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Indian Tribes of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Adjacent Coast of the Gulf of Mexico

Description: Book describing various tribes of the lower Mississippi Valley and adjacent coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Includes information on: the tribes' locations; dress and ornaments; tattooing; arts and industries; economic life; medicine; birth, education, and the division of labor; games; etiquette; marriage; social organization; feasts; war; funeral ceremonies; religions; and origin of the tribe.
Date: 1911
Creator: Swanton, John Reed
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Troops Entering League City]

Description: Postcard featuring a photograph of troops entering downtown League City, Texas. A goat accompanies the group of army men as they walk downtown. On the left is a two-story building that houses the League City Post Office, a shoe company, and a general store.
Date: 1911
Creator: Maurer
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Memorial Day at Fairview Cemetery]

Description: Postcard of the 1911 Memorial Day celebration at Fairview Cemetery. A massive group of people are gathered underneath a tree; everyone is wearing festive clothing for that era. Surrounding the group are numerous covered wagons and horses.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Maurer
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Feigned robbery scene]

Description: Photograph of a whimsical scene of three men besides Pierce-Arrow automobile being robbed by a man pointing a handgun. Three men have their hands up with one man's pockets turned inside out. The man on the far left is Herbert Herman Fiedler. Trees are shown in the background with a small building visible to the right of the photograph. The photograph may have been taken at the Lutcher Colorado ranch.
Date: [1911..1918]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tyrrell Historical Library

[Pierce-Arrow automobile]

Description: Photograph of a Pierce-Arrow automobile splashing through a water puddle and kicking up mud as it travels down a dirt road. An oncoming automobile with headlights on is visible in the distance.
Date: [1911..1917]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tyrrell Historical Library

[Pierce-Arrow automobile]

Description: Photograph of Pierce-Arrow automobile on a dirt road traveling to San Francisco, California, on a touring trip taken sometime around 1911 or 1912. Man is seen on the driver's side of the vehicle.
Date: [1911,1912]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tyrrell Historical Library

[Pierce-Arrow automobile]

Description: Photograph of the frontal view of a Pierce-Arrow automobile being driven down a dirt road. Two men are sitting in the front seat of the vehicle. An American flag is visible to the left rear of the automobile. Telephone poles and fencing border one side of the road.
Date: [1911..1917]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tyrrell Historical Library

[Pierce-Arrow automobile]

Description: Photograph of a Pierce-Arrow automobile parked on a dirt street in a small town. Herbert Herman Fiedler is seated behind the wheel of the vehicle with another man seated beside him. Frances Ann Lutcher is seated in the back of the vehicle with another woman beside her. Shops and stores are visible in the background with a single tree appearing in the photograph.
Date: [1911..1915]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tyrrell Historical Library

[Pierce-Arrow automobile]

Description: Photograph of Pierce-Arrow automobile broken down in axle deep mud on a road during a cross-country motor touring trip. Mrs. Frances Ann Lutcher is shown with her party of travelers looking on the disabled vehicle.
Date: [1911,1912]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tyrrell Historical Library

[Pierce-Arrow automobile]

Description: Photograph taken from the trailer vehicle following the lead Pierce-Arrow automobile as it is being driven down a dirt road. Trees and hills are seen ahead in the distance with telephone poles and fencing bordering the sides of the road.
Date: [1911..1917]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tyrrell Historical Library

[Pierce-Arrow automobile]

Description: Photograph of a Pierce-Arrow automobile parked on a boulder strewn road probably somewhere in Colorado. Herbert Herman Fiedler is seen behind the wheel with Mrs. Frances Ann Lutcher in the far back of the vehicle and another woman seated in front of her. Boulders and sage surround the vehicle.
Date: [1911..1918]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tyrrell Historical Library

[Postcard from C. A. Cagesen to A. T. Stockdale, February 14, 1911]

Description: Postcard from C. A. Cagesen to A. T. Stockdale, writing that someone named Milt Hicks taking her for a ride in an automobile. The front of the postcard features an illustration of a herd of dairy cattle standing in the middle of a dirt road. There are two buildings with tin roofs visible in the background, as well as a group of trees.
Date: February 14, 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library

[Postcard from Tillie to Mrs. E. F. Kneupper, August 25, 1911]

Description: Postcard from Tillie to E. F. Kneupper, discussing her surprise trip to visit her mother. She talks about a girl named Emma being sick for about three months. The front of the postcard features an illustration of a herd of dairy cattle standing in the middle of a dirt road. There are two buildings with tin roofs visible in the background, as well as a group of trees.
Date: August 25, 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library

[Postcard to Mrs. Fritz Adler, April 23, 1911]

Description: Postcard to Mrs. Fritz Adler in San Antonio, Texas. The front of the postcard features an illustration of a two-story L-shaped, white house with a front porch and tall trees obscuring the front of the house. Two white benches sit on the lawn within the trees, facing each other.
Date: 1911-04-24~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library

[Postcard from H. T. to Mrs. Fritz Adler, December 8, 1911]

Description: Postcard from H. T. to Mrs. Fritz Adler, discussing... The front of the postcard features a photograph of a stone bridge with a small, arched tunnel through the middle. On top of the bridge, which has a wooden rail along the edge, there is a small buggy being pulled by a horse. There are trees at the base and upper left side of the bridge, and through the tunnel, more trees are visible.
Date: December 8, 1911
Creator: T, H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library

[Postcard from Bertha Wessely to Clarence W. Nelson, January 6, 1911]

Description: Postcard from Bertha Wessely to Clarence W. Nelson, discussing a trade between the two of them. The front of the postcard features an illustration of the old mill dam in Boerne, Texas. The area depicted is a dried out river bed, with stumps and wood laying with rocks in the bottom of the bed. In the background, there are trees and and a green grassy area.
Date: January 6, 1911
Creator: Wessely, Bertha
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library

[Portrait of Mamie McFaddin]

Description: Photograph of Mamie McFaddin wearing a long white dress with a white feathered headband, standing next to a window with lace curtains and leaning on a tall pedestal. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "I was 16 yrs. old. Mamie Louise McFaddin. The dress I wore at the [?] Club Thanksgiving dance I went with and lead the grand march with Lynn Gilbert who was the President that year."
Date: 1911~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum
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