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[Postcard of "Downtown" Houston]

Description: Postcard of Downtown Houston's Main Street after dark. The streets, buildings, and the advertisements on the buildings are colorfully lighted.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[St. Paul's Methodist Church]

Description: Postcard of a colorized photograph of Houston's St. Paul's Methodist Church, a brick and stone building with a golden dome, a triangular facade, and columns around the entrance, with a campanile to the left and several trees lining the street in the foreground. Printed on the front of the postcard: "St. Paul's M. E. Church, Houston, Texas."
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[St. Paul's Church Houston]

Description: Postcard of a colorized photograph of St. Paul's Methodist Church, a yellow building with a dome and white columns on the side (right) and around the entrance (left), with a row of trees lining the street in the foreground. Printed on the front of the postcard: "St. Paul's Church, Houston, Texas." There is handwritten correspondence on the back of the postcard.
Date: July 27, 1913
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Houston Cotton Wharf]

Description: Postcard of a color image of a cotton wharf in Houston featuring many bales of cotton and a structure in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Cotton Wharf at Houston, Tex., The Greatest Cotton Market in the World."
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Compressing and Loading Cotton]

Description: Postcard of a colorized photograph of a boat loaded with cotton bales in a canal with several men standing in front of a cotton compressing and loading facility and a railway bridge in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Compressing and Loading Cotton, Houston, Texas."
Date: July 26, 1911
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of the Fannin School]

Description: Postcard of the Fannin School in Houston, Texas. Text on the back of the card reads "Why don't you write, didn't you get my letter and photo? Nellie" The postcard is addressed to Miss Annie Forsgard of Waco, Texas.
Date: January 17, 1908
Location: 29.744383 -95.378495
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard from Virginia Ebeth Powell to Mrs. S. E. Powell Sr. - November 1, 1921]

Description: Postcard to Mrs. S. E. Powell, Sr. in Oglesby, Texas from Virginia E[?] Powell in Houston, Texas. Virginia writes about arriving in Houston with her mother. The front of the postcard depicts a small footbridge over a creek in Sam Houston Park in Houston, Texas. The bridge connects concrete footpaths on both sides of the creek, and is situated in front of large ferns and small red pavilions and buildings.
Date: November 1, 1921
Creator: Powell, Virginia Ebeth
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard from H. Lora to Miss Leta Ball]

Description: Postcard from H. Lora in Houston, Texas to Leta Ball in Waco, Texas,. Lora writes about positive experiences with the "folks" and passes on regards to Leta. The front of the postcard depicts an open gated entrance into Courtlandt Place, an upscale suburban neighborhood with stone walls along the sides of the neighborhood and gas lamps atop the walls' pillars. Large two-story suburban homes are visible along the paved boulevard. The caption reads "Entrance to Courtland [sic], exclusive residenti… more
Date: 1928-06-24~
Creator: Lora, H.
Location: 29.743587 -95.381857
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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