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[A day at the track.]

Description: A crowd bundled in coats and hats milling around on a cold day as they wait for the next race at the racetrack in Juarez. In the distance, a mountainous background peers into visibility from behind the track's clubhouse. The postcard is addressed to a Mrs. Henry Horne in Hallowell, Maine. The inscription further acknowledges the recipients as M & F, presumably, Walter H. Horne's mother and father. The inscription goes on to describe the scene depicted on the postcard followed seemingly by an ex… more
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Bull Killing a Matador]

Description: Postcard depicts three matadors dressed in uniform running towards a bull. The bull has a fourth matador impaled on its horns and is running towards another one of the matadors in front of it. A large audience looks on in the stands, with some people standing and leaning on the fence barricade. [Text on back of postcard.]
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[A Bullfight in Mexico]

Description: A postcard depicting two matadors fighting a bull in Mexico. The two matadors face the bull, with one matador raising sticks in the air, and one matador holding a cape. A third matador stands off to the side with a cape. One bull is lying on the ground. People are visible in the stands. [Text on back of postcard.]
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Placing Banderillas]

Description: This postcard depicts a bullfighting scene in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. A bull charges towards one of the matadors who is trying to place two colorful sticks, or "banderillas" into the bull. Two other matadors stand on either side of the bull, holding capes. Spectators are visible in the stands. [Text on back of postcard.]
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Mexican Bull Fight]

Description: The image depicts a Mexican bull fight. Three matadors stand near one deceased bull. Two matadors, on the left side of the image, are fighting a second bull. People are visible in the stands.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[A Bullfight in Mexico 2]

Description: A postcard depicting two matadors fighting a bull in Mexico. The two matadors face the bull, with one matador raising sticks in the air, and one matador holding a cape. A third matador stands off to the side with a cape. One bull is lying on the ground. People are visible in the stands. [Text on back of postcard.]
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[A Bullfight in Mexico 3]

Description: A postcard depicting two matadors fighting a bull in Mexico. The two matadors face the bull, with one matador raising sticks in the air, and one matador holding a cape. A third matador stands off to the side with a cape. One bull is lying on the ground. People are visible in the stands. [Text on back of postcard.]
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Placing Banderillas 2]

Description: This postcard depicts a bullfighting scene in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. A bull charges towards one of the matadors who is trying to place two colorful sticks, or "banderillas" into the bull. Two other matadors stand on either side of the bull, holding capes. Spectators are visible in the stands. [Text on back of postcard.]
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[I Pledge For A Better Texas fundraising postcard]

Description: I Pledge For A Better Texas fundraising postcard with the front cover in color and the back in black and white. Information in the postcard includes an overview of the program. The postcard also requests the following: signature, name, address, date, city, state, zip code, phone number, and e-mail address.
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Strasbourg]

Description: Blank postcard with a photograph of a military gathering in Strasbourg, France.
Date: 1917/1919
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Postcard: Flowers of Paraguay

Description: Postcard featuring flowers of Paraguay, given to Eldridge by a fan named Fernando (last name illegible).
Date: June 1971
Partner: Sherman Jazz Museum

O. Henry's cradle

Description: Back of postcard reads: "Cradle in which O. Henry was rocked."
Date: 1937
Creator: Hon, Roberta Porter
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Opera House

Description: Postcard of the Opera House in Hallettsville, Texas. The building is three stories high and stairs lead up to the main entrance. There are smaller buildings on either side of the Opera House and to the right is a tree. Men are standing outside on the sidewalk in front of the building.
Date: unknown
Partner: Friench Simpson Memorial Library

Opera House

Description: Postcard of the Opera House in Hallettsville, Texas. The building is three stories high and stairs lead up to the arched main entrance. Two smaller buildings are on either side of the Opera House and seven men are standing outside on the street.
Date: unknown
Partner: Friench Simpson Memorial Library

