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[Texas Prairie Schooner Painting]

Description: Postcard depicting a painting by Charles Hudson Cox (1829–1901) entitled "A Texas Prairie Schooner", depicting a covered wagon pulled by two horses on a large prairie field. Two individuals a woman and a child, are depicted in the interior of the wagon. Grass is speckled across the front of the photograph, and the sky is painted a hazy orange with faint blue clouds.
Date: [1901..]
Creator: Cox, Charles Hudson
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Old Waco City Hall and Austin Avenue]

Description: Photograph of the old Waco City Hall as viewed towards the north from Austin Avenue. The facade of the city hall is visible, with its large arch entrance, several arched windows, and tall center tower. Metal streetcar rails run along the right of the photograph, down the middle of Austin Avenue. Businesses line the far left and far right sides of the road, with pedestrians walking along sidewalks under awnings and carriages parked along the curbs.
Date: January 17, 1901
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Georgie Quinby Mapp to her sisters, Jessie and Henrietta Quinby, April 15, 1901]

Description: Letter from Georgianna Quinby Mapp to her sisters, Jesse and Henrietta Quinby. She writes that she is alone at her house while her husband is out at the circuit court in Northampton. She discusses at length her opinions on acquaintances and daily ongoings in town.
Date: April 15, 1901
Creator: Mapp, Georgianna Richardson Quinby
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
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