City Hall

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Postcard with a colorized image of City Hall in Taylor Texas, viewed from a corer to show the front and one side. It is a two-story building with classic-style architecture and a tower above the entrance. Correspondence on the back says: "Taylor Sept. 34 - 1915. Dear Laura! I'm now in Taylor I came home two weeks agoe [sic] was in Round Rock too but you was not there. I'm been [...] on the country and came home today best regards from Mrs. Sandstrom"

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1 postcard : color ; 9 x 14 cm.

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Sandstrom, Mrs. September 24, 1916.

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This postcard is part of the collection entitled: Are We There Yet? Transportation in Central Texas and was provided by the Taylor Public Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 48 times. More information about this postcard can be viewed below.

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Postcard with a colorized image of City Hall in Taylor Texas, viewed from a corer to show the front and one side. It is a two-story building with classic-style architecture and a tower above the entrance. Correspondence on the back says: "Taylor Sept. 34 - 1915. Dear Laura! I'm now in Taylor I came home two weeks agoe [sic] was in Round Rock too but you was not there. I'm been [...] on the country and came home today best regards from Mrs. Sandstrom"

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1 postcard : color ; 9 x 14 cm.

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Historical context: This City Hall was built in 1905 and demolished in 1935.

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Are We There Yet? Transportation in Central Texas

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  • September 24, 1916

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Sandstrom, Mrs. City Hall, postcard, September 24, 1916; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth145841/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Taylor Public Library.

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