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Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame
13
UNT Libraries Special Collections
8
Fort Bend Museum
3
McFaddin-Ward House Museum
3
Oklahoma Historical Society
3
Private Collection of T. B. Willis
3
El Paso Public Library
2
Howard Payne University Library
2
Keystone Crossroads Historical Society
2
Private Collection of the CC Cox Family
1
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Rescuing Texas History, 2017
9
Victor Lauderdale Collection
6
Texas History Collection
5
Rescuing Texas History, 2009
4
Abilene Library Consortium
3
Fort Bend Museum Collection
3
T. B. Willis Collection
3
Keystone Crossroads Historical Society Collection
2
The Mexican Revolution on the Border: Primary Sources from El Paso
2
Oklahoma Historical Society Photograph Collection
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Serial/Series Title
Box 1: 1917-1919 : Folder 23: Post Cards - Various
6
Box 1: 1917-1919 : Folder 24: Post Cards - V.E. Lauderdale to Family, 1918-09-22
5
Box 1: 1917-1919 : Folder 5: Instructions for Troops
5
John V. Webel Collection
5
Lee Jones Jr. Collection
4
Leslie A. Boone Postcard Collection
2
Folder 1: Correspondence: 44 WWI Postcards, c.1918
1
Frank Rush Collection
1
Joseph Thoburn Collection
1
Proof: Photographs from Four Generations of a Texas Family
1
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[Well Done Men]
Postcard with a photograph of an airplane flying over the Statue of Liberty, addressed to Mrs. John H. Carper, at 818 Austin St., Houston, Texas. The postcard indicates that John H. Carper will be returning from service at Camp Mills and he'll write home as soon as possible.
Date:
May 23, 1919
Creator:
Carper, John H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Postcard of Vault in First National Bank]
Postcard of the vault in the First National Bank in Waco. The large, circular vault door is open, revealing another barrier of metal bars behind it.
Date:
January 2, 1919
Creator:
Gildersleeve
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Southwestern Desert Scenery]
Postcard image of a natural southwestern desert vista with several large Spanish Dagger Yucca trees in the foreground. No information was provided about the location of this event. On the back of the post it reads, El Paso, Texas, 1919.
Date:
1919
Creator:
Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Army certificate awarded to Victor Lauderdale for promotion to corporal]
Certificate awarded to Victor Lauderdale from the Army of the United States in January of 1919 for official promotion to the rank of corporal. The certificate text is printed and filled in under a banner for the United States Army with the eagle seal of the United States.
Date:
January 1919
Creator:
Lauderdale, Victor
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Booklet: WWI Army Division Insignia Information]
Booklet that details different army divisions serving under Pershing's American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, complete with maps and insignias. The booklet includes color chromolithographic printing on the cover and illustrations throughout of each insignia paired with descriptive text in a list format. The booklet was published in 1919 through the training and staging camp stationed at Fort Dix in New Jersey.
Date:
1919
Creator:
Lauderdale, Victor
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Victor Lauderdale to his father J.R Lauderdale, May 11, 1919]
Letter from Victor Lauderdale to his father on American YMCA Stationary, dated May 11, 1919. The letter is brief and informs his father of a letter he enclosed for his mother in celebration of mothers day despite her death with the sentiment "We were with her in life; even so in death we shall be with her." He goes on to mention a trip to Belgium that he is contemplating taking before he comes back to the states.
Date:
1919
Creator:
Lauderdale, Victor
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Victor Lauderdale to his mother Mrs. Lauderdale, May 11th, 1919]
Letter and envelope from son Victor Lauderdale to mother Mrs. Lauderdale, May 11th, 1919. The seven page letter addresses a reflective dialogue frequently mentioning God, religion, obedience and guidance about his experiences in the Army and at war. The letter is written on stationary provided by the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA).
Date:
May 11, 1919
Creator:
Lauderdale, Victor
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Notes written on American Red Cross stationary regarding WWI]
Single page of American Red Cross Stationary with English and French writing covering June 26th and 27th, 1919. The notes include dairy like entries that comment on the progress of the war and list places Lauderdale visited including such as chapels, 2 ponds, lake, Napoleon Lounge, and the colonnade.
