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General Plan for the City of Dallas, Texas: Map Showing General Features of Suggested Improvements in Transportation Facilities Except Street Car Lines

Description: Map displaying proposed changes to railroads and transportation infrastructure (colored green and red) in Dallas, Texas, as part of the Kessler Plan. The main part of Dallas and Oak Cliff are represented, with some streets, railroads, and bodies of water.
Date: 1911~
Creator: Geo. E. Kessler & Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

Indian Tribes of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Adjacent Coast of the Gulf of Mexico

Description: Book describing various tribes of the lower Mississippi Valley and adjacent coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Includes information on: the tribes' locations; dress and ornaments; tattooing; arts and industries; economic life; medicine; birth, education, and the division of labor; games; etiquette; marriage; social organization; feasts; war; funeral ceremonies; religions; and origin of the tribe.
Date: 1911
Creator: Swanton, John Reed
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries

[The Patterson's]

Description: Photograph of the Patterson family. Back Row: Perry (Dad-father of Cloys E. Patterson Sr.), Homer, Amos. Front Row: May Myrtis, William Frank (Father), Benard Eland, Myrtis (Mother), Terrie Irene. William Frank and Myrtis are the great grandparents of Cynthia Patterson Peterson.
Date: 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Pierce-Arrow automobile]

Description: Photograph of Pierce-Arrow automobile on a dirt road traveling to San Francisco, California, on a touring trip taken sometime around 1911 or 1912. Man is seen on the driver's side of the vehicle.
Date: [1911,1912]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tyrrell Historical Library

[Portrait of Mamie McFaddin]

Description: Photograph of Mamie McFaddin wearing a long white dress with a white feathered headband, standing next to a window with lace curtains and leaning on a tall pedestal. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "I was 16 yrs. old. Mamie Louise McFaddin. The dress I wore at the [?] Club Thanksgiving dance I went with and lead the grand march with Lynn Gilbert who was the President that year."
Date: 1911~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Portrait of Mamie McFaddin]

Description: Portrait of Mamie L. McFaddin wearing a long white gown and lace headband, standing on a porch lined with columns and looking out toward the yard. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "The dress I wore at our [?] Club Thanksgiving dance with Lynn Gilbert (the Pres) we lead the Grand March. I was 16 yrs old."
Date: 1911~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

Souvenir of Austin, Texas, 1911

Description: This book includes written information about the history, and schools in Austin, Texas as well as an overview of statistics for Texas and a description of the Austin Business League. Primarily, the book has photographs of different views and buildings around the city.
Date: 1911
Creator: Austin Business League
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Street Cars in Cleburne, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a large group of people standing in front of two street cars at the corner of Henderson and Caddo in Cleburne, Texas. Several of the people are holding bicycles and the store fronts behind the street cars are labelled, "Bank," and "Nickel Store."
Date: 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Johnson County Historical Commission

Texas Methodist Historical Quarterly, Volume 2, Number 3, January 1911

Description: Issue of the Texas Methodist Historical Quarterly which contains articles discussing the association's activities, biographical sketches, and historical essays. Contents of this issue:History of Texas Conference; Old Seguin Church; Some Burial Places; The Disturbance in Texas; Soule University.
Date: January 1911
Creator: Cody, C. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Troops Entering League City]

Description: Postcard featuring a photograph of troops entering downtown League City, Texas. A goat accompanies the group of army men as they walk downtown. On the left is a two-story building that houses the League City Post Office, a shoe company, and a general store.
Date: 1911
Creator: Maurer
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Postcard from Bertha Wessely to Clarence W. Nelson, January 6, 1911]

Description: Postcard from Bertha Wessely to Clarence W. Nelson, discussing a trade between the two of them. The front of the postcard features an illustration of the old mill dam in Boerne, Texas. The area depicted is a dried out river bed, with stumps and wood laying with rocks in the bottom of the bed. In the background, there are trees and and a green grassy area.
Date: January 6, 1911
Creator: Wessely, Bertha
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library

[Postcard of a Woman With Long Hair]

Description: Postcard of a woman with long hair looking towards the camera. The letter below reads, "Hope you had a merry Xmas, will write soon. Tell me all about her. Address 480 Spruce st. Morgantown." The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin