[A Frontier Home]

Postcard of a frontier home with two men and a woman in front of it with a stove on the left and a long horn cow with it's head in a large wooden feed tub. The writing on the left of the picture reads: "Copyright 1907 by Geo. B. Cornish, Arkansas City, Kans." The writing on the right reads "A Frontier Home."
Date: 1907~
Creator: Cornish, Geo. B. (George Bancroft)
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of the Petroleum Building]

Postcard of the Petroleum Building, the illustration portrays the building as yellow and white. There are four cars in the illustration as well as various trees.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Odessa Medical Center Hospital]

Postcard of a six story shopping center building that has eighteen windows on each story and smaller one story building attached in back. The windows on the both the large part of the building and the small part of the building face streets and meet up on a street corner with a wooden street lamp/phone line pole, with phone lines visible through the middle of the photo, and a one way arrow pointing to the left. The entrance is facing the one way street with a board that reads "Medical Center Hospital," on top of the cement awning that shades the entrance. On the back there is print on the top left that reads: "Odessa's 408-bed Medical Center Center Hospital is a county-owned institution staffed by all of the city's 69 Physicians ans Surgeons. It's a medical center for a wide area of West Texas, and is one of the most modern and finest equipped hospitals in the area."
Date: unknown
Creator: Dexter Press Inc.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Kermit, Texas]

Postcard of a street in Kermit, Texas. The photograph has wide streets and cars on either side of the street. There is a store called "Wackers" on the right of the of the street, on the back of the postcard, Texas Highway 18-115 Kermit, Texas This street scene shows the modern, progressive, city of Kermit, Texas. Well known as a ranching area but with modern progress being spurred on by the oil industry. The Monohans Sandhills State Park is but a short drive to the South, also Big Bend National Park and Mexico (across the Rio Grande River) is printed.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Canal Street in Carlsbad, New Mexico]

Postcard looking south on Canal Street in Carlsbad, New Mexico. There are a number of buildings with southwestern style architecture on both sides of the road and cars driving in the street.
Date: 1970
Creator: Schaaf, F. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of the Crane County Courthouse]

Postcard of the Crane County Courthouse. The building is made of brick with a street in front, at the bottom "Crane Co. Courthouse Crane, Texas" is written.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eddy County Court House]

Postcard of the southwest corner of the Eddy County Courthouse in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The court house is partially obscured by multiple trees and there is a street with cars parked in front.
Date: 1970
Creator: Schaaf, F. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Midland County Courthouse]

Postcard of the Midland County Court House, U. S. Post Office and Federal Building at Midland, Midland County, Texas. The inscription on the back reads "Federal Building United States Court House Midland, Texas. Midland, Texas, an attractive, prosperous and progressive city in the land of the Midland, Texas, an attractive, prosperous and progressive city in the land of the High Sky, is a delightful place in which to reside - or just to visit - in a wholesome, healthful, enjoyable atmosphere - amid pleasant surroundings, favorable location, direct business and commercial enterprise of a wide variety.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of the Winkler County Court House]

Postcard of the Winkler County Court House in Kermit, Texas. In front of the building there are several dead trees as well as a sidewalk leading up the entrance.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Monahans Sand Hills State Park Museum]

Postcard of the Monahans Sand Hills State Park Museum building in Ward County, Texas. In front of the museum there is a tree as well as several wagon wheels that adorn the sides of the stairs leading up.
Date: unknown
Creator: W. M. Cline Co.
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

[Ward County Court House]

Postcard of the south and west (front) sides of Ward County Court House in Monahans, Texas. It is a multi-story brick building with tall windows along each side; an unidentified man is walking down the sidewalk away from the building.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Bison]

Postcard of two bison standing outside. On the top of the postcard, handwritten is "Would like to exchange capitol cards with you" and then "1-27-07."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Springs at Big Springs, Texas]

Postcard of the springs at Big Springs, Texas. There is a body of water in the foreground of the photograph with rock crevices behind it. On top of the crevices there are trees and a fence.
Date: unknown
Creator: F. J. Schaaf Card Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eddy County Courthouse]

Postcard of the front (south) of a multi-story courthouse built in southwest-style architecture in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The print on the top left side reads: "Eddie County Courthouse Calsbad, New Mexico. This building is in the traditional style of the Southwest Indian -Spanish Pueblo, more commonly called 'Santa Fe' style."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Odessa College Library]

