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Earl Steele Delivering the Mail

Earl Steele Delivering the Mail

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Earl Steel delivers the mail in Irving in his horse-drawn two-wheeled vehicle, c. 1910.
Holding Partner: Irving Archives
[Flooded street]

[Flooded street]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a flooded street. There are people walking on the sidewalks and next to the buildings. In the middle ground there are two men standing in the water. A horse-drawn carriage is parked next to a market.
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
[Woman driving a horse-drawn vehicle]

[Woman driving a horse-drawn vehicle]

Date: unknown
Creator: John R. Hood
Description: Photograph of jockey Gladys Slade Brown driving a horse-drawn vehicle.
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
[People riding donkeys]

[People riding donkeys]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a large group of people. A man is shown kneeling in front of the crowd with a small burro. There are people on the porch of a building in the background. Three children are seated in a carriage.
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
Mary Conner College, Paris, Texas

Mary Conner College, Paris, Texas

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Green monochromatic postcard depicting Mary Conner College in Paris, Texas. Female students stand on the lawn and next to the building, while others sit on balconies of the four-story building. On the back, the correspondence reads, "My dear Little Precious, I wonder what you are doing tonight. I would give a whole lot to see you and get just one kiss and hug with two little hands for I am so blue I am sick. Your Auntie Rosa". It is addressed to Miss Rosa Louise Dill, 296 East 5th Street, Oklahoma City, Okla. It is postmarked Monett & Paris RRO May 10, 1907. The date 5/9/07 is written on the front.
Holding Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes
Post Office, Kansas City, Mo.

Post Office, Kansas City, Mo.

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Color postcard depicting the post office in Kansas City, Missouri. it is a large four-story building with a capitol and dome above it. Trolleys, horse-drawn carriages, and pedestrians surround the building. The correspondence on the back reads, " Dear Baby, Love and kisses from "Big Erloo" tiny baby and "Erloo". It is addressed to Miss Rosa Louise Dill 527 18th St. Paris, Texas. It is postmarked Oklahoma, Okla. on Jun 27 1908.
Holding Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes
County Court House, Omaha, Neb.

County Court House, Omaha, Neb.

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Color postcard of the County Court House in Omaha, Nebraska. The building sits atop a hill with many steps leading up to it. Horse-drawn carriages are in the streets surrounding it. The city of Omaha is in the background. The only correspondence on the card reads, " Dewey Ave. 2719" and the name "hank" written on the front. It is addressed to Rosa Louise Dill, Oklahoma City, Okla. 206 East 5th. It is postmarked Omaha, Neb. on Sept 24, 1907.
Holding Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes
Robinson Street, Looking North From Grand Avenue. Oklahoma City, Okla.

Robinson Street, Looking North From Grand Avenue. Oklahoma City, Okla.

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: monochromatic reproductionof a painting on a postcard showing Robinson Street, looking north from Grand Avenue in Oklahoma City, Okla. The correspondence reads, "Hello Pap: I am having a fine time, wish I could stay a month but will be home Wed. Lovingly, Rose". It is addressed to Mr. Alf. bassano, 527 So. 18th Street, Paris, Texas. It is postmarked Oklahoma, Okla. on Aug 25, 1907.
Holding Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes
St. Antonio (Texas)

St. Antonio (Texas)

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Steel engraving print of the town of San Antonio from Meyer's Universum.
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Main Street, with wagons, Richardson, Texas

Main Street, with wagons, Richardson, Texas

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: View down an unpaved street, with buildings visible on both sides. On the left is a partially visible building, buildings and cranes in the background, and a one-horse cart or buggy. On the right are electrical poles, a pitched roofed building, a row of three storefronts, the near two with false fronts. In front of the storefronts are 2 large wagons, with the wheels of a third barely visible. The wagons are facing away and appear to be filled with crops, silage, corn or hay. The wagons are hitched to pairs of mules or horses. View is to the west, of Main Street, Richardson, which is continuous with (and connects) East & West Belt Line Road.
Holding Partner: Richardson Public Library
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