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[Postcard of a Mural Inside the Service Club]

Description: Postcard of a mural located inside the Service Club at Camp Hulen. The mural shows a group of soldiers sitting around a table with a large patriotic display behind them.
Date: 1941
Partner: Palacios Area Historical Association

[Postcard of Soldiers Marching by the Capitol Theater]

Description: Postcard of troops from the 203rd Coast Artillery marching down a street in front of the Capitol Theater. All of the troops are carrying their rifles on the right shoulders and are dressed in uniforms.
Date: January 15, 1941
Partner: Palacios Area Historical Association

[Postcard of the 197th N.H. Coast Artillery]

Description: Postcard showing the 197th New Hampshire Coast Artillery gathered at Camp Hulen for a mail call. Most of the soldiers are wearing their uniforms and they are gathered in front of the personnel tents.
Date: January 28, 1941
Partner: Palacios Area Historical Association

[Postcard of Bern, Switzerland Clock Tower (Zytglogge)]

Description: Postcard of the clock tower (Zytglogge) in Bern, Switzerland. Typed text on the back of the postcard says "Bern, Zeitglockensturm, Détail. Berne, La tour de l'horloge, détail." A handwritten note on the back of the postcard describes the functions of the clock: "The circle tells the hour. The ring with zodiac tells the phase of moon etc. Small sun is phase of sun (at III). 2 min. before hour - 1. Cock flaps wings and crows, 2. Joker rings hour in bells, 3. Bottom figures go around (changing of … more
Date: [1941..1945]
Location: 46.947965 7.447885
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Hotel Beaumont]

Description: Postcard of the exterior and interior of Hotel Beaumont on the corner of Orleans Street and Fannin Street. On the left side is a picture of the exterior of the hotel with signs that say "Hotel Beaumont" and four automobiles on the street. On the right side of the postcard is the interior of the hotel with furniture. The Hotel Beaumont was opened to the public on Tuesday, August 8, 1922. It was 11 stories tall with 250 rooms and built in the Mediterranean Revival architectural style. Printed on … more
Date: February 11, 1941
Creator: Curteich & Co
Partner: Tyrrell Historical Library

Glover-Crim Building

Description: Illustrated postcard of the Glover-Crim Building in Longview, Texas, as noted on the front of the postcard. There are other businesses surrounding the building (a drug store and a clothing store), and there are four cars parked along the street.
Date: 1941
Creator: Curteich
Partner: Longview Public Library

[Postcard of Hotel Cherokee and Coffee Shop]

Description: Postcard of a red building superimposed over scenes from the lobby with a Native American in the corner, further described as "Hotel Cherokee Cleveland Tennessee This modern, beautiful, and Fireproof Hotel offers to a discriminating public that service and comfort that they are accustomed to in the metropolitan centers."
Date: September 28, 1941
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Church Home and Infirmary in Baltimore]

Description: Postcard of a large brick complex with a blue roof, described as "The Church Home and Infirmary of the City of Baltimore, MD." The letter on the back is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Mrs Jeardel E. Jeard 1906 McFaddin Beaumont, Texas."
Date: July 6, 1941
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Parade Grounds]

Description: Postcard with a painting of soldiers marching on the parade grounds at Camp Barkeley in Abilene, Texas.
Date: [1941..1942]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Postcard of The Tutwiler]

Description: Postcard of a multistory brick building with white accents, described further as "The Tutwiler, Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham's largest and finest 450 rooms - 450 baths One of the Dinkler Hotels Dispensers of True Southern Hospitality." The message on the back reads, "Mathew and I had lunch at this hotel Sept. 29th 1941 and make from Baltimore Md. to Beaumont, Texas in Mathew's Packard car with Leonard (Chauffeur) driving - a hot day."
Date: September 29, 1941
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Paul Lack]

Description: Postcard of a man tentatively identified as Paul Lack. Sitting with his arms crossed, he wears a baseball cap and a canvas button-down shirt.
Date: [1941..1945]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Camp Barkeley Barracks]

Description: Postcard of the barracks area of the Armed Service Forces Training Center at Camp Barkeley in Abilene, Texas.
Date: [1941..1945]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Postcard to Mrs. E. Lasker, August 27, 1941]

Description: Postcard to Mrs. E. Lasker, discussing the sender's sickness. The front of the postcard features a colored illustration of the front of a white, two-story plantation-style house with a red roof and green window shutters. There are several trees of varying size lining the front of the building, and there is an automobile parked in the large front drive.
Date: August 27, 1941
Location: 32.721270 -97.337916
Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library

[Street in Schwabmünchen]

Description: Postcard showing a street in Schwabmünchen, Germany, seen through an archway. There are buildings on both sides of the street.
Date: [1941..1945]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Postcard of Grand Hôtel du Lac]

Description: Postcard of the Grand Hôtel du Lac in Vevey, Switzerland, with a Swiss flag flying from the roof. Typed text on the photo says "Vevey, Grand Hôtel du Lac."
Date: [1941..1945]
Location: 46.457254 6.852199
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Postcard of Vevey, Switzerland

Description: Postcard of Vevey, Switzerland on the banks of Lac Léman, with small boats in the lake and buildings on the shore, and a mountain in the background. Typed text on the front of the postcard says "Vevey, Nouveau Quai."
Date: [1941..1945]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Pictures of Germany]

Description: Postcard with five photos of significant places in Germany. Four of them show buildings and road, and the fifth shows a statue of a man on top of a monument. An illegible note is written on the back of the postcard.
Date: [1941..1945]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Postcard of Rhododendron in West Virginia Hills]

Description: Postcard of Rhododendrons, the West Virginia state flower, growing on green hills. A handwritten note addressed to Miss Hellen Aten says "Hello. Haveing a fine time much warmer down here we are close to 700 mile from home. Marie K."
Date: August 1941
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Postcard of Basel Marketplace and Town Hall]

Description: Postcard with woodcut print of the marketplace and town hall in Basel, Switzerland. Text on the print says "Das Rathaus," and typed text below says "Basle, golden Gate of Switzerland. Basle, Marketplace and townhall."
Date: [1941..1945]
Location: 47.558535 7.587374
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Recreation Building]

Description: Postcard of the Red Cross recreation building at Camp Barkeley in Abilene, Texas. Several cars are parked in front of the building.
Date: [1941..1945]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Station Hospital]

Description: Postcard of the road outside the station hospital at Camp Barkeley. A car drives away in the distance, and the hospital building is visible to the right.
Date: [1941..1945]
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Postcard of Palace of Nations]

Description: Postcard of the main facade of the Palace of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. Typed text on the front of the postcard says "S.d.N. - Façade principale et terrasses. L.o.N. - The Main Facade and the Terraces," and text on the back says "Façade principale, au fond à gauche, bâtiment du Conseil."
Date: [1941..1945]
Location: 46.226857 6.141994
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum
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