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[Postcard to Mrs. Laurel Pitus, February 2, 1908]

Description: Postcard to Mrs. Laurel Pitus. The sender says they wish Mrs. Pitus could see the countryside around Boerne, Texas. The front of the postcard features a photograph, colored in with ink, of Walnut Grove Ranch in Boerne, Texas. The ranch has two large buildings barely visible in the center of a large area filled with scrub-brush and trees.
Date: February 8, 1908
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library

[Postcard of Adler's Ranch, Boerne, Texas]

Description: Postcard of Adler's Ranch in Boerne, Texas. Th postcard features a photograph of an l-shaped, two-story building with light-colored wood siding and a wrap-around front porch. Much of the ranch house is obscured by tall trees, and there is a wooden fence surrounding the house and lawn. There are several men in white dress shirts sitting in chairs on the front lawn, and one of the men is pictured translucently in several different spots (due to long-exposure photography). There are handwritten no… more
Date: 1908-04-07~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library

[Postcard from L. A. to Mr. Will L. Henkle, April 8, 1908]

Description: Postcard from L. A. to Mr. Will L. Henkle, thanking him for sending something, and discussing Texas's pretty landscape. The front of the postcard features a photograph of Holy Angels Academy in Boerne, Texas, a two-story building with wrap-around porches on both stories. There is a small tower extending from the center of the roof of the building, with a cross-shaped spire at the top. There are a few short steps leading up to the first-story porch and the front door to the academy. There are se… more
Date: 1908-04-08~
Creator: A., L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library

[Texas Seed and Floral Co.]

Description: Postcard of the building housing the Texas Seed & Floral Co. in Dallas, Texas. The type on the back reads: "Dear Sir: In reply to yours of 14th, we have not heard anything further from Mr. W. M. Peck".
Date: April 16, 1908
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Old City Park

[Parade in McKinney]

Description: Photograph of a parade on East Louisiana Street in McKinney, Texas. A horse drawn wagon bears the sign “Where will they burry [sic] me?” as it passes in front of the law office of H.L. Davis and dental office of W.T. Hoard.
Date: 1908~
Creator: McKinney, John Brice
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Collin County History Museum

[Telephone Crew]

Description: Photograph of Texas telephone line crew posing with tools. The child in front is William Donald Stephenson. The names of the crewmen are written below the photo.
Date: 1908~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Shipyard in Beaumont]

Description: Postcard of a shipyard in Beaumont in the early 1900s, likely the Beaumont Shipyard Company. Seen on the left of the postcard is a ship with at least four men on and around the ship. On the ship appears to be written "...Beaumont." Printed at the top left of the postcard is "Ship Yard, Beaumont, Tex." Printed on the back of the postcard is the following information regarding the postcard's creation: "Made in Germany. D.J. Hicks, Importer and Publisher, Beaumont, Texas" and "122771." Handwritte… more
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: D. J. Hicks
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Tyrrell Historical Library
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