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Thanksgiving Greetings

Description: Color postcard depicting a turkey standing on the shore under a tree, next to some produce of the land. In the background is the Mayflower sailing by on the ocean. Correspondence reads, "My dear Sis, many happy T.G. Greetings for you. I have you [ ] will send it soon. Lovingly, Rosa" It is addressed to Mrs. E. A. Dill, Oklahoma City, Okla. P.O.Box 838. It is postmarked Monett & Paris, Texas on Nov. 25, 1908.
Date: 1908
Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes

Canoeing Girl

Description: 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
Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes

[Santa and Child]

Description: Embossed color postcard depicting Santa Claus and a small child. He holds a sack in his hands and the child holds fruit and gifts in its hands. Correspondence on the back reads, "Dear Baby, A Merry X'mas & Happy New Year to Your Mud, Daddy & yourself. From Big Erloo, Erloo, and Baby Dorothy." It is addressed to Miss Rosa Louise Dill, 528 Mill St. Paris, Texas. It is postmarked Oklahoma, Okla. on Dec 23, 1908.
Date: December 23, 1908
Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes

[Postcard of the Fresh Egg]

Description: Postcard of "The Fresh Egg," showing a young man in a suit, sitting at a set table getting ready to eat breakfast, when it appears the egg he is about to eat has a little chick pop out of it. It has a green, Benjamin Franklin 1 cent stamp on it with, "Hello Son! See me eating breakfast on the other side? Come up and have a fresh (?) egg with me. I am feeling fine this morning. Good meeting last night." Addressed to Jesse McSewell, Box 426, San Angelo, Texas.
Date: 1908
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library

[Spooners Delight Postcard: Part 1]

Description: Postcard with a photograph of a man and a woman kissing with a caption reading: "One half my life I'd gladly miss, If I could have just one like this" and the title "Spooners Delight."
Date: 1908
Creator: Thomas, J.
Partner: Private Collection of Margay Welch

["Always" Postcard: Part 3]

Description: 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.
Partner: Private Collection of Margay Welch

["Always" Postcard: Part 2]

Description: 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.
Partner: Private Collection of Margay Welch

["Always" Postcard: Part 1]

Description: 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.
Partner: Private Collection of Margay Welch

[Postcard of Berlin Fire Department]

Description: Postcard of the Berlin Fire Department with a fire engine. The vehicle is equipped with a large water tank.
Date: 1908
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Illustrated Song Postcard, "You're the Brightest Star of all My Dreams": Part 4]

Description: Postcard addressed to Mamie Collins with a picture of a woman leaning against a tree stump and a body of water directly behind her; below the picture are lyrics that say: "You're the brightest star of all my dreams." On the reverse side of the card there is a note written in red ink that reads: "This is rather a likeness only not so good do you think?"
Date: 1908-10?
Partner: Private Collection of Margay Welch

[Postcard of a Burning Rooftop, Berlin, Germany]

Description: Postcard of fire fighters extinguishing a fire on the roof of a building. Intense flames have spread across the top of the roof, giving off heavy smoke.
Date: April 23, 1908
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of Firemen on a Roof, Berlin, Germany]

Description: Postcard of firemen on a heavily damaged roof of a tall building, with the roof's tiles missing from its top. Buildings of a similar height are visible in the background.
Date: April 23, 1908
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Eliza Ranking Shooting a Rattlesnake]

Description: Postcard of Eliza Rankin (wife of Finis Ewing Rankin) holding a rifle, aiming it straight at a rattlesnake outside a pen.
Date: 1908
Partner: Midland Historical Society

Cotton Compress, Taylor, Texas

Description: Postcard of the cotton compress with bales of cotton ready for shipping. Railroad cars are stationed between the loading docks.
Date: 1908
Partner: Taylor Public Library

Baptist Church, Taylor, Texas

Description: 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
Partner: Taylor Public Library

[Where Business is Done]

Description: Color postcard picturing a street scene in Orange, Texas "Where business is done" A hardware company is on the left and horse-drawn carriages are on both sides of the street. Correspondence on the back reads, "Hello Murray, How are you? if you see Frank will you try to find out Mrs. Pittman's address and let me know. answer this to 411 Fourth St. Mary." It is addressed to Mrs. J.B. Murray, 1492 Forsythe St., Beaumont, Tex. It is postmarked Orange, Texas on Aug 20, 1908.
Date: 1908~
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Railroad Wreck Postcard]

Description: Postcard of a train that wrecked near Goldthwaite, Texas, taken from a ditch to the right of the train track and looking down the length of the train which is partially derailed in the background. Six men are standing in the ditch and on the hill to the right, some observing the wreck and some looking towards the camera. Handwriting on the back of the postcard reads, "Wreck near Goldthwaite, May 1908".
Date: May 1908
Partner: Jennie Trent Dew Library

[Train Wreck Postcard]

Description: Postcard of a train wreck taken from behind one of the train cars still on the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railway. Crowds of people are on embankments to the left and right. A row of power-line poles are on the left embankment that continue down the track into the distance. Writing on the back of the card reads, "Wreck near Goldthwaite Tex May '08".
Date: May 1908
Partner: Jennie Trent Dew Library

[Postcard of Firefighters with a Hose, Tokyo, Japan]

Description: Illustrated postcard of Japanese firemen using hoses to extinguish a fire. The postcard was printed in Japanese, but features English text in the form of a handwritten message from the sender to the recipient.
Date: October 15, 1908
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

First Presbyterian Church, Marshall, Tex.

Description: Color tinted halftone postcard of the First Presbyterian Church, located at 310 N. Fulton St., in Marshall, Texas, photographed around 1907. The main building was constructed in 1884 in an English Arts and Crafts parish church style. The main gable-roofed structure has a picturesque tower entrance porch projecting on the right. Decorative shingles can be seen on the mid-level of the entrance tower and in the ends of the gables, and turned wood elements decorate the entrance porch. Bushes and tr… more
Date: July 18, 1908
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Court House, Marshall, Tex.

Description: 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.
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

High School, Marshall, Tex.

Description: 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.." … more
Date: [1908..1918]
Creator: Nelson, Dorothy
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum
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