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[Group of Friends on a Seashore]
Postcard featuring a photograph of four people — Henry Willard Quinius, Elizabeth "Bessie" Causey Miles Quinius, Nannie Clara Evans Willis, and John T. Willis, Sr. They are clad in their bathing suits; the women are wearing swimming caps.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Children Riding a Deer-Drawn Wagon]
Postcard featuring a photograph of two children, Hoyt and Burnetta L. Murphree, sitting in a small wagon that has a deer harnessed to it. According to handwritten information on the back, they are the children of Lena Beck Murphree.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard to Johnie Louise Bruyere, December 20, 1923]
A postcard addressed to Johnie Louise Bruyere. The front bears a drawing of a boy and girl lighting candles, from which green streamers hang. It reads: "Happy, Happy all day through, Merry Christmas." The note on the other side reads "Dear Johny, I wish you a Merry X Mas and Happy New Year. Pearl Anna."
Date:
December 20, 1923
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Louise and Dorothy Lee to Johnie Louise Bruyere, December 22, 1920]
A postcard addressed to Johnie Louise Bruyere. The front has a drawing of six babies dressed as Santa climbing over a wooden trunk and packing up presents into a sack. One of the babies is asleep next to the sack, and another has fallen head first into the trunk. It reads: "All through the year kind wishes I've safely stored away, For Santa Claus to bring to you on Christmas Day." The note on the back reads "We hope that Old Santa is good to you."
Date:
December 22, 1922
Creator:
Lee, Louise & Lee, Dorothy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard to Johnie Louise Bruyere, December 23, 1928]
A postcard addressed to Johnie Louise Bruyere. The front has a drawing of two girls, one sitting on a sled and the other pulling her. They wear heavy winter clothing, and the ground is covered in snow. There are houses, fences, and bare trees in the background. It reads: "Christmas Greetings. I hope Santa Claus/Before he goes back/Will stop at your house/And empty his pack."
Date:
December 23, 1928
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from her Grandmother to Johnie Louise Bruyere, December 22, 1928]
A postcard from her grandmother to Johnie Louise Bruyere on December 22, 1928. The front has a drawing of a window seat, with a Christmas wreath and stocking hung on the window. It is snowing outside. The front reads: "Happy, Happy/all day through/Merry Christmas!" The note on the back reads: "This is wishing you and each one of Merry X-mas and a happy new-year loveingly [sic] Grand Ma Ma."
Date:
December 22, 1928
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Louisa Messimer to Johnie Louise Bruyere, December 22, 1928]
A postcard from Louisa Messimer to Johnie Louise Bruyere on December 22, 1928. The front of the card has a drawing of a holly branch with red berries and two red birds sitting on it. It reads: "Christmas Wishes. Never was Christmas Day more glad/Than the one I wish for you;/Never were wishes more sincere/From a heart more fond and true." The note on the other side reads "Dear sweetie, I hope old Santa's good to you this year and - hoping you a happy X Mas."
Date:
December 22, 1928
Creator:
Messimer, Louisa
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Loraine Buie to Johnie Louise Bruyere, December 23, 1926]
A postcard from Loraine Buie to Johnie Louise Bruyere on December 23, 1926. The front of the card has a drawing of a holly branch with red berries, a red bow, and a lit red wax candle. It reads: "Christmas Wishes. A Happy Christmas and New Year/A heartfelt wish and most sincere." The note on the other side reads "I hope you will have a very happy Xmas and a happy New Year. Loraine Buie."
Date:
December 23, 1926
Creator:
Buie, Loraine
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Evol Gilmore to Johnie Louise Bruyere, December 28, 1926]
Postcard from Evol Gilmore to Johnie Louise Bruyere, December 28, 1926. The front bears a drawing of a river and surrounding grass covered in snow. It reads: "I cannot say one thing that's new/So send the same old wish to you. Merry Christmas." The note on the back reads "Wishing you a happy Xmas and a bright New Year. Your friend, Evol Gilmore."
Date:
December 28, 1926
Creator:
Gilmore, Evol
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Lake View Park]
Postcard of Lakeview Park in Glen Rose, Texas. The image shows a set of pipes spilling water onto the ground.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Christmas Tree]
Postcard of a Christmas tree from Miss Edith Gray addressed to Miss Maude B. of Belton, Texas. The tree is decorated, and three children sit beneath it with presents.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Producing Wells in Mexia, Texas]
Postcard of oil wells in Mexia, Texas, showing a building and tower.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Lake View Park]
Postcard of Lakeview Park in Glen Rose, Texas. The image shows a crowd of people swimming and using a diving board.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Ranger, Texas]
Postcard of a street in Ranger, Texas that is crowded with horse-drawn carts. The text "Fields of Liquid Gold, Ranger, Texas, 1919" can be seen.
Date:
1919
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Lake View Park]
Postcard of Lakeview Park in Glen Rose, Texas. The image shows a pipe spilling water onto the dirt, and a line of cabins in the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Baptist Church in Eddy, Texas]
Postcard of a Baptist church in Eddy, Texas. It is a one-story brick building with decorative edging across the roofline.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Axtell Railroad Station]
Postcard sent to Miss Loudie George in Houston, Texas. The image on the front features a photograph of the Axtell Railroad Station on the St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas with three women and a man standing outside the entrance. Buildings are visible in the background. A note written on the back is dated November 2, 1910 and says "I arrived home Tuesday morning and made an auto trip to [...] via Moody got home at 10 last night will be in Waco again tomorrow May get to see you in Waco or I may have an exhibit there during the Cotton Palace They are decorating the business houses already"
Date:
November 12, 1910
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Float at Texas Cotton Palace]
Postcard of a float at the Texas Cotton Palace in Waco, Texas. Several women stand on top of the float.
Date:
191X
Creator:
Gildersleeve
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of San Solomon Swimming Pool]
Postcard of San Solomon Swimming Pool in Balmorhea, Texas. Several people gather around the pool, some taking turns on the diving board. Tents appear in the distance.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Howard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard for Bastrop, Texas]
Postcard showing nine scenes of Bastrop, Texas. Photographs include (from left to right): (1) Piney Creek, (2) Main Street, (3) Diagonal Street, (4) Bastrop from bird's-eye view, (5) the court house and jail, (6) bridge across the Colorado River, (7) the high school building, (8) a side view of the bridge across the Colorado River, and (9) a train depot. A partially-legible note is written on the back, that says "Suppose you will be surprised to receive this postal but did think of the [...] for a postal. Hope you are all well [...] Hattie."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Grissom
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Mary Hardin-Baylor College]
Postcard of Mary Hardin-Baylor College in Belton, Texas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Brazos River Flood]
Postcard showing the Brazos River flood on Elm Street in East Waco. Buildings and power lines can be seen above the water.
Date:
December 7, 1913
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Glen Rose]
Postcard showing Lakeview at Glen Rose, Texas. The lake features several rocks and a footbridge. A line of trees can be seen in the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of the Slayden-Kirksey Woolen Mills Queen]
Photograph of the Slayden-Kirksey Woolen Mills Queen at Texas Cotton Palace in Waco. A group of women stand atop a horse-drawn float, while a group of African American men carry an accompanying sign.
Date:
1894
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History