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[Postcard of Marshall Mill & Elevator Co., Marshall, Texas]

Description: Black and white halftone postcard showing the Marshall Mill & Elevator Co., Texas. One side of the card was completely blank for the message and the other side was divided in half, with the image of the mill on the left half and the address space on the right half. Th view shows the grain elevator in the background with lower industrial buildings in front of it and train cars and railroad tracks running parallel to the buildings. Printed above the image is: "Home of 'A-Corn' Feeds." Printed be… more
Date: November 27, 1944
Creator: Tatum, Mrs. C. G.
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

T. and P. Hospital, Marshall, Texas

Description: Color tinted halftone postcard of the Texas & Pacific Railway Hospital, in Marshall, Texas. The image was probably taken not long after the building was opened in 1928, but this card was probably printed in the 1930s, based on the linen style paper. It was sent through the mails and postmarked on April 24, 1940. The view shows a drive in the foreground curving in front of the building. The building is a long horizontal two-story structure with a slightly projecting entrance section. Three autom… more
Date: April 24, 1940
Creator: Curt Teich & Co.
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[First Presbyterian Church in Gainesville, Texas]

Description: Postcard image of the First Presbyterian Church in Gainesville, Texas that is positioned from a side front view. The church is designed with early Gothic features such as pointed archways, and a large spire. Greenery is visible growing up the side of the front of the church. William A. Cann of St. Louis designed the church edifice.
Date: 1944
Creator: Cann, William A.
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Odessa College Library]

Description: 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 hi… more
Date: 1946~
Creator: Dexter Press, Inc.
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Postcard of Aerial View of Mineral Wells]

Description: Postcard of an aerial view of Mineral Wells, Texas. The postcard is addressed to E. Ragan of West Lake, Louisiana.
Date: January 26, 1944
Partner: Mineral Wells Heritage Association

[Swimming Pool, City Park, Marshall, Texas]

Description: Color halftone postcard on textured linen paper showing the swimming pool in the city park of Marshall, Texas. The actual pool, which opened in June of 1938, is not visible, but the view shows the terraced lawn around it, two buildings that probably were the filter house and the changing rooms, and part of a chain-link fence. Up another terraced slope to the pool's left is a log building that was constructed in 1939 as the NYA Community Center. Walls, stair rails, and a light post made of rocks… more
Date: April 27, 1946
Creator: Greene, Eleanor
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

["Welcome to Rosenberg" sign in downtown Rosenberg, TX]

Description: Photographic postcard of downtown Rosenberg, TX, late 1940s. View along Ave H. Welcome to Rosenberg lighted sign featured at center. On reverse is note from Emma Phillippi to brother Norveil Phillippi and family. postmarked June 12, 1949, Rosenberg. Gulf station in background. Schaffers Drug Store on right.
Date: June 12, 1949
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Photograph of Fayette County Court House, August 29, 1944]

Description: Postcard with a photograph of the Fayette County Court House in La Grange, Texas and a handwritten message on the back from "Pastor" to Mr. H. E. Hill saying that he will see him when he gets back.
Date: August 29, 1944
Creator: Fox Company
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard with Photograph of Austin Avenue Methodist Church]

Description: Postcard of the Austin Avenue Methodist Church in Waco, Texas photographed from across the street. The large building features ornate stained glass above a covered entranceway. The postcard is addressed to Robert C Kempf of Temple, Texas from A. Norman Evans Pastor.
Date: 1944-06-1X
Location: 31.550927 -97.138183
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Austin Avenue in Waco, Texas]

Description: Postcard of a view looking down Austin Avenue in Waco, Texas, with cars and buildings lining the street. A handwritten note on the front of the postcard says "Doesn't this look familiar? Love Mother." The postcard is addressed to John Todd Willis Jr. in New York City, New York.
Date: May 17, 1943
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Hotel Iturbide, Monterrey]

Description: Postcard featuring a photograph of the front of Hotel Iturbide on Calle Zaragoza in Monterrey, Mexico with mountains in the background as well as people and automobiles in the street. It was sent to Rochester, Minnesota with this handwritten text: "Sun. P. M. Dear Matt: arrived here yesterday (Saty.) leaving right now, the weather has been unusually cold. Laredo, on the border, had 2" snow the Mexican kids sure were having fun with it. So long, Mel"
Date: January 24, 1940
Location: 25.667649 -100.310830
Partner: Laredo Public Library
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