Resource Type

[Portrait of Wallace Carvell]

Photograph of Wallace Carvell, seated on a platform with his foot on a stool and a hat in his hand. A note on the back states that Carvell was "raised by Grandpa Maddox".
Date: unknown
Creator: Alamo Electric Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William A. Kendrick and Richard Hamorsky Exhibition Invitation]

Postcard of an invitation to an exhibition of works by William A. Kendrick, a Texas landscape artist, and Richard Hamorszky, a bronze sculptor, at the Art Center of Waco. The front of the postcard shows a painting by Kendrick and a bronze sculpture by Hamorszky. Information about the exhibition is printed on the back of the postcard, along with directions to the Art Center, visiting hours, and dates.
Date: 2014
Creator: Art Center of Waco
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Downtown in Wortham, Texas]

Postcard of downtown in Wortham, Texas. Dozens of black cars are parked on the road's curbs, lined with tall and narrow shop buildings. A bustling crowd walks under power lines along the sidewalk and across the roads.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jackson
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of a World War I Soldier]

Postcard of a World War I soldier, dressed in a military uniform with a hat. He stands in front of a painted background and looks to the right.
Date: unknown
Creator: Manley Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Artillery at Mounted Drill, Camp MacArthur]

Postcard of artillery at a mounted drill exercise at Camp MacArthur, Waco. Artillery batteries on wheels are pulled by horses mounted by soldiers, riding on a plain dirt field and picking up dust behind them. Other cavalry riders follow.
Date: 1917~/1919~
Creator: Mann, Fred
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Company K, 128th Infantry Regiment, Exercising]

Postcard of Company K of the 128th Infantry Regiment exercising at Camp MacArthur, Waco. The uniformed soldiers stand in lines and practice with their rifles. A sergeant at far right oversees the exercises.
Date: 1918~
Creator: Mann, Fred
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Company Street, Camp MacArthur]

Postcard of a company street at Camp MacArthur, with encampments alongside a dirt road. Two buildings are specified in pen: a bath house, a low rectangular building at center left, and a space between two camps at right, which shows where the stove is.
Date: 1918-03-15/1918-10-20
Creator: Mann, Fred
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fourth Street, Waco]

Postcard of Fourth Street in Waco, Texas, lined with tall buildings on both sides. Cars are parked along the curbs of the road, and a streetcar line runs through the center of the road with wires overhead. A large hotel is visible at left with a large advert reading "HOTEL METROPOLE", and below that is a sign for a tailor. Pedestrians walk along the sidewalks and between the cars.
Date: 1917-10-11~
Creator: Mann, Fred
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Flood Damage in East Waco]

Postcard of a flood and damage on Elm Street in East Waco. The floodwater appears to be knee-high, and houses are upturned and pushed aside, with fences felled, power lines tipping, and debris floating in the water. A carriage pulled by a horse pulls a handful of people eastwards, towards the photographer. Numerous intact buildings are behind the damaged structures, and in the far background, the silhouette of the ALICO building is visible.
Date: 1913
Creator: McCall
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Waco Suspension Bridge During a Brazos River Flood]

Postcard depicting a flood on the Brazos River, with the Waco Suspension Bridge in the background. The floodwaters nearly reach the bridge's deck and lap onto its side. Multiple buildings are visible on the left side of the river.
Date: 1913
Creator: McCall
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from R. H. Moore to Mrs. Moore - June 16, 1942]

Postcard from Sgt. R. H. Moore, "468th SS", to Mrs. F[?] R. Moore. He concisely describes how he feels and the weather in Waco. The front of the postcard depicts a mineral water swimming pool in Leroy, Texas, which is at right. A circular pond and benches are at center, and a house is at left.
Date: July 16, 1942
Creator: Moore, R. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Julia Estes Rankin to Velma Snelson - June 5, 1908]

Postcard from Julia Estes Rankin in Midland to Velma Snelson in Stone Mountain, Georgia, discussing a parade held in May 1908 where she was crowned "queen" of the May parade. The front of the postcard shows a parade in procession, with cars and small parade floats riding down a dirt road lined with storefronts, with pedestrians, horseback riders, and parked horse-drawn wagons along the sides of the road.
Date: June 5, 1908
Creator: Rankin, Julia Estes
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Edwin Ray]

