[Postcard of White-Aiken House in Salado, Texas]

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Postcard of a small, two-story, cream-colored farmhouse, with an off-white, wooden, four-wheel cart sitting in the grassy lawn in front of the house's white picket-fence. The house has an L-shaped, covered porch on the front and left side of the house - the overhang supported by white, circular columns. Two groups of trees stand in the yard, one group on the front left of the house, and the other just to the front right. A small, white truck is just visible in the driveway on the left, while a windmill and standing water tank are partially visible past the trees … continued below

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1 postcard : col. ; 10 x 15 cm.

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Spiller, Doug 1990.

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This postcard is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2016 and was provided by the Salado Public Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 95 times, with 4 in the last month. More information about this postcard can be viewed below.

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Postcard of a small, two-story, cream-colored farmhouse, with an off-white, wooden, four-wheel cart sitting in the grassy lawn in front of the house's white picket-fence. The house has an L-shaped, covered porch on the front and left side of the house - the overhang supported by white, circular columns. Two groups of trees stand in the yard, one group on the front left of the house, and the other just to the front right. A small, white truck is just visible in the driveway on the left, while a windmill and standing water tank are partially visible past the trees on the right. On the back of the postcard are postcard markings and a brief paragraph about the history of the house.

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1 postcard : col. ; 10 x 15 cm.

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  • 1990

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  • June 28, 2017, 11:44 p.m.

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  • Aug. 30, 2017, 1:14 p.m.

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Spiller, Doug. [Postcard of White-Aiken House in Salado, Texas], postcard, 1990; Salado, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth861225/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Salado Public Library.

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