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Texas First Air Flight
Photograph of the first flight in Texas. A biplane is in the sky and a man's hat is partially visible at the left and a utility pole is at the right. "Rogers" is indicated in the inscription on the back.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[First Flight in Texas]
Photograph of the first flight in Texas. A biplane in visible in the sky above some buildings. Inscription on the back reads "Dallas 1908, Rogers in plane."
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of a Los Angeles Fire Fighter]
Postcard of a L.A. Fire Department Badge, with a head shot photograph of a fire fighter in its center. On the back of the postcard, the sender has left a handwritten message that says, "I don't suppose you will recognize who I am? We have had three fires since 8:48 (sent 17) last night + 2 'o clock (sent 18) today. I hope you are well [...]"
Date:
September 19, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Firefighters with a Ladder, Berlin, Germany]
Postcard of firefighters on the scene in Berlin, Germany. A single firefighter is climbing a ladder from a vehicle parked near a building.
Date:
May 12, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of a Fire Department in Manila, Philippines]
Postcard of a fire department in Manila, Philippines. The building has a U.S. flag above it, and the postage stamp on the postcard says, "Philippine Islands - United States of America."
Date:
April 25, 1908
Creator:
Pineda, Jorge
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of the Dallas Model Fire Station]
Postcard of the Dallas Model Fire Station, a two-story building with a tower extending another story in one of its corners. The base of the building has garage doors with labels corresponding to the type of fire engine it houses. There is a large, red brick building in the background that says, "Southern Rock Island Plow Co." The back of the postcard has a handwritten message by the sender to the addressee.
Date:
August 7, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of New Bedford Central Fire Station, New Bedford, Mass.]
Postcard of the New Bedford Central Fire Station, with the firemen in two horse-drawn vehicles and one automobile. The three vehicles are parked in front of a garage with three doors, each labeled (from left to right) "Hose No. 1", "Hose No. 3", and "Ladder No. 1."
Date:
November 20, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Berlin Fire Department]
Postcard of the Berlin Fire Department with a fire engine. The vehicle is equipped with a large water tank.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of a Burning Rooftop, Berlin, Germany]
Postcard of fire fighters extinguishing a fire on the roof of a building. Intense flames have spread across the top of the roof, giving off heavy smoke.
Date:
April 23, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Richmond Fire Department]
Postcard of the Richmond Fire Department in front of a fire station on a street corner. The fire fighters are formally dressed, and standing with a horse-drawn carriage. The back of the postcard has a handwritten message that says, "Knowing you collect fire dept. cards, I'm sending you one from Richmond, where I am today."
Date:
February 29, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Firefighters with a Hose, Tokyo, Japan]
Illustrated postcard of Japanese firemen using hoses to extinguish a fire. The postcard was printed in Japanese, but features English text in the form of a handwritten message from the sender to the recipient.
Date:
October 15, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of a Fire Engine Test]
Postcard of fire fighters testing a fire engine near a city canal, spraying its hose over the water. A tube is running from the water to a machine on the right, with smoke coming out of the machine's top.
Date:
August 12, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of a Fire Station, Lansing, Michigan]
Postcard of a fire department at their station, lined up with four horse-drawn wagons outside of their respective garage doors. On the back of the postcard, the sender has left a handwritten message that says, "Pardon delay. Yours Sincerely, J. M. Hutchinson."
Date:
March 27, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Fire Fighters on a Roof, Berlin, Germany]
Postcard of fire fighters on a heavily damaged roof of a multistory city building. The photograph was taken from the top of a nearby building.
Date:
April 23, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of a Fire Engine Test]
Postcard of fire fighters testing a fire engine near a city canal, spraying its hose over the water. A tube is running from the water to a machine on the right, with smoke coming out of the machine's top.
Date:
August 12, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Firemen on a Roof, Berlin, Germany]
Postcard of firemen on a heavily damaged roof of a tall building, with the roof's tiles missing from its top. Buildings of a similar height are visible in the background.
Date:
April 23, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of a Fire at the Delaware Hotel, Mineral Wells, Texas]
Postcard of the burning of the Delaware Hotel. The town's fire department is trying to extinguish the flames, as seen by the hose leading from the wagons in the bottom right corner of the image. A large crowd is watching the event unfold from the left. Despite the image being black and white, the smoke has a slight red tint to it. The back of the photograph has a handwritten note from the sender that says, "[...] This is the nearest thing to a fire wagon here, so I sent it. [...]"
Date:
June 20, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Raymond Harper to Birdie Walters, November 1908]
Postcard from Raymond Harper to Birdie Walters with a tinted image of the state capitol building in Albany, New York. There is a note written on the reverse side of the card that discusses Harper's adventures while at the beach the past eight weeks; Harper also mentions his collection of newspapers he gathered from the ports he visited.
Date:
November 1908
Creator:
Harper, Raymond L.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dr. J. W. Harrison to Dr. Joseph Pound, May 18, 1908]
Letter from Dr. J. W. Harrison to Dr. Joseph Pound asking him to please find the grave of Mrs. Harrison's father located somewhere on Wallace Mountain in Dripping Springs, Texas. He goes on to talk about his medical practice and asks if Dr. Pound is still practicing, and discusses old times and their ever growing age.
Date:
May 18, 1908
Creator:
Harrison, Dr. J. W.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Raymond Harper to Birdie Walters, March 3, 1908]
Postcard from Raymond Harper to Birdie Walters with a tinted image of the Hotel Heublein in Hartford, Connecticut which appears red in the picture. The note on the reverse side of the card tells about Harper's receiving of two cards from Walters and that the weather is slowly beginning to warm up in Connecticut.
Date:
March 3, 1908
Creator:
Harper, Raymond L
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Waco Flood]
Postcard of Waco during a flood of the Brazos River. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard is addressed to Miss Kate Dean in Claremont, New Hampshire and says "This picture does not half tell the tale of East Waco's terrible flood. The Brazos is a terrible river. With love, C.F.D."
Date:
May 28, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Lorena Stauts Birthplace]
Photograph of a small house. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Mart 1908, Lorena Stauts born here."
Date:
August 19, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Dewitt Hunt to Birdie Walters]
Postcard from Dewitt Hunt to Birdie Walters with an illustration on the back of two fairies unraveling a scroll with "Board-Bill" written at the bottom; the quote on the left side reads: "Love is the insane desire on the part of a chump to pay a woman's board-bill for life, so beware."
Date:
March 2, 1908
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from Roger Fulton to Birdie Walters in Dripping Springs, Texas]
Postcard from Roger Fulton to Barbie Walters with a note on that reads in part: "may you be loved by all but most by me." The illustration on the front of the card is of a bouquet of flowers with a border created by vines.
Date:
April 1908
Creator:
Fulton, Roger L.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History