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McFaddin-Ward House Museum
89
Fire Museum of Texas
21
Oklahoma Historical Society
13
Private Collection of T. B. Willis
13
Murphy Historical Society Inc.
12
Sam Rayburn House State Historical Site
12
Fort Bend Museum
7
Harrison County Historical Museum
7
El Paso Public Library
6
Patrick Heath Public Library
5
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Texas History Collection
96
Rescuing Texas History, 2015
35
George Pendexter Postcard Collection
21
T. B. Willis Collection
13
Rescuing Texas History, 2013
12
Oklahoma Historical Society Photograph Collection
10
Rescuing Texas History, 2018
10
Fort Bend Museum Collection
7
Sims McCutchan Collection
7
The Mexican Revolution on the Border: Primary Sources from El Paso
6
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[Postcard of Man Putting Letter in Mailbox]
Postcard of an illustration of a man putting a letter into a mailbox. Handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to Abner Rayburn.
Date:
September 7, 1911
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Man with Two Mugs]
Postcard of an illustration of a man sitting next to a table with two empty mugs. Printed text on the postcard says: "Three empty mugs." Handwritten note on the front of the card adds: "You can't drink it all, so no use of making a hog of yourself." Postcard is addressed to Abner Rayburn.
Date:
September 7, 1911
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Smoking Bird]
Postcard of a bird body with a clown head smoking a cigar. Part of the postcard is missing, but the text that is left on the front of the card says, "If you're a bird - chirp!" Most of the handwritten note on the back of the postcard is missing as well, but it is addressed to Abner Rayburn.
Date:
September 7, 1911
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of New Post Office Building in Chicago]
Postcard of a large white complex with an orange domed roof and American flag flying from the top. The letter on the back of the postcard is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFadden Beaumont, Tex."
Date:
September 5, 1911
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Beauregard Avenue in San Angelo]
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."
Date:
September 1911
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Tillie to Mrs. E. F. Kneupper, August 25, 1911]
Postcard from Tillie to E. F. Kneupper, discussing her surprise trip to visit her mother. She talks about a girl named Emma being sick for about three months. The front of the postcard features an illustration of a herd of dairy cattle standing in the middle of a dirt road. There are two buildings with tin roofs visible in the background, as well as a group of trees.
Date:
August 25, 1911
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Gunter Hotel in San Antonio]
Postcard of an eight story building taking up the corner of a block. The building is described as, "Gunter Hotel, San Antonio, Texas, completed in Fall of 1909 and acknowledged one of the most modern hotels in this country. Cost one million dollars." The missive on the back reads, "I said I was coming + here I am - Nell." The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFadden Beaumont, Texas."
Date:
August 22, 1911
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of United States Court House in Texarkana]
Postcard of a two story stone building with a red tiled roof. The back of the postcard reads, "Maybe you think I am not glad to stay riding on that dirty train - WRC." The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFadden Beaumont, Texas."
Date:
August 16, 1911
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Physicians' and Surgeons' Hospital, San Antonio, Texas]
Postcard of Physicians' and Surgeons' Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. The image is an illustration of four-story building from the left side, including the lawn and drive up to the building. There are several nurses wearing full length dresses and aprons on the lawn. The back of the postcard includes the printed text, "P. and S. Hospital is a private hospital erected by a number of the very best doctors in the city." and handwritten correspondence. The correspondence is addressed to Mr. [and Mrs.?] Berry, and reads, "Dear [...] [Fanny] and Mildred will be there next Sunday morning if nothing [...]."
Date:
August 14, 1911
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Street car, Matamoros, Mexico]
Postcard of a streetcar drawn by a mule or donkey. The streetcar is being pulled along a track in the center of a street that is bordered by buildings. The picture shows Matamoros, Mexico across the border from Brownsville, Texas. There is a letter on the back of the postcard addressed to "Miss Maria Sanchy" from "E. M." that reads, "Ni la ausencia y la distancia, ni el tiempo de no [v]erte; por ningunas sircustancias he de dejar de quererte, yours for ever." (Loosely: "Neither the absence and the distance, nor the time since I have seen you; under no circumstances have I stopped loving you.")
Date:
August 14, 1911
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Street Scene in Byran]
Postcard of a two story house with fenced front porch and sparse yard, described as "Street Scene, Bryan, Tex." The letter on the back is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin McFaddin Ave. Beaumont, Texas."
