Resource Type
Partner
Collection
Serial/Series Title
Country
Decade
Month
Language
312 Matching Results
Results open in a new window/tab.
[Goldthwaite Grade School Postcard]
Postcard of two single story brick buildings with low pitched roofs and a court yard partially visible between them. Each building has a light colored double door entrance with a transom window visible. "Grade School, Goldthwaite, Texas" is printed at the top of the postcard.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Goldthwaite High School Postcard]
Postcard of a three story brick building stood alone in a field with barbed wire fencing visible in the foreground. Handwriting on the bottom edge of the photo reads, "High School Goldthwaite Tex." Handwriting on the back of the photo reads, "Goldwaith High School Bldg."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Grace Methodist Church]
Postcard of Dallas's Grace Methodist Church, a brick and stone building with a tower and large stained glass windows, on a street corner with a tree in the foreground. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Grace Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas." The church was designed by William A. Cann.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Cann, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Grace Presbyterian Church]
Postcard of a color image of Grace Presbyterian Church, a large red building with stained glass windows and several towers, on a street corner with rows of trees in front of it and houses in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Grace Presbyterian Church, Temple, Texas."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gushing Oil Derrick]
Postcard is in color of an Oil Derrick in a forest spewing oil. The print in the top left hand corner reads: "Gusher in oil field, Humble, Texas, Near Houston".
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Haley Hotel]
Postcard of the Haley Hotel, formerly the Yeakel Hotel, in downtown Midland with two cars on the street in front of it, to the right and a car to the left beside the fire escape attached to the left side of the building, and the sign on the building reads "Haley Hotel". The print under the photo reads: " Haley Hotel. Midland, Texas."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hauling a Pipe]
Postcard of a man on a horsedrawn carriage hauling pipes. The print on the front reads "Hauling 16-inch Pipe for the Natural Gas Line from Henrietta to Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas." The print on the back of the postcard reads "Compliments of Chilson & Co. Henrietta, Texas, Real Estate and Loan Brokers."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[House of the Mysterious Doodle Bug]
Postcard of the House of the Mysterious Doodle Bug. A man stands guard outside of the small, houselike tent and the caption on the image reads "House of the Mysterious Doodle Bug" and below "The Doodle Bug has invaded West Texas. One never knows what will happen next when they have passed his way. Jack Nolan."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Nolan, Jack
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Houston Cotton Wharf]
Postcard of a color image of a cotton wharf in Houston featuring many bales of cotton and a structure in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Cotton Wharf at Houston, Tex., The Greatest Cotton Market in the World."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Humble Oil Field]
Postcard of an Oil field with numerous derricks and a cart with men on it being pulled by donkeys. The print on the bottom left of the front reads: "Oil Field, Humble, Texas, near Houston". Hand writing on front reads: "April 20-1906 from George." Hand writing on back reads: " Mr. Harold G Smith 245 North Willow St. Waleibury, Connecticut."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Humble Oil Fields and Mud Reservoirs]
Postcard of two photos. The first photo is of an oil field with numerous oil derricks. The second picture is of the mud reservoirs with numerous oil derricks around it. The print at the bottom of the post card reads: "Oil Fields (Upper). Mud Reservoirs, Butler Tract New Dev. (Lower). Humble, Texas". The writing on the back reads: " Dear Affie: was sorry I had to come away [illegible] you can [illegible] the day next week [illegible]. Miss Affie Palmer 2014 Peok Ave [illegible] Texas."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Incomplete Derrick]
Postcard of an incomplete derrick because the top of the derrick (with crown block) has fallen and crashed into standing derrick. Several derricks are visible in the background and a large tent is visible in the left foreground. The caption on the image reads: "Accident in Topping a Derrick."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Infantry Charge at Camp MacArthur]
Postcard of a colorized photograph of several infantry men in uniform running and holding firearms on a field at Camp MacArthur; there are trees in the background and another group of men visible in the distance. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Life in the U. S. Army. U. S. National Guard - Camp MacArthur, Waco, Tex. 1871. An Infantry Charge."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[J. C. Russell's Farm]
Postcard of John Todd Willis (2nd from left) and three other men standing in a corn field among the ears of corn with an empty field in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "J. C. Russell's Farm Abilene Tex."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Jack, Bill, Lou Home]
Postcard of a colorized photograph of the John Baker home on Baker Lane in Waco with a sign above the entry gate that reads "Jack Bill Lou" and many trees on the left, right, and in the background. Printed on the front of the photograph: "Country Home. Waco, Texas." There is a long handwritten letter on the back and front of the postcard.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Josephine Bahl Wheatly Portrait]
Portrait of Josephine Bahl Wheatly wearing a dress with a lace collar, a pearl necklace, and a wide-brimmed hat posing sitting in front of a neutral background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Kilgore Main Street]
Postcard of Kilgore main street with shops and numerous 1940's era cars on both sides of the street and numerous oil derricks on the left side of the street. The print on the bottom in the middle on the front reads: "No. Kilgore ST. - Kilgore Tex". The writing on the back reads: " This is the town we are stoppinh in now - Francis is working here for the Shell Oil Co, - Oil wells everywhere where we expected is [illegible] here until the early part of April [illegible] travel back home - Everyone jime and stauding the trip wonderfully - Was a week in Brownsville and found it cold and rainy down there. Love- Shas,meldred, and molter. Miss Elizabeth [illegible] N Main Street, Wellsville N.Y."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[King's Daughters Hopsital in Temple]
Postcard of the King's Daughters' Hospital, a three-story building with several rows of columns and balconies, with a lawn in front of it and a two-story house on the right side. Printed on the front of the postcard: "D 3259. King's Daughters' Hospital, Temple, Texas."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Leon River]
Postcard of a color image of a river dam with trees, a bridge, and a yellow house in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Favorite Fishing Spot Leon River near Temple, Tex." Handwritten correspondence on the back of the postcard.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
McConnell, J. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[M.K. & T. Depot]
Postcard of a color image of the M. K. & T. Depot in Waco, Texas with two automobiles and two horse-drawn carriages in front of it and several people standing on the platform. Printed on the front of the postcard: "M. K. & T. Depot, Waco, Texas."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Magnolia Petroleum Co., Beaumont, Texas]
Postcard of an illustration aerial view of Magnolia Petroleum Co. in Beaumont, Texas. The illustration shows many oil drums as well as buildings and other oil related equipment. On the back of the postcard, "Hello Thanks for nice card come soon. Mrs. J. Bowers R-1 B of 175C. Mrs. M. A Robinson Box 1653 Borger, Texas."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Main Street in Ranger, Texas]
Postcard of a muddy street lined with storefronts. Several wagons pulled by horses and mules are visible on the roadway and numerous people stand on the sidewalk on the left side of the street, there are also trees on the right side of the street. The caption on the image reads "Main Street Ranger, Texas."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Main Street in Sonora, Texas]
Postcard of Main Street in Sonora, Texas. A line of early model automobiles face the camera and are loaded with passengers and the caption on the image reads "Main St Sonora Tex."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Man in Front of a Canvas Tent]
Postcard of a man standing in the foreground in front of a large canvas tent. A derrick stands in the background directly behind the man. The caption on the image reads "In the oil field" and "Tate Photo Laredo #685."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History