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[Postcard of the Scandinavian M. E. Church]

Description: Postcard of the Scandinavian Methodist Episcopal Church in Waco, Texas. The church is a light color building that has dark color trim and multiple stained glass windows. The postcard is addressed to Miss Ellen Anderson of Hutto, Texas.
Date: May 20, 1911
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[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

[John Sealy Hospital]

Description: Postcard of the John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, Texas. The image depicts a Romanesque Revival style building that is surrounded by small trees. The correspondence on the back is addressed to "Gordon Busch" and reads "Merry Christmas, with love, G.[A.G.]"
Date: 1911?-12-21
Partner: Texas Medical Association

[Spohn Sanitarium]

Description: Postcard of the Spohn Sanitarium. The image shows a large white, victorian style building surrounding by beach grass. The text printed on the front reads, "Spohn Sanitarium, Corpus Christi, Tex. Property of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word." The correspondence on the back is from a patient awaiting surgery, addressed to Angela Coons, and signed "Lilian"
Date: February 16, 1911
Partner: Texas Medical Association

[Entrance to Sam Houston Park]

Description: Postcard image of an entrance to the Sam Houston park in Houston, Texas. The entrance is marked by a large structure with signs attached reading "for whites only..", and "dogs positively prohibited". Within the park various plants, and other structures are visible. Outside the entrance three small boys are pictured around a tricycle. Handwritten text on back is addressed to Vivian Aunspaugh of Dallas, Texas.
Date: 1911
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[I. Siegal Portrait]

Description: Postcard image of I. Siegal seated in front of a winter background, wearing a dark-colored suit and holding a hat in his lap. Handwritten text below the image says "Waco, Tex. Januarie [sic] 7th 1911." and additional text addressed to Mr. M. Weidenfeld of New York City says, "Best regards to all. Your friend, I. Siegal."
Date: January 7, 1911
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Square, Marshall, Texas

Description: Color tinted halftone postcard showing the Harrison County courthouse square in Marshall, Texas, viewed from the northwest corner. Only part of the courthouse is visible on the right. Commercial buildings on the north side of the square are on the left with pedestrians walking in front of them. Wagons and mules are parked in the street, and a streetcar is in the middle distance. Printed in black in the upper left corner of the image is the title "Square, Marshall, Texas." There is no postmark … more
Date: 1911
Creator: Curt Teich & Co.
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum

[Academy of the Sacred Heart in Waco]

Description: Postcard of a colorized photograph of Waco's Academy of the Sacred Heart, a large, two-story red brick building with two rows of windows, with a row of trees in front of it. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Academy of the Sacred Heart, Chartered 1875, Waco, Texas." There is a handwritten letter on the back of the postcard.
Date: September 27, 1911
Creator: Isley, Eugene
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Waco Woollen Mills]

Description: Postcard image of the Waco Woollen Mills in Waco, Texas. In the image the large mill is made up of multiple buildings and smaller structures. Two smoke stacks are shown on one of the buildings in the right side of the image. The mill is surrounded by trees on all sides and in the right corner a freight train is visible. Handwritten text on the back is addressed to Mrs. J. A Miller.
Date: 1911
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard of Twelfth and Franklin Streets in Waco]

Description: Postcard showing people and buildings on Twelfth and Franklin Streets in Waco, Texas, with Austin Avenue Methodist Church visible on the left side of Twelfth Street. A handwritten note on the back of the card is addressed to Mrs. W.D. Barton in Ozona, Texas and says, "I guess you think I have forgotten you but I haven't. I am fine. I don't know when I will be thru. I like Waco fine. Go to Sunday School and Church every Sunday. We have about 500 members in Sunday School when I go. A Meeting has … more
Date: May 13, 1911
Creator: Cortes, Charley
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard from Hallie to Mrs. Joe Bigy - June 13, 1911]

Description: Postcard from Hallie to Mrs. Joe Bigy[?] in Coalgate, Oklahoma. Hallie writes about their home and beckons Mrs. B. to write back. The front of the postcard shows a collage of four places in Waco: in clockwise order from the top left, the New Exchange Hotel, its furnished lobby, its large dining room, and the Union Depot station.
Date: June 13, 1911
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Nimitz Family Scrapbook: Submarine Postcard]

Description: Postcard kept in Nimitz family photo collection. The postcard features unidentified men standing on unidentified submarine, possibly USS D-1. The shore can be seen in the background.
Date: 1911
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Nimitz Family Scrapbook: Submarine Postcard]

Description: Postcard kept in Nimitz family photograph collection. The postcard features unidentified men stand aboard an unidentified submarine, possibly USS D-2, as it expels water from its ballast tanks.
Date: 1911
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Grace Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas]

Description: Postcard image of Grace Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas. In the image the church is built with early Gothic styles with spires, stained glass windows, and pointed archways. The church was designed by William A. Cann of St. Louis.
Date: 1911
Creator: Cann, William A.
Location: None
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Postcard to E. D. Merrill - August 6, 1911]

Description: Postcard to E. D. Merrill in Big Spring discussing visiting an unspecified female friend. The front of the postcard portraits a lively scene with two men dancing with each other, a band of musicians with two fiddlers and a guitarist (identified as Paul), another crowd of men watching from behind the musicians, and a woman holding a baby (Nellie holding Henley).
Date: August 6, 1911
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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