Resource Type

El Capitan Hotel

Postcard of hotel. Postcard of El Capitan Hotel in Van Horn,TX.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Culberson County Courthouse

Photographic postcard of courthouse. Photographic postcard of Culberson County Courthouse, prior to 1967. Van Horn, TX
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cactus Filling Station

Photographic postcard of filling station. Photographic postcard of Cactus Filling Station with two men (D.H. McVay and S.A. Small) and two cars, in Van Horn,TX. Text on postcard reads,"Elevation 4036 ft., Van Horn - Texas, Ladies Rest Room, Pure Water, Road Information, Free Ice Water, The Cactus Twins"
Date: 1928~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Jackalope postcard from Club Cafe

Photographic postcard of fictitious animal. Photographic postcard of Jackalope from the Club Cafe of Van Horn, TX
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Episcopal Church - Angleton, Texas]

Postcard of the Episcopal Church in Angleton, Texas, the Holy Comforter Episcopal Church. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hamilton Hotel, Laredo, Texas]

Postcard with a postmark from June 28, 1911 in Kansas City. The photograph on the front shows the Hamilton Hotel in Laredo, Texas before 1906. There is a letter written on the back of the postcard in pencil.
Date: June 28, 1911
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Court House and Jail, Laredo, Texas]

Postcard dated April 4, 1912 that has a picture of the Web County jail and Courthouse.
Date: 1910~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mercy Hospital and Jarvis Plaza, Laredo, Texas]

Postcard of Jarvis Plaza in Laredo Texas. Mercy Hospital is visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Flores Street near City Hall]

Postcard of streetcars and cars on Flores Street in front of City Hall. The Strand Theater building is on the leftmost side. On the back of the postcard, there is a letter addressed to Mrs. F. MacArthur (Blanche) from Annie Lane asking her to send a photograph of the two of them together.
Date: July 1918
Creator: Lane, Annie
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Oxen carts in front of pawn shop]

Postcard of several men with loaded oxen carts in front of a pawn shop, Laredo, Texas.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[International Bridge over the Rio Grande]

Postcard with a southwest view of the International Bridge over the Rio Grande, from Laredo, Texas. There is a short letter on the back of the postcard mentioning a "new baby boy." Notes were added later regarding the identities of the parents, the baby, and the addressee who was a cousin of the writer.
Date: unknown
Creator: Ernst, C. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Railroad Bridge Destroyed by Flood]

Postcard of the International Railroad Bridge destroyed by flood.
Date: 1932
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Richter Building, Laredo, Texas]

Postcard of the Richter Building, location of City Drug Store. Postmarked April 11, 1914 at Laredo, Texas. There is a letter on the back of the postcard addressed to Miss Bertha Murphy.
Date: April 1914
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Baptist Church Building]

Postcard dated December 10, 1912 of a Baptist church on a corner in Laredo, Texas. There are several people outside of the church, standing and sitting on the steps, as well as carriages visible on the streets.
Date: 1912
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[International and Great Northern Railway Depot]

Photograph of people, cars, and wagons in front of a railroad depot, identified at the bottom as "I. and G. N. Ry. Depot, Laredo, Texas." Postcard is dated 7/15/1920. There is a letter on the back of the postcard addressed to "Henry" that refers to an attack that day on Nuevo Laredo by revolutionaries.
Date: July 15, 1920
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Market House, San Antonio]

Postcard of the Market House in San Antonio, Texas showing a large building with ornate architecture and a manicured park area with a fountain. There are various people and horse-drawn wagons on the streets and buildings visible in the background. A handwritten note at the top says, "Henry do you remember this place?" A letter on the back is addressed to Henry Kahn from Mary thanking him for a letter and asking about whether or not he plans to go to the Fair.
Date: October 26, 1909
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[San Antonio Female Academy]

Postcard of the San Antonio Female Academy in San Antonio, Texas; according to information on the back, it was a boarding school in Westend (a San Antonio suburb). There are people on the sidewalks and lawn in front of the building. A letter on the back of the postcard is addressed to Master Henry Kahn from Mary.
Date: October 18, 1910
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bender Hotel]

Postcard postmarked January 6, 1926 of the Bender Hotel in Laredo, Texas. Several people are standing outside and there are automobiles parked on the street and on the hotel sidewalk.
Date: [1925..1926]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Thatch Roof Home]

Postcard of a typical thatch-roof home, common along the border area in Webb County around 1900. In the image, there is a dog sitting outside the hut which is surrounded by a wire fence. There is a note written on the back.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[International Bridge over the Rio Grande]

Postcard of a bridge across a river, labeled, "International Bridge over the Rio Grande, Laredo, Texas." Several unknown buildings are visible on either end of the bridge. There is a letter on the back written 3/3/1917 that says, "Wanted to get across this bridge but on account of Typhus Epidemic on other side could not do so. Will cross at Brownsville. Wish you were along." (The epidemic mentioned was in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.)
Date: March 3, 1917
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hotel Iturbide, Monterrey]

Postcard featuring a photograph of the front of Hotel Iturbide on Calle Zaragoza in Monterrey, Mexico with mountains in the background as well as people and automobiles in the street. It was sent to Rochester, Minnesota with this handwritten text: "Sun. P. M. Dear Matt: arrived here yesterday (Saty.) leaving right now, the weather has been unusually cold. Laredo, on the border, had 2" snow the Mexican kids sure were having fun with it. So long, Mel"
Date: January 24, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ross Hotel, Laredo, Texas]

Postcard of Ross Hotel in Laredo, Texas, formerly located at the northwest corner of Flores Avenue and Grant Street.
Date: 1909~/1910~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Oxen Carts, Laredo, Texas]

Postcard of men with loaded oxen carts in front of a pawn shop in Laredo, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Rio Grande Flood of 1954, Laredo, Texas]

Postcard of flood water completely covering the International Bridge between Nuevo Laredo, Mexico and Laredo, Texas. At the skyline is the Mexican Customs and Immigration building. The explanation on the back of the postcard states: "A new four-lane bride is replacing the completely inundated and partially destroyed bridge at Laredo, Texas, by the Rio Grande Flood of 1954. The Mexican Immigration and Customs building is shown in the background."
Date: July 1954
Creator: Yates, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History