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Rockefeller Hall, Bishop College, Marshall, Texas, 6-J-64

Description: Black and white photo-postcard of Rockefeller Hall of Bishop College, Marshall, Texas. The three-story brick building has a gambrel roof with a row of nine small dormers with round-arched windows on the roof. Two exterior staircases across the facade leading from the front porch to the dormers was probably a later addition for fire safety. A drainpipe from the roof gutter is visible on the left part of the facade. A tree and bushes are in the foreground, as well as a telephone pole. At the bott… more
Date: 194X
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Saint Marie's Academy, Marshall, Texas]

Description: Color tinted halftone postcard from around 1911 showing St. Mary's Academy, Marshall, Texas. The view shows a side entrance facing the street and part of the main entrance on the left. It is a three-story brick building on a raised basement of stone. Printed on the top of the image in black is the title, "St. Marie's [sic] Academy, Marshall, Texas." The postmark on the back of the card is dated Dec. 21, 1911, and the card is addressed to Mrs. Ida Swartz in Reading, Pa. Printed on the left edge… more
Date: December 21, 1911
Creator: Townsend, Mrs. [?]
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Postcard of Noonday Tabernacle, Noonday Holiness Camp, Near Hallsville, Texas]

Description: Color halftone postcard showing the Noonday Tabernacle. located four miles north of Hallsville, Texas. The view shows an open air pavilion with a large hipped roof, supported by posts with trusses around the outer edge. Wood benches can be seen within the space. Trees surround it, and the bottom sections of their trunks are painted white to make them more visible to drivers at night. A dirt road curves toward the tabernacle and part of a parked car can be seen on the right. According to the cap… more
Date: 196X
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Postcard of Young Women Standing by Canoes and Swimming at Camp Fern near Marshall, Texas]

Description: Color halftone postcard showing young women at a lake at Camp Fern, near Marshall, Texas. On the shore in the foreground are five canoes turned upside down with two young women leaning against them. A wooden pier with a diving board at one end extends from the shore. One person is on the diving board and five others are standing or sitting on the pier. A floating platform is further out on the lake. Trees are in the background. There is no postmark or message on the back of the card. Printed o… more
Date: 195X
Creator: O'Brien, Helen
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Postcard of Marshall Mill & Elevator Co., Marshall, Texas]

Description: Black and white halftone postcard showing the Marshall Mill & Elevator Co., Texas. One side of the card was completely blank for the message and the other side was divided in half, with the image of the mill on the left half and the address space on the right half. Th view shows the grain elevator in the background with lower industrial buildings in front of it and train cars and railroad tracks running parallel to the buildings. Printed above the image is: "Home of 'A-Corn' Feeds." Printed be… more
Date: November 27, 1944
Creator: Tatum, Mrs. C. G.
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Postcard of the Gables Restaurant, Marshall, Texas]

Description: Color halftone postcard of the Gables Cafe, Marshall, Texas, probably from the 1960s. The one-story side-gable building consists of a central red-brick cottage with a small cross-gable entrance and white wood-siding additions on both sides. A large rectangular sign supported by two posts in front of the entrance says "The Gables Restaurant." It has fluorescent bulbs for illumination at night. A metal structure on the roof supports lighted letters spelling "The Gables Cafe." A few automobiles a… more
Date: 196X
Creator: Davis, L. T.
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[School baseball team, 1915]

Description: Group photograph of an elementary school baseball team and their teacher seated on the steps of the school. The nine boys are wearing their school clothes, but a few appear to wear athletic shoes. They each have a mitt and two hold bats. The female teacher sits beside the boys, wearing high button shoes, and holds a baseball in her hands. Part of a bicycle is visible in the background. Written below the second boy from the right is the name Sims, Jr., 1915. Written on the back of the board are … more
Date: 1915
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[School Children in Front of Unidentified School]

Description: Group photograph of students posed standing in two rows in front of a school building. Four windows and part of an arched window are visible. Nineteen girls wearing checked pinafores are in the first row. The boys are in the scond row, most of whom wear ties. The teacher, Mrs. Johnnie Davis McCutchan, stands in the middle of the back row wearing a coat with fur collar. Most of the girls have bobbed hair.
Date: 192X
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Scene on Cold Water Creek, Marshall, Texas

