Brick Post Office, Richardson, Texas
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Medium sized brick building with large front window "Post Office, Richardson, Texas". On front door with screen door and metal awning. Two windows visible on right side of building. Visible through the large window are 24 mail boxes and a tall table.
Holding Partner: Richardson Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth3122/
Post Office, Richardson, Texas
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
Description: Post card with photo of early Post Office. The structure is a small wood one story building with one door. In front are two women - one [Aunt Sarah Allen, third post master] seated in a rocking chair and one holding a baby - and a man. On the right side of the post office is a white picket fence. Other unidentified buildings are visible in the background. The ground immediately in front of the building is dirt, but grass and bushes are visible to the sides. Written on back: "Made in 1906", "Pearl Schults", "Please return to Mrs. Jake K. Stults", "donated by Grissom". Note with post card states "Aunt Sarah Allen third post master" with no explanation. Additional information: The first Post Office was established September 27, 1858. Before, mail was tossed into a barrel in the general store and residents picked out their own mail.
Holding Partner: Richardson Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth3123/
Guthrie Post Office
Date: 1937
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the Guthrie Post Office in King County, Texas from 1937. The small building has one door and no visible windows.
Holding Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth50057/
Looking Back
Date: 1963-07-11
Creator: Cherry, Ruby
Description: Newspaper photos showing the owners of Collins-Andrews Dr Good Store and postal workers in front of a post office in early Sanger, Texas. Photograph of Jesse P. Smith on his horse Snooper. Photograph of Dottie Mae McBride, Otis McBride, Alene Duncan, and Reba Duncan on a horse.
Holding Partner: Denton Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth24896/
[Tommie Shuford]
Date: 1926
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of Tommie Shuford (as identified on back of photo in blue ink) in foreground (wearing shorts, jacket, print socks) standing in front of a sego palm. In background is the Jane Long Boarding house at 100 South Fourth Street in Richmond, Texas. Back part of the building was the Post Office in 1926 and 1927 faced Morton Street. Shadow of photographer in far right corner. Photo is bordered by black design.
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1064/
[Post Office in Stafford, Texas]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the old Post Office in Stafford, Texas. Small, white wooden building with covered area over front door that has a striped fabric covering extending from it. Window on left of north side of building. Sign on northeast corner reads: US POST OFFICE. Front of automobile on left of photo. White building in right background.
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1092/
[U.S. Post Office]
Date: c. 1966
Creator: unknown
Description: Post office. Photo circa 1966 Henrietta, Texas.
Holding Partner: Clay County Historical Society
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16774/
Post Office
Date: c. 1960
Creator: unknown
Description: Old post office at the corner of North Locust and McKinney. There are multiple automobiles in the foreground of the image.
Holding Partner: Denton Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14773/
Post Office at Corner of McKinney and North Locust
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Red brick post office building at corner of McKinney and North Locust.
Holding Partner: Denton Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth11365/
[Rosenberg Post Office in 1899]
Date: 1899
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the Rosenberg Post Office in 1899. White, wooden building with tall front and covered porch. Man on bicycle in front of porch. One man and three women standing on porch, and two women in bonnets are sitting in doorway. A horse is tied to the post of porch on right. Meyer Real Estate on right, also. Written on front of photo in blue ink: Rosenberg and in black ink: 1899. Photo appears to have been mounted on cardboard or in an album. Tear in right corner.
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth847/