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Grand Lagoon, St Louis Exposition

Description: Color postcard depicting the Grand Lagoon, patterned after the one in Venice, Italy. Gondola boats float across the water. This postcard is an advertisement for the Regal Shoe Company of Boston. They offer to send a free map of the exposition to anyone interested. Handwritten on the front of the card, "Hello your self. I have been to fair & returned had fun plenty. You owe me letter. Your friend, S.G.F. Was at fair ten days. Why did you not write you before you went." It is addressed to Miss R… more
Date: 1904
Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes

Loula Bunton, 1904

Description: Photograph of Loula Bunton wearing a dark dress with lace collar and cuffs in 1904. This photo was included in a research paper by Jean Anne Evans in 1971 for a history class at Marfa High School.
Date: 1904
Partner: Marfa Public Library

A Gazetteer of Texas

Description: Geological and geographic survey and analysis of Texas at the onset of the 20th century. Also includes an index of place names in Texas.
Date: 1904
Creator: Gannett, Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[A rice farm near the county line taken in 1904.]

Description: Photograph of a rice farm near the county line taken in 1904. Men on and around a threshing machine to far left of photograph. Wagon load of hay pulled by two dark horses next to the thresher is partially obscured by the long belt of the threshing machine. Sacks of rice in center background. Horses and wagons to right. Tractor (man is standing on the wheel of it) on far right of photograph. Rice field in foreground.
Date: 1904
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

Texas

Description: This map shows the state of Texas with each county outlined and colored. The major roads and geographic features are included (with relief shown by hachures) and cities are labeled according to size. In the lower left corner, there is an inset which has the "Western Portion of Texas, Same Scale as Main Map." On the back of the map is an index of Texas counties and towns as well as statistics regarding population and size of the state. Scale is [ca. 1 : 4,752,000]
Date: 1904
Creator: C.S. Hammond & Company
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Postcard of Alaska Native Girls with Puppies]

Description: Postcard of a photo-realistic illustration of three little girls with dark hair, wearing long-sleeve colorful dresses with fur hoods. The girls are each holding a black and white puppy, and only the girl on the right is smiling. Printed text at the top right of the illustration identify the name of the illustration while printed text at the bottom right gives copyright information. There are postcard markings on the back of the postcard.
Date: 1904
Creator: Nowell, F. H.
Partner: Howard Payne University Library

[Postcard of Alaska Natives Around Cooking Fire]

Description: Postcard of a photo-realistic illustration of three Alaska Natives in colorful coats and pants squatting around a small cooking fire. The woman on the left has a small child on her back and holds her hands above an open metal box. Metal pots and kettles give off steam over the fire, while other buckets and canisters sit behind the group. A large, cream-colored tent is also pitched behind them, with articles of cloth hanging from the ropes holding down the tent, and in the background on the righ… more
Date: 1904
Creator: Nowell, F. H.
Partner: Howard Payne University Library

Smith and Matilda Casner

Description: Photograph of Smith Cook Casner and Matilda Knuell McDonald Casner. He wears a suit and tie and she wears a large hat. This may be a wedding picture; they were married in 1904. This page is part of a 1977 report for a history class at Marfa High School by Jess Evans.
Date: 1904~
Partner: Marfa Public Library
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