[To Greet You]
Date: 1911
Creator: unknown
Description: Color postcard with a Christmas greeting. The text reads, "To Greet You, A Merry Christmas To Rosa Louise From Mr. & Mrs. Spinney." The correspondence on the back reads, "Dear Rosa Louise; Hope Santa has been good to you and sent you lots of pretty things. Lovingly Mrs. Spinney." The postcard is addressed to Miss Rosa L. Dill, 527 S. 18th St., Paris, Texas. It is postmarked Oklahoma, Okla. on Dec 23, 1911.
Holding Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth35633/
[Yule-tide Greetings]
Date: 1911
Creator: unknown
Description: Color postcard with an image of a young girl dressed in white with holly surrounding her. Below the image is the text, "Yule-tide Greetings." The correspondence on the back reads, "Dec 23rd, 1911, Dear Rosa may this be a joyful Xmas time to you. Hope Santa Claus has remembered you bountifully. You and Mama must come and see our baby niece Eugenia. Lovingly Ada and Ida Reed." The postcard is addressed to Rosa Louise Dill, 527 S. 18th, Paris, Tex. It is postmarked Oklahoma, Okla. on Dec 23, 1911.
Holding Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth35631/
1910 Wells Fargo Wagon
Date: c. 1911
Creator: unknown
Description: Three men posed in front of a Wells Fargo horse-drawn wagon. Photo from the Deaf Smith County Museum, Carl Mountz is on the right.
Holding Partner: Deaf Smith County Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth3449/
Tom Haley Home
Date: c. 1911
Creator: unknown
Description: William Haley and his family moved to the area during the late 1850s. They settled northwest of the future town site of Irving in what became known as the Estelle community. Tom Haley, William's son, farmed a large piece of land his father had given him as a wedding gift. When his children became of school age, he decided that it would be more convenient for his wife and kids to stay in Irving during the school year. This is a photo of the home the family rented in town. At the fence on the left is Vera Haley (Anderson) and one of her sisters Bertha Haley (Gleghorn), c. 1911.
Holding Partner: Irving Archives
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth3255/
Wood Goin on the left, sometime after 1911
Date: c. 1911
Creator: unknown
Description: Wood Goin and another man on a horse-drawn cart.
Holding Partner: Private Collection of Bouncer Goin
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2693/
Jim Bean
Date: c. 1911
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of man. Photo of Jim Bean, Van Horn, TX
Holding Partner: Clark Hotel Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14375/
[City Drug Company building]
Date: c. 1911
Creator: unknown
Description: Built in 1896 at the corner of Flores and Hidalgo Street in Laredo, Texas, site of the first City Drug Company. Event is the Washington's Birthday Celebration around 1911.
Holding Partner: Laredo Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth13283/
[Troop J, 14th Cavalry, Ft. McIntosh]
Date: c. 1911
Creator: unknown
Description: Group of men on horseback. Soldiers at Ft. McIntosh getting ready for a parade. The soldiers are carrying Colt M1911 pistols which the U.S. Army adopted in 1911.
Holding Partner: Laredo Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth13298/