Postcard from Edwin Ray at Camp MacArthur, Texas. The front of the postcard has illustrations of birds and flowers, with a printed greeting and a stamp bearing "Greetings from Camp Mac Arthur, Tex.". The postcard is not addressed to anyone.
Date: 1917~/1919~
Creator: Ray, Edwin
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Penelope and Charles Torter to Richard Morgan]

Letter to Richard Morgan (1877–1964), rector of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Bonham lodging at the Dupont Hotel in Wilmington, Delaware, from Charles and Penelope Torter. The front of the postcard depicts the west side of the Courthouse Square in Bonham, looking north from Main Street. Buildings line the west and north side of the square, including the First National Bank building on the street corner. Cars drive along the paved road at left and are parked on the curb at right, alongside pedestrians and passersby walking through the road, An electric streetcar passes along the center of the road.
Date: [1891..1915]
Creator: Torter, Charles & Torter, Penelope
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Calvin E. Trammell to Eddie Handley - November 6, 1911]

Postcard from Calvin E. Trammell to Eddie Handley of Maverick, Runnels County. The front of the postcard depicts a panoramic view of a parade held on July 4, 1911 on the intersections of Wall and Main Street in Midland, looking at the northwest.
Date: November 6, 1911
Creator: Trammell, Calvin E.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bird's Eye View of Midland]

Postcard of a bird's eye view of Midland, looking to the northwest from the corner of Wall Street and Main Street. Prominent at center is the Ever-Ready Auto Service, with garages and gas pumps along the street corner. Behind it is the post office, and across the post office is the county courthouse block (building not visible), where cars are parked along the sidewalks. The First Baptist Church is visible behind the water tower two blocks north of the auto shop, distinguished by a large dome and an arched window. One block south of the auto shop is the Schaurbauer Hotel, which has a sign hanging from its northwest corner.
Date: 193X
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Camp MacArthur, 32nd Division Headquarters]

Postcard of the 32nd Division headquarters at Camp MacArthur, Waco. Structures visible along the dirt road are triangular, tent-like buildings with power poles and signs nearby. A large thermometer, possibly indicating the amount of liberty bonds purchased, is at center left. Cars are parked besides the road at right.
Date: 1917~/1919~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charles Walsh and His Plane]

Postcard of aviator Charles Walsh standing in front of his biplane before a crowd of spectators in Bonham, Texas. Walsh (center) wears goggles and a hat and leans against one of the aircraft's trusses. Handwritten at bottom of image: "Curtis Bioplane - Aviator Walsh, Bonham Texas 1-28-12."
Date: January 28, 1912
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charles Walsh Before Bonham-Sherman Flight]

Postcard of aviator Charles Walsh moments before his flight from Bonham to Sherman, seated in his biplane and wearing goggles and a cap. He holds a steering wheel, and the plane's engine is positioned behind him. Handwritten at bottom of image: "Aviator Walsh, 2 minuets [sic] before Bonham - Sherman Trip, Jan. 30-1912."
Date: January 30, 1912
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Company B Football Team, 127th Infantry Regiment]

Postcard of a football team from the 127th Infantry Regiment, Company B. They mostly wear light-colored striped shirts, standing in two rows. A man at center, along the bottom row, holds a ball; a goalie with a dark shirt is seated at second from right with a helmet. One of the seated men, first from left, holds a white dog. The men stand in front of the encampments at Camp MacArthur.
Date: 1917~/1919~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eliza Ranking Shooting a Rattlesnake]

Postcard of Eliza Rankin (wife of Finis Ewing Rankin) holding a rifle, aiming it straight at a rattlesnake outside a pen.
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[F. C. Olds' Residence, Waco]

Postcard of Frederick Charles Olds' residence on Austin Avenue, Waco. The house here is a two-storied house with a large portico set on stone pillars and balconies on both floors extending in both directions for the house's front facade. A covered driveway juts out from the house's side at left, with a paved pathway leading up to the side of the house.
Date: December 24, 1908
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fifth Street, South from Austin Avenue]

Postcard image of Fifth Street, looking south from Austin Avenue, in Waco, Texas. The road is at center, paved and filled with carriages and pedestrians, with a streetcar rail line embedded into the street. Large multi-storied stone and brick buildings stand on all four corners of the street, including a drug store with a prominent sign at right, and a home furnishings store in a light-colored building at left.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Finis Ewing Rankin with a Rattlesnake]

Postcard of Finis Ewing Rankin, kneeling next to a rattlesnake with a small knife in his hand outside a pen.
Date: 1908
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History