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[Postcard to Mayme Collins from Galveston, Texas]
Postcard addressed to Mayme Collins in Central City, Nebraska from Harry Bahl in Galveston, Texas; the picture on the card is entitled "Down she goes" and is a "Souvenir of Galveston Beach" and shows a girl diving into a body of water while wearing a dress. The note on the back reads, in part: "Be good and careful."
Date:
August 5, 1907
Creator:
Bahl, John Philip Herlin
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1907
Weekly newspaper from Hallettsville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 28, 1907
Creator:
Beaumier, W. R.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1907
Weekly newspaper from Hallettsville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 30, 1907
Creator:
Beaumier, W. R.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 20, 1907
Weekly newspaper from Hallettsville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 20, 1907
Creator:
Beaumier, W. R.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 27, 1907
Weekly newspaper from Hallettsville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 27, 1907
Creator:
Beaumier, W. R.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 26, 1907
Weekly newspaper from Hallettsville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 26, 1907
Creator:
Beaumier, W. R.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Halletsville Herald. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 13, 1907
Weekly newspaper from Hallettsville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 13, 1907
Creator:
Beaumier, W. R.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Albert Sydney Burleson to Dr. Joseph Pound, February 22, 1907]
Letter from Albert Sydney Burleson to Dr. Joseph Pound detailing instructions on how to apply and be provided an increase in pensions from $12 to $16 as per his service in the Mexican American War. There is an enclosed document that shows the actual act of Congress that was passed to gain this increase; in part the act reads: "any person who served ninety days or more...during the late civil war or sixty days in the war with Mexico...be entitled to receive a pension as follows..." There is a three-tiered pension setup, those who are sixty two years or older gets $12, seventy years get $16, and seventy five or older get $20.
Date:
February 22, 1907
Creator:
Burleson, Albert Sydney
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Church Interior]
Photograph of an interior view of an unfinished church, decorated for its first Christmas and also serving as the West Sweden community's first school.
Date:
1907
Creator:
Connie, Easterwood
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of the Hanson Sisters]
Photograph of six of the seven Hanson sisters (Minnie, Louise, Alice, Olive, Lily, and Esther) prior to their family's 1907 move to Galva, Illinois, to West Sweden, Texas.
Date:
1907
Creator:
Easterwood, Connie
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fannin County Democrat. (Ravenna, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, August 2, 1907
Weekly newspaper from Ravenna, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 2, 1907
Creator:
Gass, W. T.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Geo Greaves to Mayme Collins, October 17, 1907]
Postcard from Geo. Greaves to Mayme Collins in Waco, Texas with a picture on the front of a man kneeling in front of a woman with his hands over his heart, the caption reads: "With all my worldly goods I thee endow!" The handwritten note on the picture reads: "Am patiently waiting for a postal write won't you please."
Date:
October 17, 1907
Creator:
Greaves, George
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard to Mayme Collins from Geo Greaves, October 20, 1907]
Postcard from Geo. Greaves to Mayme Collins in Waco, Texas with an illustration of six women dressed in cloaks and bonnets huddle closely together, one is waving her finger in the air. Below the picture is a caption that says: "Much ado about nothing" followed by a note from Greaves that reads: "Don't you think so? Haven't got that postal yet that you said you'd send me. Better get busy."
Date:
October 20, 1907
Creator:
Greaves, George
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard to Mayme Collins from Geo Greaves, September 19, 1907]
Postcard from Geo. Greaves to Mayme Collins in Waco, Texas with an illustration of a woman with red hair, a large white hat, and a low-cut dress. There is a note on the front as well that reads: "I swear I'm going out and drown myself in [] if you don't write."
Date:
September 19, 1907
Creator:
Greaves, George
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Fanny Hamilton to Dr. Joseph Pound, July 18, 1907]
Letter from Fanny Hamilton to Dr. Joseph Pound letting him know she was aware of his impending visit in August, though she asks him to come in September or October as the weather would be cooler and more pleasureful. She goes on to describe their crops and that they have had an abundance or rain leading to a good crop yield.
Date:
July 18, 1907
Creator:
Hamilton, Fanny
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Raymond Harper to Birdie Walters]
Postcard from Raymond Harper to Birdie Walters with an image on the front showing West Beach in Westbrook, Connecticut; there is a line of houses positioned along the water front. The note on the reverse side of the card discusses Harper's being in Westbrook during the month of August and that there is "good fishing, boating and crabing" there.
Date:
1907-08?
Creator:
Harper, Raymond L.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Rogers High School]
Postcard of a high school at Rogers, Texas. A handwritten note on the front of the photo says "There will be a picnic the 11th & 12th in 1 mile of Rogers in the Waller Pasture. A." The postcard is addressed to Miss Annie Wiggers in Temple, Texas.
Date:
1907
Creator:
Hendrick, J. C.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Rogers, Texas Main Street]
Postcard of the north side of Main Street in Rogers, Texas, lined with buildings. A typed note on the front of the postcard, which is addressed to Miss Annie Wiggers, says "This is the main street of our big city of Rogers. Adolph."
Date:
June 27, 1907
Creator:
Hendrick, J. C.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Businesses on Austin Street in Holland, Texas]
Postcard of buildings lining a dirt road. Text on the photo says "Business portion Austin St. Holland, Texas." A handwritten note on the front of the postcard says "Hello, feel like 15 cts. I look worse. How are your good old fellows? I guess you are having a good time, at least I hope so." The card is addressed to Miss Annie Wiggers in Temple, Texas.
Date:
July 28, 1907
Creator:
Holland Drug Co.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Bill Townley]
Portrait of Bill Townley as a young child wearing a large hat and pulling a small wagon. A handwritten note below the photo says "by Anson Sisk in unusual pose."
Date:
1907
Creator:
Johnson
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Margaret Kelly to Dr. Joseph Pound, July 4, 1907]
Letter from Margaret Kelly to Dr. Joseph Pound discussing her possible inability to come up to visit him and go to the upcoming reunion on account of her sister having gotten sick the other day.
Date:
July 4, 1907
Creator:
Kelly, Margaret
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Frank L. Lynch to George Pendexter]
Postcard from Frank L. Lynch to George Pendexter reminding Pendexter that he has not forgot about him. Lynch mentions that the vehicle in the photograph is truck number 1 riding through a parade in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The buildings on the side of the street are decorated in patriotic flags and even the vehicles in the parade have American flag decorations.
Date:
[1907..1912]
Creator:
Lynch, Frank L.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Frank L. Lynch to George Pendexter]
Postcard from Frank L. Lynch to George Pendexter describing the vehicle in the picture as a combination chemical and hose truck number 2. The photograph shows the truck rolling down a street in Colorado Springs during a parade and decorated with streamers and flags; also there are around ten firemen standing or sitting on the truck as it travels down the street.
Date:
[1907..1912]
Creator:
Lynch, Frank L.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Hallettsville New Era. (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, January 4, 1907
Weekly newspaper from Hallettsville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 4, 1907
Creator:
Meitzen, E. R.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History