Private Collection of T. B. Willis - 15 Matching Results

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[Artillery Club House]

Description: Postcard image of the Artillery Club in Galveston, Texas. The white colored building is two stories with a wrap around porch and balcony. Palm trees and other greenery grow around the club house. A cannon is present in the yard. In the background to the right of the club house another house is visible. Handwritten text on the back is addressed to Lillian Jerry of Dallas, Texas.
Date: 1915

[Excursion Boat "Galvez"]

Description: Postcard image of of the excursion boat "Galvez" in Galveston, Texas. In the image the Galvez is a two story boat filled with passengers moving across the water. On top of the boat both an American flag and white flag with the name Galvez on it are seen flying. Behind the boat some green shoreline is visible. Text on the back reads "For Business and Excursion Trips, Moonlight Sails and Dancing Parties, United States Inspection. Capacity 350 passengers."
Date: unknown

[Home in Galveston, Texas]

Description: Postcard image of a home in Galveston, Texas. Within the image on a small portion of the house is visible with greenery growing on the exterior. Different types of flowers and trees are growing in the yard that leads up to the house. Text on the front reads "A Home on the "Treasure Island", Galveston, Tex."
Date: 1923
Location: 29.301897 -94.785930

[Infantry Bivouac, Army Exhibition, Galveston]

Description: Postcard of an army encampment (a bivouac) at an Army exhibition in Galveston, 1914. Tents are pitched across a grass field, with soldiers seated in groups or walking around them. Larger wooden encampments are visible in the left background, possibly built to resemble the Alamo with barred windows and arched walls. Soldiers stand on the structure, looking out from above. Other Army buildings are in the background at right.
Date: 1914

[Postcard of Electric Park at Night]

Description: Postcard of Electric Park lit up a night. Several rides, including the carousel, are visible. Text on the left side of the front of the card reads "The Scene of that 'Eventful" (?) night. Do you remember it?" The card is addressed to Miss Josephine Forsgard of Houston, Texas. Text on the bottom right of the card reads "Galveston Trube Photo"
Date: September 20, 1906
Location: 29.290040 -94.789104

[Postcard of First Presbyterian Church in Galveston]

Description: Postcard of First Presbyterian Church in Galveston. Two cars and a horse and buggy are parked alongside the church's front and right side. Text written in the bottom and left-hand margin reads "I actually saw the inside of one of these kind of buildings while in Houston- Sunday- was I awake? S.C.F." The card is addressed to Miss Ellen Forsgard of Waco, Texas.
Date: unknown
Location: 29.304648 -94.788583

[Postcard of Harbor at Galveston]

Description: Postcard of a harbor in Galveston where two boats are moored. Debris litters the concrete on the edge of the harbor, and several large industrial structures rise up in the distance. Handwritten print on the front of the postcard reads "this is not snow— just shell. Not egg shell either." Cursive handwriting at the bottom reads "Just a little different from the fleet of Waco." The card is addressed to Miss Jennie Forsgard of Waco.
Date: November 2, 1908

[Postcard of Rosenberg Library]

Description: Postcard of a library in Galveston, Texas. A handwritten note on the back of the postcard says: "Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas, Designed by Eames & Young, St. Louis, Dedicated June 22, 1904."
Date: unknown

[Postcard of the Breakers Bath House]

Description: Postcard of the Breakers bath house in Galveston taken from Seawall Boulevard. Text towards the bottom of the photograph reads "This is not "Bates Specialty." with an arrow pointing toward a car parked along the boulevard. Text on the bottom margin of the front of the card reads "This is where I took Uncle Gus to see the seawall. -Shirley" Text on the right margin reads "love to all." The card is addressed to Miss Annie Forsgard of Waco.
Date: unknown
Location: 29.280044 -94.803094

[Postcard of the Excursion Boat "Galvez"]

Description: Postcard of an image of the excursion boat "Galvez". The image shows passengers inside the boat and on top there is an American flag and a white flag with the word "Galvez" on it.
Date: unknown

[Postcard of the Sealy Residence]

Description: Postcard of George Sealy's mansion taken from outside the front gate. Text Text on the upper left-hand margin reads: "*Where Mr Joe Wren lives." Text toward the bottom of the photograph reads "Sealy Residence, 25th & Broadway. Galveston." Text on the bottom margin reads "Please take note that there is a 'sidewalk' here, not steps. Many thanks for the postals." Text on the right margin reads "Give my best to tall. S.C.F. 11-30-08." Text on the back of the card reads "It's 'a good thing,' I was n… more
Date: November 30, 1908
Location: 29.299709 -94.794186

[Rosenberg Monument]

Description: Postcard image of the Rosenberg Monument in Galveston, Texas. Within the image the Rosenberg Monument is enclosed by an iron fence with a sidewalk all around. The Rosenberg Monument honors those who served in the Texas Revolution. Towards to top portion of the monument the word "Honor" is engraved into the column. Bronze statues are built within the monument with the largest one on top.
Date: unknown
Location: 29.299443 -94.794375

[Visitors at Murdoch's Bath House]

Description: Postcard of four individuals sitting on a piece of wood against a beach backdrop. A man in a sailor cap and a dress shirt with tie is flanked by women with wet hair in swimsuits, two at left and one at right.
Date: unknown
Creator: Tobler, Louis
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