked for a letter. So long will write soon, again am working today. with love, Dollie. Tell Ollie to look." It is addressed to Mrs. Martha Parks, Granbury, Texas and is postmarked Springfield, Missouri on September 12, 1911.
Date:
1911~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jones Saddlery Co.
Scan of a postcard showing the ruins of Jones Saddlery Co. in Oklahoma City after a fire when it was 8 degrees below zero, Jan. 3, 1911.
Date:
January 3, 1911
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Postcard from Milton Andrew Matlock to Lois Matlock]
Postcard from Milton Andrew Matlock to Lois Matlock while he was in Cuba; the photograph shows "Banana Grove" in Cuba with soldiers picking bananas from a tree. The note on the back of card says: "you and Maurine write me a long letter real soon."
Date:
1911?
Creator:
Matlock, Milton Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Milton Andrew Matlock to his Father, January 16, 1911]
Postcard from Milton Andrew Matlock to his father, M. M. Matlock with an image of the the U. S. Armored Cruiser "New York." There is a note on the back of the card asking his father how things have been at home and if he has started work yet.
Date:
January 16, 1911
Creator:
Matlock, Milton Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from M. A. Matlock to his Mother, March 27, 1911]
Postcard from Milton Andrew Matlock to his mother with a colored image of the marine barracks at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The note on the back of the photograph says that Milton is "in Guantanamo Cuba, this is a pretty place."
Date:
March 27, 1911
Creator:
Matlock, Milton Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Birdie to Mrs. M. M. Matlock, February 27, 1911]
Postcard from a woman named Birdie to Mrs. M. M. Matlock describing her current sickness she has dealt with since Matlock left there. The image on the front of the card is of an ivy plant and text around it that reads: "Close clings the Ivy to the Tree, So in my Heart I cling to Thee."
Date:
February 27, 1911
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Milton Andrew Matlock to W. A. Scott, February 21, 1911]
Postcard from M. A. Milton to W. A. Scott with a photograph of a goat standing next to a child dressed in a navy uniform, the title of the photograph is: "The Visitor and a Ship's Mascot." The note on the back of the photograph concerns Milton's unanswered letters by Scott: "I guess you must be drownded. Why have you not answered my letter?"
Date:
February 21, 1911
Creator:
Matlock, Milton Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Milton A. Matlock to M. M. Matlock, February 21, 1911]
Postcard from Milton Andrew Matlock to his father, M. M. Matlock, with a photograph of the "Prize Winning Gun Crew, U. S. S. Georgia," with the crew of the ship are sitting on the guns. On the back of the card there is a note from Milton Andrew saying he received letters from the family and was "glad to here it has rained in Tex."
Date:
February 21, 1911
Creator:
Matlock, Milton A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Milton Andrew Matlock to M. M. Matlock, March 27, 1911]
Postcard from Milton Andrew Matlock to his father with a colored image of the target range at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. There is a note from Milton to his father saying he has "been fireing on the target range this week."
Date:
March 27, 1911
Creator:
Matlock
System:
The Portal to Texas History