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La riviere de Missisipi, et ses environs, dans l'Amerique Septentrionale.

Description: Map shows south eastern portion of the North America continent including Lake Erie in the north east, a portion of Virginia to the east, the Florida peninsula, the Mississippi River to "les Illinois," the Gulf of Mexico, and portions of Cuba and the Bahamas, "Nouvelle Espagne" [New Spain] and "Nouveau Mexique" [New Mexico]; areas of Native American habitation, major roads or trails, and settlements. Includes notes and population statistics. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. S… more
Date: 1715
Creator: Fer, Nicolas de, 1646-1720
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Postcard of Descartes Square and Rabelais Square]

Description: Postcard of a photograph of two small, grassy park areas with a road and trolley track running between them, which lead to a bridge across a large river in the background. Both park areas have a statue of a figure wearing long robes in the middle and are surrounded by a cobbled street. French text at the top of the postcard identifies the parks as Descartes Square and Rabelais Square in Tours, France. The other side of the postcard is blank except for postcard markings.
Date: 19uu
Partner: Howard Payne University Library

[Postcard of Tours, France]

Description: Postcard of a photograph of a town across a river with stone bridge across it. A large church building with two towers at the front and a smaller tower at the back rises above the rest of the town. French text at the top of the postcard identifies the town as Tours, France and identifies some key landmarks. The other side of the postcard is blank except for postcard markings.
Date: 19uu
Partner: Howard Payne University Library

[Postcard of Ruins in Aisne River]

Description: Postcard of a photograph of workers in a river, using a floating wench crane to remove the stone, metal and wood debris from a large bridge. Horses pull carts across a smaller metal bridge above the workers. Other buildings line the river bank in the background. Printed text at the bottom identifies the river as Aisne River in Soissons, France. The other side of the postcard is blank except for postcard markings.
Date: [1914..]
Partner: Howard Payne University Library

Suite du cours du fleuve St. Louis depuis la rivière d'Iberville jusq'à celle des Yasous, et les parties connues de la Rivière Rouge et la Rivière Noire.

Description: Map shows the course of the Lower Mississippi River and its tributaries. Includes "Remarques sur la Rivière Rouge" [Notes on the Red River]. Inset: "Carte de l'establissement françois sur la Rivière Rouge" [Map of a French settlement on the Red River]. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:830,000].
Date: 1764
Creator: Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Transcript of Two Letters Concerning David Strickland, June 8, 1798]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter to Zenon Trudeau, on June 8, 1798, discussing the life of David Strickland, who works as a farmer for someone else but wants to farm for himself on the Bois Brule River in order to establish his family. A second letter, from David Strickland, asking that he be granted the land on the river to farm.
Date: June 8, 1798
Creator: Strickland, David
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Postcard of Winter Boating Near Church]

Description: Postcard of an illustration of a small figure standing in a boat on a small river. The banks on either side of the water are covered in snow. The church and other smaller buildings are also covered in snow in the background, beyond a small hill. The other side of the postcard is blank except for postcard markings.
Date: unknown
Partner: Howard Payne University Library

[Postcard of River in Tours, France]

Description: Postcard of an aerial photograph of a large river between two town areas, with two bridges connecting the two town areas. French text at the bottom of the postcard identifies the town as Tours, France. The other side of the postcard is blank except for postcard markings.
Date: 19uu
Partner: Howard Payne University Library

[Postcard of Train Station on Orsay Docks]

Description: Postcard of a photograph of a large stone building with large circular windows, on the bank of a canal with docks along the side. Two small passenger boats sail along the canal. French text at the top of the postcard identifies the building as a train station by the docks of Orsay river in Paris, France. There is handwritten text on the other side of the postcard from Leslie to Mrs. L. A. Boone in Asheville, North Carolina.
Date: 1918~
Partner: Howard Payne University Library

[Postcard of Geneva, Switzerland]

Description: Postcard of Geneva, Switzerland. The photo is taken from Square du Mont-Blanc on Quai du Mont-Blanc, looking across Le Rhône, with St. Pierre Cathedral visible in the distance. Typed text on the front of the postcard says "Genève - Quai du Mont-Blanc et Tours de St-Pierre."
Date: [1941..1945]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum
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