Service Club, Camp Wolters, Texas

Description: An illustration of the Service Club at Camp Wolters, which was located just outside Mineral Wells, Texas is shown here. Once the largest Infantry Replacement Training Center during World War II, Camp [later Fort] Wolters was re-opened during the Korean Conflict, and again during the Vietnam War. This portrait of the service club is probably a photograph taken from an old picture postcard.
Date: unknown
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[Man and Woman Holding hands]

Description: Illustrated postcard of a man and woman, sitting in an outdoor setting and holding hands. She is wearing a large hat with roses on it. He has a hat and cane by his side. A poem beneath them reads, "Be thou my guiding light. My guide by day and night." A four-leaf clover decorates the top right corner of the card.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes

[Post Card: Where the Cows Go]

Description: A post card promoting "Where the Cows Go", a film about a girl being hospitalized in a psychiatric facility for kissing a girl.
Date: 197X
Creator: Rosie Cullen
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Victor Lauderdale to his father J.R Lauderdale, May 11, 1919]

Description: Letter from Victor Lauderdale to his father on American YMCA Stationary, dated May 11, 1919. The letter is brief and informs his father of a letter he enclosed for his mother in celebration of mothers day despite her death with the sentiment "We were with her in life; even so in death we shall be with her." He goes on to mention a trip to Belgium that he is contemplating taking before he comes back to the states.
Date: 1919
Creator: Lauderdale, Victor
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Pearl Street view]

Description: Postcard of Pearl Street, possibly looking south, with buildings, people, carriages, and a trolley car. Carriages can be seen on the left and right sides of the street with men and women. The trolley car is visible in the center of the picture. Written on the bottom of the postcard is "Beaumont Cigar Co" "Pearl Street, Looking South" and "Beaumont, Texas." In handwriting is also written "Thought maybe you would like this." In addition to the Beaumont Cigar Co., the back of the postcard also cre… more
Date: [1890..1919]
Creator: The Albertype Co.
Partner: Tyrrell Historical Library

[Neches River Bridge]

Description: Postcard of the Neches River Bridge in Beaumont. A man is standing in the bottom left corner. The Neches River Bridge opened to the public on May 9, 1925. Printed at the top of the postcard is "Neches River Bridge, Beaumont, Texas." Printed at the bottom is "109451 - N." Printed on the back of the postcard is the following information regarding the postcard's creation: "The Edwards News Co., Port Arthur & Beaumont, Texas" and "Genuine Curteich-Chicago 'C.T. American Art' Post Card (Reg. U.S. Pa… more
Date: [1925..1928]
Creator: The Edwards News Co.
Partner: Tyrrell Historical Library

[Greetings from Beaumont Texas]

Description: Postcard of scenes from Texas. Printed on the top left of the postcard is "TX-1 Greetings from Beaumont Texas." Each letter in the word Texas has 2 scenes in it. The are as follows from top to bottom. T - State Capital in Austin Texas and San Jacinto Monument near Houston. E - Spindletop gusher in Beaumont and possibly plateaus in west Texas. X - Possibly great plains around Amarillo and possibly Galveston Beach. A - possibly the Rice Hotel in Houston and possibly the Neches River shoals … more
Date: unknown
Creator: Curteich & Co
Partner: Tyrrell Historical Library

[Southern Pacific railroad depot]

Description: Postcard of of the Southern Pacific Railroad Depot in Beaumont, California, with thirteen men and boys posed for the photographer. At least five of them are holding bicycles. Other men can be seen in the background. A train with steam and tracks are visible on the right side of the postcard. The depot is prominent on the left side of the postcard with a sign that reads "To San Francisco 562 7/10 M., B[ea]umont, [Elevation 2556 Feet, To New Orleans 1925 4/10 M" showing the mileage from Beaumont,… more
Date: March 28, 1909
Partner: Tyrrell Historical Library

Busy Bears on Thursday

Description: Color postcard depicting two bears in a house. One is mopping a floor with a mop and the other is slipping on the wet floor. Below the picture is written, "Busy Bears on Thursday" It is addressed to Miss Rosa Louise Dill, 206 E 5, Okla City. It is postmarked Oklahoma, Okla on Jul 30, 1907.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes
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