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[Anson Mills Building]

Description: Postcard of the Anson Mills Building. The Anson Mills Building is a historic building located at 303 North Oregon Street in El Paso, Texas. The building stands on the original site of the 1832 Ponce de León ranch. Anson Mills hired Henry C. Trost of the Trost and Trost architectural firm to design and construct the building. At the time, Henry C. Trost was the area's foremost pioneer in the use of reinforced concrete in building design. Built in 1910-1911, the building was only the second conc… more
Date: July 7, 1915
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Postcard Showing the Fire Station No. 1 in Fort Wayne, Indiana]

Description: Postcard to George Pendexter with a picture showing fire station number 1 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In front of the station there is a large machine used to fight fires being pulled by two horses; four men are sitting on top of the machine.
Date: July 1909
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of Fire Fighters Driving to a Fire]

Description: Postcard of the Providence Fire Department riding a horse-drawn fire engine to a fire, moving diagonally towards the foreground. Two fire fighters are at the front of the vehicle, seven are standing on its side, and one is on the ladder at the back. The sender has left a handwritten note at the back of the postcard; it says, "Please pardon delay due to not having the kind you desire on hand. I like hospitals, monuments, and light horses, best of all - then anything interesting or pleasing to lo… more
Date: July 3, 1912
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard Series, Part 1: Sensation]

Description: Postcard one of a set of six entitled "Sensation" with a photograph of a man reaching for a woman's umbrella. The note on the back of the card reads: "Dear Harry. Before your fran had been here twenty four hours she started killing flies and broke my cream pitcher..."
Date: July 11, 1910
Creator: Collins, Rose
Partner: Private Collection of Margay Welch

[Postcard of Monmorency in Quebec]

Description: Postcard of a two story estate with a fenced walkway on the second floor wrapping fully around the house. Three people are walking near the supporting columns. A fountain spills water over its expanding levels. A note reads, "Quebec - Falls of Monmorency, former Residence of the Duke of Kent, father of the late Queen Victoria." The statement is repeated in French. The letter on the back of the postcard is illegible, and the postcard is addressed to "Miss M. McFaddin 1141 3rd Ave Huntington, W. … more
Date: July 8, 1908
Location: 46.888150 -71.150150
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Chateau Frontenac Courtyard in Quebec]

Description: Postcard of a circular dirt driveway where horse drawn buggies await residents of the chateau to board them. The chateau stands tall around the courtyard with green rooftops. It is located at 1 Rue des Carrières Québec,Qc G1R 4P5. Canada. The letter on the back of the postcard is illegible, and the postcard is addressed to "Miss M. McFaddin 1141 3rd Ave. Huntington, W. Va. U. S. A."
Date: July 8, 1908
Location: 46.811880 -71.205501
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postal Card from Willoughbys to Daniel W. Kempner, July 27, 1953]

Description: Postal card from Willoughbys to Daniel W. Kempner informing him that they could not make the type of prints that he wanted with the negatives he provided, so they have sent a different size and type of print instead.
Date: July 27, 1953
Creator: Willoughbys
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Card promoting Webb exhibit]

Description: A card to the McCords promoting Claudia Webb and Virginia Bath's exhibit in Evanston.
Date: July 31, 1954
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Postcard Showing the Causeway at Port Lavaca]

Description: Postcard showing the opening of the causeway at Port Lavaca. In the photograph there are multiple military trucks traveling in either direction on the bridge.
Date: July 14, 1944
Creator: Hill
Partner: Palacios Area Historical Association

[Postcard of Queen Alexandra]

Description: Postcard of a woman with curled brown hair, wearing a fur stole around her shoulders over a blue dress with a white collar. The postcard adds further information with "Her Most Gracious Majesty Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia, eldest daughter of H. M. King Christian IX of Denmark, Queen and Consort of H. M. King Edward VII. Born 1st December, 1844. Married fourth March 1863." The letter is illegible, and the postcard is addressed to "Miss M. McFaddin 1141 3rd Ave. Huntington, W.… more
Date: July 8, 1908
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Majestic Hotel and Bathhouse]

Description: Postcard of a street in Marlin, Texas, with two reddish stone buildings labelled "1. Torbett Sanatorium" on the left and "2. Majestic Hotel and Bath House" on the right. The image is an illustration and includes the street in front of the buildings with a car resembling a Model T. The correspondence is address to "Mrs. Z.G. Scott."
Date: July 20, 1911
Partner: Texas Medical Association

[First Methodist Church Temple]

Description: Postcard of a black and white photograph of First Methodist Church, a stone building with a tower and stained glass windows, with trees in front of it and a colorized pink and blue sky in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "First Methodist Church, Temple, Tex." There is handwritten correspondence on the back of the postcard.
Date: July 29, 1909
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Compressing and Loading Cotton]

Description: Postcard of a colorized photograph of a boat loaded with cotton bales in a canal with several men standing in front of a cotton compressing and loading facility and a railway bridge in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Compressing and Loading Cotton, Houston, Texas."
Date: July 26, 1911
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of the Throne Room at Windsor Castle]

Description: Postcard of a white throne with red velvet seating. The wall is green and bears the royal crest in gold and white. The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin Pence Springs W. Va. to Pence Hotel."
Date: July 24, 1908
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Woman With White Laced Collar]

Description: Postcard of the profile of a woman with brown curled hair wearing a white dress with a lace collar. The note below the picture describes the postcard as "From Jamie." The back of the postcard addresses it to "Miss Mamie McFaddin 1141 Third Ave. Huntington, W. Va."
Date: July 8, 1901
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Berlin Fire Department]

Description: Postcard of German firemen in four auto fire engines. The line of automobiles is seen in front of a three-story brick building.
Date: July 1909
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of the Nave, the Interior of the Basillica in Quebec]

Description: Postcard of the interior of the basillica with rows of wooden pews reaching to the front of the worship hall. Chandeliers hang from the decorated ceiling. The letter on the back is illegible, and the postcard is addressed to "Miss M. McFaddin 1141 3rd Ave. Huntington, W. Va. U.S.A."
Date: July 8, 1908
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of the Law Courts and Fleet Street in London]

Description: Postcard of a street full of horse drawn carts, sidewalks and tall buildings on both sides. The postcard is addressed to "Master Caldwell McFaddin 1141 Third Ave Huntington, West Va."
Date: July 23, 1908
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Castle]

Description: Postcard of a two story estate with a green tiled roof and domes on each cornerstone tower. A rocky shore sits in the foreground. The message on the back is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Mrs. Mamie McFlvard 1906 McFaddin Beaumont, Texas, U. S. A."
Date: July 26, 1933
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Two Wooden Houses and a Woman]

Description: Postcard of two wooden houses with a woman standing between them on a dirt road. The message on the back is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Mrs. Carrol E. Ward 1906 McFadden Beaumont, Texas, U. S. A."
Date: July 26, 1933
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Hotel Velvet in Old Orchard]

Description: Postcard of a five story red building with yellow terraces, a clock tower and American flag flying from the roof. The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin Huntington W. Va. 1141 3rd Ave."
Date: July 16, 1908
Creator: Detroid Photographic Co.
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Pence Springs Hotel]

Description: Postcard of a three story building with a white porch and balcony, with two men standing on the roof, described as "Pence Springs Hotel, Pence Springs, W. Va. W. D. Paxton Manager." The message on the back is illegible.
Date: July 19, 1928
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum
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