Description: Color tinted halftone postcard showing ice and snow on Cold Water Creek, Marshall, Texas. The creek is in the foreground and ice covers the bushes and trees along its banks. Printed on the top of the image is the title, "Scene on Cold Water Creek, Marshall, Texas" and the code 12242. Printed on the back to the left of the message section is the Curt Teich logo of the intertwined letters C T and Co, with Chicago beneath. The postmark on the back is dated Mar 15, 1911, and the card is addressed … more
Date: March 15, 1911
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Shady Bridle Paths, Camp Fern, Marshall, Texas

Description: Black and white halftone postcard showing a bridle path in the woods at Camp Fern, near Marshall, Texas. Six riders on their horses are on the path. Printed on the bottom of the image is the title, "Shady Bridle Paths. Camp Fern. Marshall, Tex." There is no postmark or message on the back of the card. Printed between the message and address sections: "Artvue Post Card Co., 225 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y."
Date: 193X
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Scarborough Chapel, East Texas Baptist College, Marshall, Texas

Description: Black and white photo-postcard of the Scarborough Chapel, East Texas Baptist College, in Marshall, Texas, taken in the late 1940s or early 1950s. The chapel opened in 1948. The building housed both the chapel and the music department. The two-story brick building with raised basement has stained glass windows and steps leading up to the main entrance doors. Tree branches frame the view of the building. An automobile is parked under a tree at the bottom right of the image. At the bottom of the … more
Date: [1948..1955]
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Fly'N Fish, Beers Field - Caddo Lake, 4800 Ft. N. S. Hard Surfaced

Description: Color halftone postcard showing the Fly 'N Fish motel and airport on Caddo Lake, near Marshall, Texas. Two small planes are parked on the runway in front of the motel. One-story wings for the rooms extend on either side of a two-story height front-gable building that housed a dining room and dance floor. Printed on the top of the image: "The Fly 'N Fish, Beers Field - Caddo Lake, 4800 Ft., N. S. Hard Surfaced." Printed between the message and address sections is: "Pub. by Brogan Adv. Co., Tyler… more
Date: April 6, 1956
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Four Generations, Dykes, McAllisters, and McCutchans]

Description: Photographic portrait of four adults and two children. Standing left to right are Clinton Dyke and Mary McAllister McCutchan, seated on left is Sarah Dyke holding her great grandson Marion Sims McCutchan Jr., seated on right is Katie McAllister holding her grandson Lewis McCutchan. Later inscription in ink on back reads: "4 generations, L to R standing Uncle Clinton, Mother (Mary), seated Great Grandmother Dyke holding Sims McCutchan Jr., Grandmother McAllister holding Lewis McCutchan." The pho… more
Date: 1905
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

The Gables - Marshall, Texas

Description: Color halftone postcard printed on linen style paper of the Gables Cafe, Marshall, Texas, probably from the late 1930s or early 1940s. The one-story side-gable building has a small cross-gable entrance and an addition on the left side. A tall sign mounted on a single pole says "Gables Cafe." A shorter sign to its right is shaped like a woman wearing a long skirt holding one arm out, and the word "cafe" is legible on her apron. Printed on the sky part of the image is the title, "The Gables -- Ma… more
Date: [1935..1945]
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

First Presbyterian Church, Marshall, Tex.

