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Marfa Public Library
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Postcard
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Brewster County, TX
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Marfa, Diversity in the Desert
[Main Street of Alpine]
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
Description: Postcard of Main Street in Alpine, Texas, in 1909. The road is unpaved. There are several stores and horse-drawn vehicles along the road. Text below the photograph says, "Alpine, Texas. Published by The Palace Pharmacy." The card is addressed to Byron Avant in San Antonio, Texas.
Contributing Partner: Marfa Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88016/
[Alpine School]
Date: March 17, 1911
Creator: unknown
Description: Postcard of a public school in Alpine, Texas. The students are posed outside the school. They range in age from small children to adolescents. A handwritten note on the front says, "Public School. Alpine, Tex." The card is dated March 17, 1911, and is addressed to Byron Avaut in Uvalde, Texas.
Contributing Partner: Marfa Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88012/
[Alpine Postcard]
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
Description: Postcard of a view of Alpine, Texas. The photograph was taken from the top of a hill. The postcard is addressed to Maria R. Pena in El Paso, Texas. It is dated April 22, 1915.
Contributing Partner: Marfa Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88013/
Photo Postcard of Santa Helena Canyon, Texas
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Description: Photographic postcard depicting the Grand Canyon of Texas, Santa Elena Canyon with the Rio Grande River running through it. One side is Texas and the other is Mexico. This photo was included in a research paper by Sammy Barnett for an American History class at Marfa High School in May 1964.
Contributing Partner: Marfa Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39995/
[Alpine Postcard]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Postcard of Kokernot Springs aquifer in Alpine, Texas. The photograph on the postcard shows the spring surrounded by trees. A handwritten note on the card says, "Kokernot Springs, Alpine, Tex. Copr By J. C. Thain, 1920."
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88014/
Postcard of Jesus Abundio Cobos
Date: c. 1900
Creator: unknown
Description: Photographic postcard depicting two men, one which is Jesus Abundio Cobos in Alpine, Texas around 1900. One of the men is riding a donkey. Correspondence on the back is in Spanish.
Contributing Partner: Marfa Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39753/