Along the Road in Bee County Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Along the Road in Bee County

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Postcard of a scene showing the area "Along the Highway Near Beeville, Texas" as printed at the bottom of the postcard. Note the electrical lines along the road. Beeville first connected with the outside world by telegraph on July 20, 1885, when the first telegraph office opened on the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad, even before the tracks were completed. Later, in 1891, Wright Van Meter set telephone poles along the Beeville-Refugio Road to Quincy’s Land and Colonization Company. Before 1900, Beeville had two telephone companies, the Southwestern Telephone and Telegraph Company and Eureka Telephone Company. Electrical lights went on in Beeville on November 30, 1896. L.D. Rhodes set up a plant near the Sims gin. Before 1900, lights were turned on and off because too many preferred the oil lamp. Central Power and Light came to Beeville in 1925 and the R.E.A. served all other rural areas.
  • Physical Description: 1 postcard : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Architecture - Civil Works - Streets and Roads
  • Keyword: Telephone
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Architecture - Civil Works - Bridges

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Bee County - Beeville

Collection

  • Name: Rescuing Texas History, 2009
    Code: SG09

Institution

  • Name: Bee County Historical Commission
    Code: BEHC

Resource Type

  • Postcard

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: BEHC_b001-103
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth78785

Note

  • Digital Preservation: creationAppName: Adobe Photoshop creationAppVersion: CS creationHardware: Epson Perfection 4990 Photo
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