Date:
[1919-06-26..1919-06-27]
Creator:
Lauderdale, Victor
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Postcard from the Practical Drawing Company to C. C. Cox, September 24, 1919]
A postcard from the Practical Drawing Company regarding an order for them to supply C. C. Cox's school in Splendora, Texas with textbooks.
Date:
September 24, 1919
Creator:
Practical Drawing Company
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[U.S. Post Office - El Paso, Old Main Post Office]
Postcard of a portion of downtown El Paso, taken from a high vantage point looking south, including the back of the Old Main Post Office in the center, with various other buildings visible behind and around it. Several smoke stacks are visible on the far right, a trolley is running down current-day Stanton Street in the center of the image, and railroad tracks are visible in the foreground.
Date:
1919~
Creator:
W. H. Horne Co.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of a donkey hauling water]
Photograph of a donkey pulling a large wooden barrel, standing in the middle of a dirt street near a two-story building; an unidentified man is standing behind the donkey. A handwritten label in the lower-right corner says, "Hauling water at Isabel, Texas." It is attached to a different postcard written by Byrd Williams, Jr. from his home in the Ysleta community in El Paso.
Date:
1919
Creator:
Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr. & Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Burning Oil Well
Photograph on postcard of the C.L. Perkins No. 5 oil well on fire near Ranger, Texas in 1919. Fire and smoke reach high in the sky, towering over the nearby trees.
Date:
1919
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Daughter of the Dawn
Photograph postcard showing a scene from the movie, "Daughter of the Dawn." Pictured on the postcard is a Native American encampment of tepees and fifteen unidentified Native Americans.
Date:
1919~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Daughter of the Dawn
Photograph postcard showing a scene from the movie, "Daughter of the Dawn." Pictured on the postcard is a Native American encampment of tepees and fifteen unidentified Native Americans.
Date:
1919~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Drawing of Golf and Country Club]
Postcard of a drawing of a boat on a river in front of the Golf and Country Club building in Dallas, Texas.
Date:
1919
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ed Konarek Blacksmith Shop
Postcard of Ed Konarek Blacksmith Shop, located on South Main Street in Taylor. Unidentified man working on a carriage wheel.
Date:
1919
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Fire at Night]
Postcard of a large fire at night. The caption on the image reads, "Night View: C. L. Perkins No 5 on Fire 9-13-1919 Flowin 4000 BBLS Oil & 10,000,000 Ft Gas Ranger, TEX."
Date:
September 13, 1919
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Golden Cycle Oil Fire
Photograph on postcard of the Golden Cycle oil gusher on fire in 1919. Flames and smoke billow into the sky.
Date:
1919
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hello, just got back]
Postcard from the Jewish Welfare Board and the United States Army and Navy, with an illustration of a solider coming back on United States soil. The pre-printed text reads, "Hello - Just got back. Am Feeling great, will write soon again" with a blank space labeled "Going to Camp ___."
Date:
[1919..]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Main Street, 1919]
Postcard of a muddy street where several early model automobiles are on the street which is lined is with store fronts and telegraph lines and poles line one side of the street in Ranger, Eastland County, Texas. The caption on the image reads " Main Street 1919, Ranger Texas."
Date:
1919~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Men Placing Boilers
Photograph on postcard of men setting up boilers to put out an oil fire at the C.L. Perkins No. 5 oil well in Eastland County, Texas in 1919. Smoke from the fire can be seen over the workers.
Date:
1919
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Municipal Bath House
Scan of a postcard showing the Municipal Bath House, Guthrie, OK. Published by Fred Harvey. Postmarked September 24, 1919.
Date:
1919~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Oil Tank and Derrick on Fire]
Postcard of wooden a derrick surrounded by a cloud of dark smoke. The caption on the image reads "Oil Tank and Derrick on Fire, New Town Oct 4-19."
Date:
1919~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil Well on Fire
Photograph on postcard an oil fire at the C.L. Perkins No. 5 oil well near Ranger in Eastland County, Texas in 1919. Smoke and flames billow into the sky, while debris from the fire can be seen strewn over the ground.
Date:
1919
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History