Postcard of a colorized photograph of a boat loaded with cotton bales in a canal with several men standing in front of a cotton compressing and loading facility and a railway bridge in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Compressing and Loading Cotton, Houston, Texas."

Postcard of a colorized photograph of Waco's Academy of the Sacred Heart, a large, two-story red brick building with two rows of windows, with a row of trees in front of it. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Academy of the Sacred Heart, Chartered 1875, Waco, Texas." There is a handwritten letter on the back of the postcard.

Postcard of a colorized image of a street scene labeled in the upper-right corner as "Beauregard Avenue, looking East, San Angelo, Texas." Horse-drawn wagons and carriages are parked along both sides of the street and some are driving in the center; a trolley is passing on a side street in the background. A letter is written on the back of the postcard, addressed to Tuise Tatro in Vermont: "Dear friend Luise, I am now at the place have been here for nearly a week came with a car load of sheep. I like the place very much, but it is very hot. How are all the [...] out there. Do not know how long I shall be here. Will go back as soon as I sell out regards Alex."

Photograph of a group of men and women in front of a white building with windows (in background).

Photograph of an early model automobile loaded with full canvas bags and three male and one female passengers. The vehicle has a cloth top.

Photograph of a man, wearing a suit, leather shoes and a hat, sitting on the ground with his knees up and a basket of food next to him.

Photograph of a group of school children posed in front of a small, wooden building with two single-door entrances. The foremost row is seated on a bench while the rest of the group stands. The teacher, Roy Simpson, is in the fifth row, seventh from the left. The students and teacher are all listed by rows on the back of the photo mat.

Photograph of a farmhouse with two unidentified people sitting on the porch, a dog sitting on the ground in front of it, and a man on a horse on the left. There is a barn next to the house on the left and there are several chickens pecking the ground in the foreground.

Photograph of two unidentified young women wearing dresses and hats on a make-shift seesaw, consisting of a long board wedged between the gap in a wooden fence, in front of an empty pen; the woman on the left is close to the ground and the woman on the right is high in the air.

Photograph of a herd of closely-grouped cattle grazing in a pasture at Mr. Peel's farm with a barn and a cowhand on horseback visible in the distant background.

Photograph of an unidentified man and woman operating a horse-drawn mower-binder in a field; the man is sitting on top of the mower and the woman is standing behind the horses on the right.

Photograph of three unidentified girls wearing dresses on horseback with empty plains in the background.

Photograph of the interior of a home with a chair and a credenza in the foyer and more chairs and a desk in a den in the background, which has two large windows with lace curtains.

Photograph of a cowboy riding a longhorn cow in a parade on a town street; behind him another man is riding a horse and a large crowd of people is watching in the background.

Photograph of an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway crane lifting a train axle while two unidentified men watching below; there are more axles in the foreground and a train and telephone poles in the background.

Photograph of an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway train engine spouting smoke with several buildings in the background.

Photograph of a row of automobiles and a small tractor parked behind a wooden fence with telephone lines visible in the background.

Photograph of a herd of closely-grouped cattle and a cowhand on horseback in a pasture at Mr. Shroeter's farm with a tree and a windmill in the background.

Photograph of two mules drawing a wagon through the entrance of a wooden gate with a horse and an unidentified man in a cowboy hat on the right.

Photograph of a music room with an organ in the corner, a violin propped up against it, and a cello leaning against the wall; with two chairs and a couch and several pictures hanging on the wall in the background.

Photograph of a wagon train consisting of six horse-drawn wagons loaded with large filled sacks, each with a man in a cowboy hat seated on top holding the reigns; a windmill and a house are visible in the background.

Photograph of two of the Shuey children, young boys wearing light-colored shirts and shorts, sitting and standing under a tree wearing large straw hats.

Photograph of a wheat threshing crew standing and eating at tables in front of a trailer house with two additional men in the doorway; the trailer is in an open meadow and there appears to be a house far away in the background.

Photograph of three unidentified men and two women standing and sitting by a wooden fence eating watermelon with empty plains visible in the background.