T. B. Willis Collection - 30 Matching Results

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[The Alamo]

Postcard image of the front facade of the Alamo mission. connected to a portion of another building at left. Printed text below says, "The Alamo, built 1718, San Antonio, Texas." Handwritten text on back is addressed to Mr. W. L. Tucker from Weatherford, Texas without any additional correspondence.

Date: 1906

Location: 29.425758 -98.486352

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Alamo Old Courtyard]

Postcard image of the Alamo and the old courtyard in San Antonio, Texas. Text on back reads "Built in 1718 by Franciscan Friars who came over from Spain and established a chain of missions in which to educate the Indians".

Date: unknown

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Alamo Plaza]

Postcard image of a park with a number of buildings lining the street on the far side, with printed text below the image: "San Antonio, Tex. Alamo Plaza, Looking North." Carriages with passengers are in the foreground on the cobbled streets of the plaza. Handwritten text on back is addressed to Mr. W. L. Tucker from Weatherford, Texas with no additional correspondence.

Date: July 1906

Location: 29.424491 -98.486635

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Block Five of Mission Burial Park]

Postcard image of block five within the Mission Burial Park in San Antonio, Texas. In the image grave markers are visible with trees lining the background. Gravel streets lend into walkways between the burial blocks.

Date: unknown

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Camp Travis]

Postcard image of an army officer reading to the young men of Camp Travis in San Antonio, Texas. Text on the bottom of the image reads "Officer giving the boys the guard manual in front of the barracks". These men are sitting on the ground, in front of their officer who is sitting above them in a chair. Behind the men is one of the housing barracks.

Date: unknown

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Central Christian Church in San Antonio, Tx]

Postcard image of Central Christian Church in San Antonio, Texas. The tan colored church is built with stained glass windows on the front side where white columns are also visible. The church steeples are colored green as well as the church domed center. Handwritten text on the back addresses Miss Ruth Cooper of Dallas, Texas.

Date: 1909

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle]

Postcard of the quadrangle at Fort Sam Houston. At center right is a large stone clock tower, with a shorter water tower to its left. Small buildings with red roofs are along the bottom of the bell tower. At bottom left is a rectangular reflecting pool with a patch of plants in the center and a shaded bench to its left. Details about the quadrangle are written as notes on the other side of the postcard.

Date: unknown

Location: 29.444517 -98.462353

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Gibbs Building]

Postcard image of the Gibbs Building in San Antonio, Texas. In this image the Gibbs Building is from a corner view with automobiles in the street of the front entrance. To the left this is more buildings with 3 being on the small side and one large. On the side of the Gibbs Building striped awnings are visible.

Date: unknown

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Gunter Hotel]

Postcard image of the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas from the corner view. The hotel has multiple floors with the entrance floor being covered by awnings. Street lamps line the corner for cars and pedestrians. In front of the hotel image a street car is visible with pedestrians next to it. On top of the hotel two American flags are stationed.

Date: unknown

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Hangar Row at Randolph Field]

Postcard of "a state hangar line" in Randolph Field, San Antonio. Depicted is a large field of biplanes next to checkerboard-roofed hangars. Several wide buildings are located perpendicular to paved roads next to the hangars.

Date: [1931..]

Location: 29.538275 -98.275321

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Headquarters, 2nd Co. B.]

Postcard of several tents with cots underneath them and a message written with small rocks that reads "Headquarters 2nd Co. B. [...] with desert plants in the foreground.

Date: June 25, 1917

Creator: Sholin

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Hospital Ward]

Postcard image of the side and front of a hospital ward in San Antonio, Texas, taken from a street corner. There trees and bushes lining the front of the building, around the entrance, and to the right of the building, there is a tree with no leaves with a bench under the tree.

Date: unknown

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Lee Surgical Hospital]

Postcard image of the Lee Surgical Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. In the image the white colored hospital is two stories with two porches where nurses are standing. In the corner of the the building a horse-drawn carriage is stationed.

Date: unknown

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Portrait of Wallace Carvell in Uniform]

Postcard of Wallace Carvell, a World War I soldier, in uniform. He stands straight with his chin raised in front of an Alamo backdrop.

Date: unknown

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Post Office in San Antonio]

Postcard image of Romanesque style Post Office in San Antonio, Texas. The large post office is gray in color with rounded windows. Carriages are visible on the street outside of the post office.

Date: unknown

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard Of "A Message for the Enemy"

Postcard image of soldiers positioned behind cannons. Text on the top of the postcard read "a message for the enemy".

Date: unknown

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Albert's Buckhorn Saloon]

Postcard of the "wild and domestic sheep and goat heads to be seen at Albert's Buckhorn Saloon, San Antonio, Texas" as an inscription at the bottom of the card states. The photograph on the front of the card features a number of taxidermy animal heads mounted on a beige background. The back of the card advertises "12 different Post Cards of this famous establishment."

Date: 1915

Location: 29.426205 -98.488951

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Buffalo at Brackenridge Park]

Postcard of buffalo grazing in a field at Brackenridge Park in San Antonio, Texas. The postcard is addressed to Annie Wiggers in Temple, Texas.

Date: May 1907

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Medina Dam]

Postcard of workers in the quarries used to build Medina Dam. Text on the back of the card reads "Showing Quarries from which rock is taken for making concrete for the dam More than 2500 laborers are at work in this project. Dam is located in left of picture in Distance." The card is addressed to Mr & Mrs. Harry Morland.

Date: March 9, 1921

Location: 29.539200 -98.933347

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Mexican Wood Venders]

Postcard of two men wearing sombreros and standing next to donkeys with logs tied to their backs, with several buildings in the background. A note on the photo says "Mexican Wood Venders, San Antonio, Tex."

Date: unknown

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Sunken Garden in San Antonio, Texas]

Postcard of a large garden with paths and ponds, with an ornate building above one of the ponds. A note on the postcard names the place as Sunken Garden in San Antonio, Texas.

Date: unknown

Location: 29.461203 -98.476975

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of the Alamo]

Postcard of the Alamo in San Antonio. Text on the back of the card reads "The Alamo, built in 1718, is aptly called the "cradle of Texas Liberty." for it was here that on March 6, 18536, Travis, Bowie, Crockett, and 170 unsung heroes gave their lives for Texas liberty. Before the Battle of the Alamo, Commander Travis drew a line and told those who wished to try to escape what was apparently certain death, to step across the line, but not a man crossed the line. The Alamo today is the shrine of … more

Date: unknown

Location: 29.425967 -98.486142

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard Picturing a Soldier]

Postcard with a portrait of a man in white who appears to be a soldier. Text on the back reads: " In D.F. Draper estate photos ".

Date: unknown

Creator: Modern Studio

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard Picturing D. F. Draper]

Postcard with a front view photograph of a World War One soldier named Daniel Franklin Draper at Camp Travis.

Date: unknown

Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

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