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McFaddin-Ward House Museum
104
Private Collection of Margay Welch
39
Private Collection of T. B. Willis
26
Oklahoma Historical Society
19
Fire Museum of Texas
15
Harrison County Historical Museum
7
Rice University Woodson Research Center
7
Dr. Pound Historical Farmstead
6
Fort Bend Museum
6
Sam Rayburn House State Historical Site
5
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Texas History Collection
110
Rescuing Texas History, 2015
66
T. B. Willis Collection
26
George Pendexter Postcard Collection
15
Oklahoma Historical Society Photograph Collection
13
Rescuing Texas History, 2021
12
Rescuing Texas History, 2013
8
Rescuing Texas History, 2017
8
Osterhout Papers
7
Rescuing Texas History, 2018
7
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["Always" Postcard: Part 1]
Postcard with a photograph of a man and a woman standing next to a large tree, the woman is wearing a dress and the man is wearing a suit. There is a set of lyrics printed underneath the photo that read: "You ask me if this love of mine, Sweetheart will ever die, If time will change my feelings dear, I answer with a sigh : While life will last, while flowers bloom, While birds sing sweet their lay, The love so deep within my heart Will live each night and day."
Date:
[1908..1910]
Creator:
Bamforth & Co.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Always" Postcard: Part 2]
Postcard with a photograph of a couple holding each other and sitting on a bench under some trees. There are lyrics printed underneath the picture that read: "Always, always, I will love you always, Do not fear, my love is true, And I live alone for you. Always, always, I will love you always, Love like mine is ever thine, And it lives always."
Date:
[1908..1910]
Creator:
Bamforth & Co.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Always" Postcard: Part 3]
Postcard with a photograph of a man kneeling on one knee next to a woman in a dress and sitting on a bench underneath some trees. This card is the third in a set of romance cards entitled "Always." The lyrics printed under the photo are lengthy and are meant to describe the love for another person.
Date:
[1908..1910]
Creator:
Bamforth & Co.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baptist Church, Taylor, Texas
Postcard of the First Baptist Church located on 6th Street in Taylor, Texas. Correspondence on the back of the card is in Swedish.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ben Meyer House built by James Alley
Postcard image of the Alley house in Rosenberg, Texas. House was built by James Alley and then later sold to McCabe. This house was also later purchased by Ben Meyer. Two story white house with columned porch on north west corner of home. Man sitting on bench on front porch. West upper story area near windows has four diamond shapes painted in it. Diamond shape also on rounded rooftop of porch. White picket fence around home.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blackwell, OK
Scan of a postcard showing a street scene, looking north, Blackwell, OK. Published by the Acmegraph Co., Chicago, IL. Postmarked September 12, 1908.
Date:
1908~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Brazos River at flood stage in 1908]
Postcard image of Brazos River at flood stage in 1908. Bank edge in far left corner. Small boat in right corner.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canadian Valley Flood
Photograph postcard showing the Great Flood of Canadian Valley, 1908, near Weleetka, OK. Published by the Elite Post Card Company, Kansas City, MO.
Date:
1908~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Canoeing Girl
Color postcard with a girl wearing a blue and red sailor dress holding an oar and a booklet on the front. Postmarked in Paris, Texas on 3 Apr 1908.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Christmas Postcard]
Christmas postcard of a wreath with a ribbon, and "A Merry Christmas" printed in the middle of the wreath. Below the text is a space for the sender to write his name, and "Will" is written in. Handwritten note on the back of the postcard seems unfinished and simply says, "How is your." Card is addressed to Lou Rayburn.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Compress, Taylor, Texas
Postcard of the cotton compress with bales of cotton ready for shipping. Railroad cars are stationed between the loading docks.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Court House
Scan of a postcard showing the Court House, Woodward, OK. Published by Zim. Postmarked October 3, 1908.
Date:
1908~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Court House, Marshall, Tex.