Description: Color tinted halftone postcard of the First Presbyterian Church, located at 310 N. Fulton St., in Marshall, Texas, photographed around 1907. The main building was constructed in 1884 in an English Arts and Crafts parish church style. The main gable-roofed structure has a picturesque tower entrance porch projecting on the right. Decorative shingles can be seen on the mid-level of the entrance tower and in the ends of the gables, and turned wood elements decorate the entrance porch. Bushes and tr… more
Date: July 18, 1908
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

First Presbyterian Church, Marshall, Tex., M 600

Description: Black and white photo-postcard of the First Presbyterian Church in Marshall, Texas, taken sometime in the 1950s. The main building was constructed in 1884 in an English Arts and Crafts parish church style. The main gable-roofed structure has a picturesque tower entrance porch projecting on the right. Decorative shingles can be seen on the mid-level of the entrance tower and in the ends of the gables, and turned wood elements decorate the entrance porch. Bushes and trees surround the building. … more
Date: 195X
Creator: L. L. Cook Co.
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[First Methodist Church, Marshall, Texas]

Description: Color halftone postcard of the First United Methodist Church, located at 300 East Houston St., in Marshall, Texas, photographed in the 1950s. The main building was constructed in 1861. It is a front gable brick masonry structure in a Greek revival stye with a bell tower and steeple on top of the front gable. The entrance porch has four tapered square brick columns surmounted by a pediment. The photograph was taken after 1949 when there were renovations and an addition to the east of the buildin… more
Date: 195X
Creator: O'Brien, Helen
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

First Presbyterian Church and Chapel, Marshall, Texas, 6-J-7

Description: Black and white photo-postcard of the First Presbyterian Church in Marshall, Texas, taken sometime in the 1940s. The main building was constructed in 1884 in an English Arts and Crafts parish church style. The main gable-roofed structure has a picturesque tower entrance porch projecting on the right. Decorative shingles can be seen on the mid-level of the entrance tower and in the ends of the gables, and turned wood elements decorate the entrance porch. Bushes and trees surround the building. … more
Date: 194X
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Marshall, Texas, 6-J-8

Description: Black and white photo-postcard of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, located at 414 N. Washington Ave., in Marshall, Texas, taken sometime in the 1940s. The view is taken from the northwest and shows the facade and the north side of the building. The two-story brick building with raised basement has entrances on either side of a central section with a front facing gable roof crowned by a cross. Stairs lead to each entry on the main level. The central portion has stained-glass center-pivot wind… more
Date: 194X
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Driskell Hotel, Rosborough Springs, Marshall, Texas

Description: Color halftone postcard showing the Driskell Hotel, Rosborough Springs near Marshall, Texas. The two-story hotel has a central section of five bays with a one-story front porch across it. Two wings extend on both sides. A grassy lawn with trees is in the foreground, with benches built around the bases and near some of the trees, and a drive curves from the left to the hotel entrance, with one automobile parked by the entrance. Printed in the border below the image is the title, "Driskell Hotel… more
Date: 192X
Creator: Curt Teich & Co.
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Cypress Trees and Lily Pads on Caddo Lake]

Description: Color halftone postcard showing a view of Caddo Lake taken from the Caddo Lake State Park pier. Lily pads are in the foreground with cypress trees growing in the water behind them. There is no postmark or message on the back of the card. Printed on the back at the end of the image caption: "Anscochrome by Tom Belch. Printed between the message and address sections: "Pub. by Tom E. Belch, 1801 West St., Longview, Tex. Made by Dexter, West Nyack, N.Y."
Date: 196X
Creator: Belch, Tom E.
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

Dining Hall, Camp Fern, Marshall, Texas

Description: Black and white halftone postcard showing the dining hall at Camp Fern, near Marshall, Texas. The one story building constructed of logs with a shingle gable roof stands among pine trees. Printed on the bottom of the image is the title, "Dining Hall, Camp Fern. Marshall, Tex." There is no postmark or message on the back of the card, but it has been rubber stamped with the date Jun 27, 1936. Printed between the message and address sections: "Artvue Post Card Co., 225 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y." more
Date: 1936
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[College of Marshall Main Building Viewed from the Bottom of the Front Steps]

Description: Photograph of the main building, now called Marshall Hall, of the College of Marshall. The photograph was taken from an angle below the front steps, with trees framing the view. The hood of a parked automobile is visible in the lower left. The College of Marshall, founded in 1914, was a Baptist institution, and is now East Texas Baptist University. Marshall Hall was built in 1916.
Date: unknown
Creator: McCutchan, Kenneth, 1912-1972
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum
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