[Postcard Showing the Causeway at Port Lavaca]

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Postcard showing the opening of the causeway at Port Lavaca. In the photograph there are multiple military trucks traveling in either direction on the bridge.

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1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.

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Hill July 14, 1944.

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This postcard is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2016 and was provided by the Palacios Area Historical Association to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 175 times. More information about this postcard can be viewed below.

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Palacios Area Historical Association

Incorporated in 1982 as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in the City of Palacios, Matagorda County, Texas, the Palacios Area Historical Association (PAHA) operates the City by the Sea Museum. It is supported by grants and donations, as well as the generosity of volunteers who serve as docents, event organizers, exhibit designers, and collection managers.

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Postcard showing the opening of the causeway at Port Lavaca. In the photograph there are multiple military trucks traveling in either direction on the bridge.

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1 postcard : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm.

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Rescuing Texas History, 2016

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World War Two Collection

These materials focus on World War II and the immediate postwar period of the late 1940s. In addition to materials created during the time period, materials may include modern studies and commemorative works about the era.

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  • July 14, 1944

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  • July 13, 2018, 12:09 p.m.

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Hill. [Postcard Showing the Causeway at Port Lavaca], postcard, July 14, 1944; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth992114/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Palacios Area Historical Association.

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