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[Company Street at Camp MacArthur]
Postcard of a dirt road lined with tents on both sides and a group of five soldiers in uniform and hats on the right and two soldiers standing on the left; there are other soldiers, houses, and telephone poles in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "No. 1. A Company Street. Camp MacArthur, Waco Texas. © F. Mann. 10/20/17."
Date:
October 20, 1917
Creator:
Mann, Fred
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Flooding of Brazos River]
Postcard of Waco City Hall (lower right), Waco Suspension Bridge (far right), East Waco in the background (top), and the Brazos River during a flood. Embossed on the lower right side: "Photo by McCall Waco, Texas."
Date:
1913~
Creator:
McCall
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Waco YMCA]
Postcard of a colorized photograph of the Waco YMCA, a large yellow brick building, with a blue sky in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Y.M.C.A. Building, Waco, Texas." There is a brief handwritten note on the back of the postcard.
Date:
1910
Creator:
Souvenir Post Card Co.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Waco Water Filtering Plant]
Postcard of a color image of a water filtering plant, which consists of three red brick buildings, a water tower, and a smoke stack, with a horse-drawn carriage on the driveway in the foreground and trees and a blue sky in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Waco's New $300,000 Filtering Plant, Waco, Texas." There is a handwritten letter on the back of the postcard.
Date:
October 5, 1917
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Headquarters, 2nd Co. B.]
Postcard of several tents with cots underneath them and a message written with small rocks that reads "Headquarters 2nd Co. B. [...] with desert plants in the foreground.
Date:
June 25, 1917
Creator:
Sholin
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Alma Hiller, October 8, 1917]
Letter to Alma Hiller from her little cousin, "Hef", who writes about what it's like for him at Camp MacArthur, a military training base in Waco, Texas. The letter also discusses other family members, including a newborn baby in the family. The stationery letterhead has on its left and right side, respectively, an American flag image and a symbol that consists of a triangle within a circle, and it reads, "National War Work Council, Army and Navy Young Men's Christian Associations, 'with the colors'".
Date:
October 8, 1917
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard Photograph of the Mayes Store]
Postcard photograph of the Mayes Store in Fulshear, Texas. The photograph shows the Mayes Store and many people on horse and carriages around it.
Date:
1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lillie Dew, Ernesting Carol and Mantie Dew]
Photograph of Lillie Dew, Ernesting Carol, and Mantie Dew in an Overland Model 79' car.
Date:
1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E. P. Patch to W. C. Whatley, September 12, 1913]
Letter from E. P. Patch to W. C. Whatley, he begins by saying that he is relieved to hear from him after his long absence and then goes into talking about their respective crops and how each are doing. Patch concludes the letter by going into details about the lives of the people that they both used to associate with.
Date:
September 12, 1913
Creator:
Patch, E. P
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of H. S. Dew]
Photograph of H. S. Dew. In the portrait, he is wearing a dark suit with a dark tie and glasses.
Date:
1910
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Jesse Dew Agnew]
Photograph of Jessie Dew Agnew sitting in a chair in a white dress with a high collar and gloves.
Date:
1915~
Creator:
Hitchler, N. O.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[People with Overland Model '79]
Photograph of three people standing next to an Overland Model '79. In the back is the Dew Sugar Mill.
Date:
1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Land Advertisement Brochure]
Land advertisement brochure promoting farm land in Brazos County and Fort Bend County in Texas. The brochure goes into detail about the various crops that can be grown on this land due to the good soil as well as the climate in Texas.
Date:
September 12, 1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Royal Air Force Photo Album]
Photo album that includes pictures of Royal Air Force (RAF) camps, airplanes, and people, as well as landscapes and other personal images. Some of the pictures have handwritten captions below them. On the last page of the album, there is an invitation from 'The General Officer Commanding and Staff' to attend 'The First Annual Sports Day of the Royal Airforce'.
Date:
1914
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Scrapbook from Texas Presbyterian College for Girls]
Scrapbook that includes photographs of student life, signatures from classmates, and inserts from various classes and organizations at Texas Presbyterian College.
Date:
1914~
Creator:
Howell, Corrinne
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Courtney Sieker Wiggins Lutz, December 16, 2010
Interview with Courtney Sieker Wiggins Lutz, the descendant of a ranching family in Kimble County, from Kerrville, Texas. Mrs. Lutz discusses her ranching family, meeting her husband, Warren Wiggins, who was later killed in the Philippines during World War II, meeting her second husband who had been in Wiggins's company in the Philippines, and the Dodge dealership her second husband ran.
Date:
March 23, 1918
Creator:
Collins, Francelle Robison; Heffington, Susan Wiggins & Lutz, Courtney Sieker Wiggins
Object Type:
Video
System:
The Portal to Texas History