Postcard of the historic Anson Mills Building located at 303 North Oregon Street in El Paso, Texas. Please also see duplicate postcard WH-PC-186-022.

Postcard of the Anson Mills Building. The Anson Mills Building is a historic building located at 303 North Oregon Street in El Paso, Texas. The building stands on the original site of the 1832 Ponce de León ranch. Anson Mills hired Henry C. Trost of the Trost and Trost architectural firm to design and construct the building. At the time, Henry C. Trost was the area's foremost pioneer in the use of reinforced concrete in building design. Built in 1910-1911, the building was only the second concrete-frame skyscraper in the United States, and one of the largest all-concrete buildings. At 145 feet (44 m), the 12-story Mills Building was the tallest building in El Paso when it was completed. The architectural firm of Trost and Trost moved its offices to the building upon completion, where they remained until 1920. The Mills family sold the building in 1965. The building stands on a corner site opposite San Jacinto Plaza, with a gracefully curved street façade that wraps around the south and east sides. Like many of Trost's designs, the Anson Mills Building's overall form and strong verticality, as well as details of the ornamentation and cornice, are reminiscent of the Chicago …

Postcard of the nave, the three tiered room where religious services take place. The back of the postcard reads, "This church seats 12,000 I was at it, it was beautiful. I am so tired of going home for resting all day. Am going to leave tomorrow for Quebec. Hope to hear from you there. Love for all - Ma." The postcard is addressed to "Miss M. McFaddin 1141 3rd Ave. Huntington, W. Va. U. S. A."

A photograph postcard showing the Santa Fe (ATSF) 50-50A & 12, 6000 H.P. 3 unit diesel streamliners, on passenger train No. 12, "Chicagoan", about 12 blocks north of the station in Oklahoma City, bound for Chicago, 11 cars, 20 mph, 6:50 am.

A photograph postcard showing the Oklahoma Railway Interurban car 225, passing Belle isle at north edge of Oklahoma City, coming from Guthrie, OK

A photograph postcard of the Oklahoma Railway (ORY) 17th Street Station at corner of N.W. 17th Street and Classen Blvd. in Oklahoma City, on the double-track Belle Isle streetcar line. Guthrie and El Reno interurbans also stopped there. Car 140 is inbound to downtown and thence to the State Capitol Building via the Capitol-Culberson line. Cardboard sign in front window indicates it will make connections with the Lincoln Park car at the Capitol. The Victoria Theater building can be seen at extreme right.

A photograph postcard showing the St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 1514, 4-8-0, on passenger train No. 3, "Will Rogers", arriving at Oklahoma City Union Station. Station appears at left.

A photograph postcard showing main street in Oklahoma City, looking east from Hudson. Two streetcars of the Oklahoma Railway (ORY) are seen on the double-track line in the center of the street.

A photograph postcard showing a view of Oklahoma Railway storage yards and shops for interurbans, street cars, and buses. Photo taken from Exchange Ave. viaduct over the North Canadian River. Rock Island main line in foreground, with city skyline in the background.

A photograph postcard showing Santa Fe wreck near Pomona, KS, notation on print reads: "Last car on [??] No. 5 on SantaFe (sic) 7-7-09 Pomona by J. Loper"

A photograph postcard showing Laramie Valley (LPN&W) 2, 0-6-0, Laramie, WY. (Quarry road)