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[Photograph of the Slayden-Kirksey Woolen Mills Queen]

Photograph of the Slayden-Kirksey Woolen Mills Queen at Texas Cotton Palace in Waco. A group of women stand atop a horse-drawn float, while a group of African American men carry an accompanying sign.

Date: 1894

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[First Longview High School]

Photographic postcard of the first Longview High School in Longview, Texas.

Date: 1890~

Partner: Longview Public Library

Photographic postcard of the family home of Dave Gans of Longview, Texas. There are six unidentified individuals sitting on the large, wrap-around porch, and there is an African American woman standing in the yard.

Date: 1890~

Creator: Culpepper, Cody B.

Partner: Longview Public Library

[Carry Nation wearing a black dress and holding a book]

Photographic postcard of Carry Nation. Nation is dressed in a dark colored dress with buttons that run along the left side of the it. She has a matching cape over her shoulders. She has a long fabric headpiece covering the back of her graying hair. A white flower or bow is tied at the collar. She has three pins pinned to her cape - one is of a hatchet that is pinned on left side of cape. Nation is holding a book on her right hand and her left thumb is resting on a page.

Date: 1895

Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[First National Bank of Longview]

Photographic postcard of the inside of First National Bank in Longview, Texas. The teller's cage is pictured in the photograph, along with two men. From left to right, they are W. K. Eckman and Gilbert Campbell.

Date: 1890~

Location: 32.495076 -94.739235

Partner: Longview Public Library

[First National Bank of Longview]

Photographic postcard of the First National Bank in Longview, Texas. The bank was located on Tyler Street. There are two signs with the name of the bank on either side of the door. From left to right, the men pictured are W. K. Eckman, Elbert Morgan, Crawford Morgan and Rogers Rainey, as noted on the back of the postcard.

Date: 1890~

Location: 32.495008 -94.739273

Partner: Longview Public Library

[Postcard of Cotton Compress]

Postcard of men working with a cotton compress in Waco, Texas. A handwritten note next to the photo says "I guess you remember the time the old man took us through here. Mrs. J."

Date: 1893

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

First Grand Jury Called After 1899

Postcard of the first grand jury called after the Hallettsville Courthouse was completed in 1899. The members of the jury are posing in front of the courthouse. They are not named. On the back is written "1st Grand Jury after Present Ct. House built."

Date: 1899

Partner: Friench Simpson Memorial Library

Pre-stamped postcard from Bering-Cortes Hardware Co.

Date: November 9, 1899

Partner: Fort Bend Museum

Community Hall

Postcard of exterior of the Danevang community hall. Five cars are parked outside, within the confines of a small chicken wire fence. A small secondary, adjacent, single-story structure lies just to the right of the community hall. There are a series of three tombstones a few feet from each other in front of the building. On the back of the postcard, hand-written text in blue ink reads, " No 10 from Helga Thyssen for archives".

Date: 1894/1950

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Four Danevang Homes

Postcard of a composite image of four homes belonging to the Danevang family. They are all two-story structures but vary in architectural details, number of windows, construction materials, and landscape elements. The two on top look to be more suburban in setting, while the two on the bottom appear to be located in a rural environment. There is no addressee on the back of the postcard, but various notes have been written on it. Rough, black patches of paper remain from wherever it was torn out… more

Date: 1895/1995

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Hans Nickolas Hansen

Bust portrait postcard of a man identified as Hans Nickolas (Nicole) Hansen. He is in front of a light-colored backdrop wearing a bow tie and suit jacket over a light-colored shirt. Because of a probable mistake in the way the postcard was developed, there is a large black mass that covers the bottom part of the image. On the back, the postcard has been addressed to "Mrs. Gertrude Hansen" at "D & R, El Campo, Texas 77437 63-4330 C."

Date: 1890/1900

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Postcard from Ora Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout, July 23, 1891]

Postcard from Ora Osterhout to her father, John Patterson Osterhout, discussing what she has been doing in Fort Worth, Texas. On the back, it is addressed to Mr. J. P. Osterhout in Belton, Bell Co., Texas, and it is postmarked Fort Worth, Texas, July 23, 1891.

Date: July 23, 1891

Creator: Osterhout, Ora

Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center

[Postcard from J. K. Dodd to C. B. Moore, March 22, 1890]

He will be leaving Monday evening if the weather cooperates. He will have to stay at Gainsville. He will telegraph when they leave and Florence is still not doing well.

Date: March 22, 1890

Creator: Dodd, J. K.