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
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth3228/
Jerry and Della Story
Date: 1904
Creator: unknown
Description: Jerry and Della Story. When the post office moved from the Kit community to the town of Irving in 1904, Jerry Story served as temporary postmaster.
Holding Partner: Irving Archives
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth3226/
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
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth35867/
[Mobeetie Post Office]
Date: 1878
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the Mobeetie post office, the first post office in the Panhandle.
Holding Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38483/
[Federal Cout Building and Post Office in Paris, Texas]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Black and white photo of the Federal Court Building and Post Office in Paris, Texas. It is a three-story brick building. Handwritten on the front, "Papa to Rosa Louise"
Holding Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth35552/
Federal Building and Post Office, Ohama, Neb.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Color postcard picturing the Federal Building and Post Office in Omaha, Nebraska. It has a tower with a clock on it and flag poles on the top of the roof. correspondence on the back reads, "Dear Dillie and all I just recd your card. was glad to hear form you. I wish you and Babe were here Omaha is going to have a big time next weake. Ethel Tandreau" It is addressed to Rosa Louise Dill, Oklahoma City, Okla. 206 E 5th. It is postmarked Omaha, Neb. on Sept. 24, 1907.
Holding Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth35540/
[H.D. Pearce & Co. Book & News Depot]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of several men standing and sitting in front of the H.D. Pearce & Co. Book and News Depot. Below the store sign is another sign for the post office. Handwritten above the photograph is "In Runnels City 1885" and handwritten below the photograph is "[ ] of Runnels Co. 1st Business [ ] Hubert Pearce". Typed on the back of the photograph is, "The store of H.D. Pearce at Runnels City was one of the first businesses to be established in Runnels County. This picture was made in 1885, a year before the founding of Ballinger. Hubert Pearce, now of Dallas, then 15, is shown with the cross mark on his shirt in the picture. The man with the white beard is J.R. Nunn".
Holding Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38356/
[Plainview & Lubbock Stage]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the Plainview & Lubbock stagecoach being pulled by mules. There are four passengers seated inside the stagecoach. Handwritten on the back of the photograph is, "The stage coach as pictured was taken in Lubbock in 1907, just 30 years ago last Agust. The picture was taken on Sunday, when the mail did not run. Mr W.M. Crawford, driver was owner of the stage. The time to make the trip from Lubbock to Plainview a distance of approximately 45 miles, was a whole day. The schedule of the mail left Lubbock at sun-up arriving in Plainview after dark. The mules were changed at a point half-way and fresh livery carried the mail the remainder of the trip. The next day the journey was southward toward Lubbock, every two days a coach made the trip north to Plainview. About 2 years after the picture was made, another coach was added and daily service was given."
Holding Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38348/
[Register of Money Orders Issued by the Post Office]
Date: c. 1895
Creator: unknown
Description: Register of money orders issued by the post office in Denton, Texas between June 1, 1895 and June 30, 1896.
Holding Partner: Denton Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39123/
Parcel Post Station
Date: 1950-02-17
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Description: Post office building
Holding Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth33936/