Postcard of the Odessa College Library, in the center of the beautifully landscape junior college campus in Odessa, Texas. The photo is semi-framed by the tree branches at the top of the photo and distinct cropping of the postcard itself. The print on the top left of the postcard reads: "The Odessa College Library in the center of the beautifully landscape junior, founded in 1946, is considered one of the finest in the State, and allows full accreditation for the student planning to complete his education at a senior institution." The print on the bottom left on the post card reads: "16179-C." The print vertically across the middle reads: Published exclusively by Texas Color Cards, Box 286, Leakey, Texas." The horizontal writing on the bottom in the middle reads: "dp made by Dexter Press, Inc. West Myack, New York." The wring on the right hand side in the middle that is in a font mimicking calligraphy reads: "Post Card." There is a box that is made with a dotted line with the writing "Place Stamp Here" printed inside the box.
Date: 1946~
Creator: Dexter Press, Inc.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Midland County Court House]

Postcard of an in color picture of the Midland County Courthouse. This a rectangular building with pillars enclosing it, above the entrance it says " Midland County Courthouse." The print on the back top left side reads: "Midland County Court House Midland, Texas. Midland is located halfway between Fort Worth and El Paso on U.S. 80 Highway (the Broadway of America) and served by the Texas and Pacific Railway. The City's name derives from the midway location. Established in 1885, Midland has been almost from the very beginning one of West Texas' leading and most progressive communities. Color photo by F. J. Schaaf."
Date: 1979
Creator: Schaaf, F. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Midland Post Office]

Postcard of a color photograph of a United States post Office in Midland Texas. The post office is a red bricked rectangular building with thick white brick line going horizontally across the bottom and top paralell to each other with two big windows on the side that's shorter and four big windows on the entrance side that has the longer length.
Date: 1965~
Creator: Schaaf, F. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Buffalo]

Postcard of two buffalo in the a field. The buffalo to the right is facing the camera straight on and the buffalo to the right is facing the side.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ector County Court House]

Postcard of a picture, possibly a drawing, that was created with bright colors, of a Court House that has a well groomed lawn and is rectangular and four stories, the three lower floors have windows and are larger than the fourth floor there are etchings in the stone on both sides of the clock that is above the wood door at the entrance. On the fourth floor "Ector County Court House is etched into the building." The print on the top right side reads: "Beautiful Modern Ector County Court House, Odessa Texas." The print in the left side reads: "B11." The print, on the back, horizontally across the top left hand side reads: "This Space is for writing messages." The print, on the back, vertically across the left hand side reads: "Pub. By Johnson News Agency, Big Spring, Texas." The print, on the back, horizontally across the bottom left hand side reads: "75239." The print, on the back, vertically across the middle reads: "'Tichnor Quality Views' reg. U.S. Pat. Off. Made Only by Tichnor Bros. Inc., Boston, Mass." The print, on the back, horizontally across the middle of the right hand side in a thick striped front reads: "Post Card." …
Date: unknown
Creator: Tichnor Bros., Inc.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of the Tom Green County Court House]

Postcard of the Tom Green County Court House. In the middle of the illustration there is the court house with a fountain in the forefront and bushes around. On the bottom of the postcard, "Tom Green County Court House, San Angelo, Texas" is printed and to the right of that "3A-H1106." On the back of the postcard "85-5.23 Orbeck Collection" is handwritten.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Odessa Postcard]

Postcard that says "Greetings from Odessa, Texas." Inside each of the letters there are scenes of cowboys, buildings, and desert landscapes.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of the Scharbauer Hotel]

Postcard of a portion of the corner and front facade Scharbauer Hotel in Midland, Texas. It is a six-story brick building with white stone accents and dark stone tiles on the ground floor, where3 there are various stores. Automobiles are parked on the street alongside the hotel and people are walking on the sidewalk.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of a Woman and a Building]

Postcard of a woman in front of a small building next to a donkey. There are two horses strapped to a wagon on the right with a boy in the seat. An American flag is waving from the left corner of the small building. The inscription on the back reads "Dear Daisy: - Jack and I are home from the grocery! We have [---] any bad and this is where [---] holding the fort in New Mexico."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History