Postcard of the Harrison County Courthouse in Marshall, Texas. A small tree stands in the foreground. The top right corner of the image bears a postmark from Dallas, Texas, dated June 27, 1908. The courthouse was designed by architects J. Riely Gordon and Cornelius Grandbery Lancaster in 1899 and completed in 1901. Printed along the left edge of the message space: "Published by Novelty Post Card Co., Kansas City, Mo."
Date:
1908
Creator:
Jones, W. D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dora Alley]
Postcard image of Dora Alley on the porch of her home at the corner of Houston Street and Avenue J in Rosenberg, Texas in 1908. Woman is sitting on the porch rail and leaning against a porch column.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Eliza Ranking Shooting a Rattlesnake]
Postcard of Eliza Rankin (wife of Finis Ewing Rankin) holding a rifle, aiming it straight at a rattlesnake outside a pen.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Finis Ewing Rankin with a Rattlesnake]
Postcard of Finis Ewing Rankin, kneeling next to a rattlesnake with a small knife in his hand outside a pen.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Geronimo
Photograph postcard showing Geronimo, Chief of the Apache, telling his story to two men.
Date:
1908~
Creator:
Bates, Edward
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
High School, Marshall, Tex.
Black and white halftone postcard showing the high school building in Marshall, Texas. The view shows the facade and left side of the two-story brick building. Stairs lead to entrance doors on either side of a projecting hipped roof central section with a tower on top of the roof. Printed in the border to the right of the image is the title, "High School, Marshall, Tex." Printed on the back on the left edge of the message sections is: "Published by Novelty Post Card Co., Kansas City, Mo.." There is no message on the back, but the card is adressed to Miss Leslie Wilson, Arena, Wisc. Part of the postmark is missing, but probably is dated Oct. 23, 1908.
Date:
[1908..1918]
Creator:
Nelson, Dorothy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ice plant in Rosenberg, Texas in 1908]
Postcard of the ice plant in Rosenberg, Texas in 1908. Tin building with wooden scaffold in front of it. Three men standing on platform with a block of ice. Shrubs in foreground.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Illustrated Song Postcard, "One Sight of You": Part 1]
Postcard addressed to Mamie Collins in Central City, Nebraska with a picture of a man and a woman standing next to a tree truck with a full moon shining in the sky; the text printed at the bottom of the card reads: "I'm starving for one sight of you, Just for a glimpse of eyes so true." There is a note on the back of the card that reads: "Watch this verse for it sure is me."
Date:
1908?
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Illustrated Song Postcard, "One Sight of You": Part 2]
Postcard addressed to Mamie Collins in Central City, Nebraska with a picture of a man sitting down and holding a woman next to him and lyrics printed below that read: "Dark are the nights, the World seems drear, Life holds no charms without you near." There is a short note written in blue ink on the back of the card that reads: "This is also the truth."
Date:
1908?
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Illustrated Song Postcard, "One Sight of You": Part 3]
Postcard addressed to Mamie Collins in Central City, Nebraska with a tinted photograph of a woman picking flowers in a forested field and a set of lyrics printed below reading: "I do not crave for pleasures gay, Your sweet face haunts me day by day." There is also a note written on the back of the card that says: "How's this one?"
Date:
1908?
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Illustrated Song Postcard, "One Sight of You": Part 4]
Postcard addressed to Mamie Collins in Central City, Nebraska with a picture of a man sitting in a nice chair and looking towards the fireplace; there are lyrics printed below the picture that read: "I'm lonely for you, heartsick too, Just for one sight of you." There is also a note written in red ink on the reverse side of the card that says: "Yee, I wish that I had a girl like the other fellows have. Someone to make a fire over me, to cheer me up when I feel sad. Every Sunday I sit alone when I ought to be out at my sweetheart's home I'm so lonesome, lonesome yee I wish, I had, my girl."
Date:
1908?
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Longview Fire Department]
Photographic postcard of the Longview Fire Department hose cart. There is a man sitting in the hose cart, and it is being pulled by two horses. There are unidentified buildings in the background of the photograph.
Date:
1908
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History