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Photographic Postcard of a Woman

Photographic postcard with a woman standing outdoors holding her bonnet in her hands. The woman had her hair pulled up and wears glasses. Correspondence on the back reads, "Dear Sister I am sending you something for Jans cabbage patch. Bess and her [ ] took it out in the back yard. You can see I was dressed up. How are you, have looked for a letter. So long will write soon, again am working today. with love, Dollie. Tell Ollie to look." It is addressed to Mrs. Martha Parks, Granbury, Texas an… more

Date: 1911~

Partner: Log Cabin Village

[Postcard from Milton Andrew Matlock to Lois Matlock]

Postcard from Milton Andrew Matlock to Lois Matlock while he was in Cuba; the photograph shows "Banana Grove" in Cuba with soldiers picking bananas from a tree. The note on the back of card says: "you and Maurine write me a long letter real soon."

Date: 1911?

Creator: Matlock, Milton Andrew

Partner: Murphy Historical Society Inc.

[Postcard of a German Fire Station]

Postcard of a German fire station, with the firemen in front of it in three auto fire engines. A single fireman with a bike is standing to the left of the vehicles.

Date: 1911

Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Yule-tide Greetings]

Color postcard with an image of a young girl dressed in white with holly surrounding her. Below the image is the text, "Yule-tide Greetings." The correspondence on the back reads, "Dec 23rd, 1911, Dear Rosa may this be a joyful Xmas time to you. Hope Santa Claus has remembered you bountifully. You and Mama must come and see our baby niece Eugenia. Lovingly Ada and Ida Reed." The postcard is addressed to Rosa Louise Dill, 527 S. 18th, Paris, Tex. It is postmarked Oklahoma, Okla. on Dec 23… more

Date: 1911

Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes

[To Greet You]

Color postcard with a Christmas greeting. The text reads, "To Greet You, A Merry Christmas To Rosa Louise From Mr. & Mrs. Spinney." The correspondence on the back reads, "Dear Rosa Louise; Hope Santa has been good to you and sent you lots of pretty things. Lovingly Mrs. Spinney." The postcard is addressed to Miss Rosa L. Dill, 527 S. 18th St., Paris, Texas. It is postmarked Oklahoma, Okla. on Dec 23, 1911.

Date: 1911

Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes

[Nimitz Family Scrapbook: Submarine Postcard]

Postcard kept in Nimitz family photo collection. The postcard features unidentified men standing on unidentified submarine, possibly USS D-1. The shore can be seen in the background.

Date: 1911

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Nimitz Family Scrapbook: Submarine Postcard]

Postcard kept in Nimitz family photograph collection. The postcard features unidentified men stand aboard an unidentified submarine, possibly USS D-2, as it expels water from its ballast tanks.

Date: 1911

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Postcard of a German Fire Station]

Postcard of a gated, multistory fire station in Germany. The gated area consists of three connected brick buildings, with the opening facing the camera. The main building features garages at its base and a clock at the center of its roof. The back of the photograph has a handwritten message from its sender to its recipient.

Date: January 31, 1911

Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of Berlin]

Postcard of three scenes in Berlin, Germany. The left and right images feature a rooms which each have a glass display and a wall of switches. The center image features a man using a street telephone at the base of a light post.

Date: 1911

Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of Dallas Fire Department]

Postcard of the Dallas Fire Department with an auto Fire Engine. The vehicle is equipped with a ladder, a hose, and a bell, and it is parked in front of the fire station's garage.

Date: May 10, 1911

Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard from Milton Andrew Matlock to M. M. Matlock, March 27, 1911]

Postcard from Milton Andrew Matlock to his father with a colored image of the target range at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. There is a note from Milton to his father saying he has "been fireing on the target range this week."

Date: March 27, 1911

Creator: Matlock

Partner: Murphy Historical Society Inc.

[Postcard of A Fire Station, Maiden, Massachusetts]

Postcard of a fire station on a residential street. The station is built like a large, two-story suburban house, with two garage doors at its base on the right. One of the garage doors is labeled, "Chemical."

Date: January 14, 1911

Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of a Fire House]

Postcard of a fire house with a garage labeled "Chemical." Three firefighters - with one on a horse-drawn carriage - are standing outside of the garage.

Date: January 11, 1911

Creator: Redington, Dell A.

Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of Center Fire Station, Maiden, Mass.]

Postcard of Center Fire Station in Maiden, Massachusetts, a two-story brick building with a belfry at its front and center. The base of the building features four garage doors. From left to right, the doors are labeled: Hook & Ladder, Hose, and Engine. Three horse-drawn vehicles are seen outside of these doors.

Date: January 11, 1911

Creator: Redington, Dell A.

Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of the Fredericksburg Court House and Park]

Postcard of the Fredericksburg, Texas Court House and Park. On the back written in blue pen is "Summer 1911" and "Augusta Gibson married Harne Miles later." Written in pencil is "Here is the picture of one side of our town. How do you like it? I think we have a beautiful location for a town if could only have a R.R."

Date: 1911

Partner: Gillespie County Historical Society

West Texas State Normal, Canyon City, Tex.

Halftone color postcard showing the original building of West Texas State Normal College in Canyon, Texas. The postcard reproduces a painting of the building, showing the front facade and pedestrians walking along a circular walkway in front of the building. On the back of the post card there is a written message to Miss Loura Dozier in Kress, Texas, postmarked June 18, 1911 and signed "Your friend Ruth."

Date: 1911

Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Street car, Matamoros, Mexico]

Postcard of a streetcar drawn by a mule or donkey. The streetcar is being pulled along a track in the center of a street that is bordered by buildings. The picture shows Matamoros, Mexico across the border from Brownsville, Texas. There is a letter on the back of the postcard addressed to "Miss Maria Sanchy" from "E. M." that reads, "Ni la ausencia y la distancia, ni el tiempo de no [v]erte; por ningunas sircustancias he de dejar de quererte, yours for ever." (Loosely: "Neither the absence a… more

Date: August 14, 1911

Partner: Laredo Public Library

[Saint Marie's Academy, Marshall, Texas]

Color tinted halftone postcard from around 1911 showing St. Mary's Academy, Marshall, Texas. The view shows a side entrance facing the street and part of the main entrance on the left. It is a three-story brick building on a raised basement of stone. Printed on the top of the image in black is the title, "St. Marie's [sic] Academy, Marshall, Texas." The postmark on the back of the card is dated Dec. 21, 1911, and the card is addressed to Mrs. Ida Swartz in Reading, Pa. Printed on the left edge… more

Date: December 21, 1911

Creator: Townsend, Mrs. [?]