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[Postcard of the Sealy Residence]

Description: Postcard of George Sealy's mansion taken from outside the front gate. Text Text on the upper left-hand margin reads: "*Where Mr Joe Wren lives." Text toward the bottom of the photograph reads "Sealy Residence, 25th & Broadway. Galveston." Text on the bottom margin reads "Please take note that there is a 'sidewalk' here, not steps. Many thanks for the postals." Text on the right margin reads "Give my best to tall. S.C.F. 11-30-08." Text on the back of the card reads "It's 'a good thing,' I was n… more
Date: November 30, 1908
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 29.299709 -94.794186
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Directory of the City of Galveston 1921

Description: Directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the text contains "Miscellaneous Directory of State, County and City Governments, Postoffices in Texas, Educational Institutions, Churches, Secret and Benevolent Societies, Etc., a Street Guide and Householders' Directory, an Alphabetically Arranged List of Business Houses and Private Citizens, Giving Full Names, Occupation or Purs… more
Date: 1921
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Rosenberg Library

Directory of the City of Galveston 1924-1925

Description: Directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the text contains "a Miscellaneous Directory of State, County an City Governments, Postoffices in Texas, Educational Institutions, Churches, Secret and Benevolent Societies, Etc., a Street Guide and Householders' Directory, an Alphabetically Arranged List of Business Houses and Private Citizens, Giving Full Names, Occupation or Pur… more
Date: 1924/1925
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Rosenberg Library

Directory of the City of Galveston 1923

Description: Directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the text contains "a Miscellaneous Directory of State, County, and City Governments, Postoffices in Texas, Educational Institutions, Churches, Secret and Benevolent Societies, Etc., a Street Guide, and Householders' Directory, an Alphabetically Arranged List of Business Houses and Private Citizens, Giving Full Names, Occupation or … more
Date: 1923
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Postcard of Electric Park at Night]

Description: Postcard of Electric Park lit up a night. Several rides, including the carousel, are visible. Text on the left side of the front of the card reads "The Scene of that 'Eventful" (?) night. Do you remember it?" The card is addressed to Miss Josephine Forsgard of Houston, Texas. Text on the bottom right of the card reads "Galveston Trube Photo"
Date: September 20, 1906
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 29.290040 -94.789104
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of First Presbyterian Church in Galveston]

Description: Postcard of First Presbyterian Church in Galveston. Two cars and a horse and buggy are parked alongside the church's front and right side. Text written in the bottom and left-hand margin reads "I actually saw the inside of one of these kind of buildings while in Houston- Sunday- was I awake? S.C.F." The card is addressed to Miss Ellen Forsgard of Waco, Texas.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 29.304648 -94.788583
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of the Breakers Bath House]

Description: Postcard of the Breakers bath house in Galveston taken from Seawall Boulevard. Text towards the bottom of the photograph reads "This is not "Bates Specialty." with an arrow pointing toward a car parked along the boulevard. Text on the bottom margin of the front of the card reads "This is where I took Uncle Gus to see the seawall. -Shirley" Text on the right margin reads "love to all." The card is addressed to Miss Annie Forsgard of Waco.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 29.280044 -94.803094
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[House at 1721 Avenue L]

Description: Photograph of the front of a white, front-gabled house that has a raised main story with a flight of stairs at the center of the building. There is a porch that stretches across the entire front bordered by a plain slatted railing, that has red-brick columns on either end and brick topped with tapered wooden columns on either side of the stairs. The gable end has plain wooden siding and decorative brackets under the eaves; there is a sign above the stairs that has horses on either side of the… more
Date: 1993
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.299821 -94.785332
Partner: City of Galveston Development Services

[Street-View of Galveston Buildings]

Description: Photograph looking southwest down The Strand toward the intersection at Moody Avenue. Near the center of the image, a four-story white building with blue trim is on the opposite corner of the intersection and has the text "Commerce Building" along the top. Other buildings are partially visible along the sides and at the end of the street. On the right side of the image there is a parking lot lined with trees and people are seated on benches along the sidewalk and walking along the street; oth… more
Date: June 1983
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.307826 -94.791641
Partner: German-Texan Heritage Society

[Southwest Corner of Hendley Market]

Description: Photograph of faded red brick building recognized as Hendley Market in Galveston, Texas. This building features concrete columns at the base of the photograph along with concrete inlaid as decoration throughout the building’s façade. An American flag wrapped around a pole, an unfurled Texas flag, and an unknown red-and-white sign hang near the second floor of the building. A white sign with black text that reads, “Hendley Market” hangs above a set of doors on the first floor.
Date: June 1983
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.307994 -94.791443
Partner: German-Texan Heritage Society

[Hendley Market in Galveston, Texas]

Description: Photograph of faded red brick building recognized as Hendley Market in Galveston, Texas. This building features concrete columns at the base of the photograph along with concrete inlaid as decoration throughout the building’s façade. An American flag wrapped around a pole, an unfurled Texas flag, and an unknown red-and-white sign hang near the second floor of the building. A white sign with black text that reads, “Hendley Market” hangs above a set of doors on the first floor. The asphalt street… more
Date: June 1983
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 29.307976 -94.791263
Partner: German-Texan Heritage Society
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