Date:
August 13, 1911
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard to E. D. Merrill - August 6, 1911]
Postcard to E. D. Merrill in Big Spring discussing visiting an unspecified female friend. The front of the postcard portraits a lively scene with two men dancing with each other, a band of musicians with two fiddlers and a guitarist (identified as Paul), another crowd of men watching from behind the musicians, and a woman holding a baby (Nellie holding Henley).
Date:
August 6, 1911
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of the Broadway Esplanade in Galveston]
Postcard of a dirt path in a courtyard leading to a statue on top of a column. "Write soon?" is written below the title. The letter on the back is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin Beaumont, Texas, 1906 McFaddin Ave."
Date:
August 3, 1911
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Calder Avenue]
Postcard of Calder Avenue in Beaumont, Texas. Trees line the sidewalk of a brick road. The author writes to Elizabeth Seibel "Your beautiful card received and that beautiful piece of scenery aroused the wanderlust in me. I would certainly like to be with you, you asked, how have I been? I am just doing fine and working every day Sunday. Give my best regards to all the children at home. Be good and all."
Date:
August 1911
Creator:
Seibel, Elizabeth
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Altus, OK
Photograph of the residences of Dr. J.F. Fowler and Dr. Bristol in Altus, OK, postmarked July 29, 1911.
Date:
July 29, 1911
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Compressing and Loading Cotton]
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."
Date:
July 26, 1911
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Majestic Hotel and Bathhouse]
Postcard of a street in Marlin, Texas, with two reddish stone buildings labelled "1. Torbett Sanatorium" on the left and "2. Majestic Hotel and Bath House" on the right. The image is an illustration and includes the street in front of the buildings with a car resembling a Model T. The correspondence is address to "Mrs. Z.G. Scott."
Date:
July 20, 1911
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Ice Mountain at Niagara Falls]
Postcard of Niagara Falls frozen over, with a group of people dressed in black clothes standing at the snowy base. "Regards to the Adause Party Barton," is written in the correspondence section. The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFadden Calderwell Beaumont, Tx. U. S. A."
Date:
July 19, 1911
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Will Moody to Dan Moody, July 15, 1911]
Postcard of three men including Will D. Moody (on the right), sitting by a large moon. The correspondence is from Will D. Moody to Dan. M. Moody discussing an acquaintance who remember Dan Moody.
Date:
July 15, 1911
Creator:
Moody, Will D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard with a Photograph of Fire Ruins in Battle Creek, Michigan]
Postcard with a photograph of fire ruins of the "East End Sheds" in Battle Creek, Michigan. There are two lines of people on the outside of the building and a dead horse seen lying on the ground between the doors to the garage.
Date:
July 15, 1911
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Crocket Street in Beaumont]
Postcard of a pink tinted road upon which horse drawn carts walk, described as "Crocket Street, Junction of Pearl, Beaumont, Texas." A paper clipping of a boxer is pasted on the back of the postcard with the message written as follows, "This fellow's first name is Jack, would "Johnson" fit for your "Jack's" last name? H. H. 11-7-11." The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin Washington D. C. 1906 Florida Ave."
Date:
July 11, 1911
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Fire Fighters with a Hand-Drawn Fire Engine]
Postcard of uniformed fire fighters standing near a hand-drawn fire engine. The engine has two poles on its front for the fire fighters to carry, and requires multiple people to move. The engine has the words, " Torrent Veteran" written on its hose. On the back of the postcard, the sender left a handwritten message that says, "Cannot find any cards of the Phila. Fire Dept. -Edna V. Johnson."
Date:
June 29, 1911
Creator:
Johnson, Edna V.
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
[Postcard of Vincent Carr, John Kane, and Horace Nelson Posing]
Postcard of Vincent Carr (left), John Kane (middle), and Horace Nelson (right) posing together for a portrait. A handwritten message is scrawled across the dedicated correspondence space as well as around the front of the card. The message in the correspondence space reads: "Hello Mame Skeet said to tell you he still loved you but I know he don't like you like I do Horace." The message at the top of the front of the card reads "going to moving picture show every night and am painting the town red white and so sweet blue." A message on the side and bottom margins of the front of the card reads "watch him go tho some old bashful barefoot boy but nevertheless he still loves son H. N." A message written next to Vincent Carr reads "ain't he cute the dear boy." The card is addressed to Miss Mammie Parker of Bonham, Texas.
Date:
June 22, 1911
Creator:
Howse, A. M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History