Resource Type

[Cowhands by Chuckwagon]

Postcard of cowhands and a horse in front of a chuckwagon; three men are standing and one is sitting. "Cowboys Noon" is printed on the postcard.
Date: 1930~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wallace D. Coburn and Charley Russel with Horse]

Postcard of Wallace D. Cowburn and Charley Russel wearing cowboy hats and standing with a horse. There are trees in the background. "Wallace D. Coburn, "The Cowboy Poet", of the Great West Film Co., and Charley RUssel, the Cowboy Artist, his lifelong friend. "is printed on the front of the postcard. There is a longer text printed on the back of the postcard.
Date: 1930~/1939~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men in Suits with Calf]

Postcard of three men in suits holding down calf in pasture with another man is on the left and there are other cattle in the background.
Date: 1930~/1939~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mitchell County Court House]

Postcard of the front (east) and south sides of a three-story red brick building with white stone accents and ionic columns above the front entrance, with the text "Mitchell County Court House" near the roofline. The landscaping includes hordering hedges and a number of plants near the building.
Date: 1931
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Big Lake, Texas Main Street]

Postcard of Main Street in Big Lake, Texas. The image shows a street lines with storefronts with a few early model automobiles. The caption on the image reads "Big Lake Tex."
Date: 1932
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A Ranch Scene]

Postcard of the area around the Laura Well owned by Sunshine Oil Corporation where a heard of cattle are gathered, with mountains visible in the background. The caption on the image reads "A Ranch Scene near Pecos Tex." Letter on back is postmarked December 29, 1935, and reads "We are seeing just such scenes, It is a beautiful day. Love Daddy & Mother."
Date: 1935~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowded Street in Kilgore, Texas]

Postcard of a crowded street crowded with early model automobiles and mule-drawn wagons with small buildings visible in the background. The caption on the image reads: "just like this all day every day on the north side of the tracks in Kilgore, tex. 111 By Jack Nolan." The inscription (on back): "Kilgore, Aug. 24 Sure taking it easy - but have been sick a couple of days and am pretty weak in the knees yet. Kids are [illegible]. So is Ed. See you about the 1st. Helen."
Date: August 1931
Creator: Nolan, Jack
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of a Carriage and Cars]

Postcard of a team of horses and wagons leading a group of early model automobiles down a narrow road. "DAM! THE NARROW BRIDGES IN EAST TEXAS 123 BY JACK NOLAN KILGORE TX."
Date: September 12, 1931
Creator: Nolan, Jack
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sanger Avenue School]

Postcard of Waco's Sanger Avenue elementary school, a large, two-story brick building, with hundreds of students posing in several rows, standing and sitting, in front of the school and more students standing in the windows inside the school. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Sanger Avenue School, Waco, Texas 692 Pupils."
Date: May 26, 1931
Creator: Gildersleeve, Fred
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Presbyterian Church in Waco]

Postcard of a color image of Waco's First Presbyterian Church, a large brick and stone building with a tower in the front and stained glass windows; there are trees lining the street corner and two automobiles on the intersecting streets in the foreground. Printed on the front of the postcard: "First Presbyterian Church, Waco, Texas." There are two handwritten notes on the back of the postcard.
Date: September 6, 1934
Creator: Auxiliary of the First Presbyterian Church
System: The Portal to Texas History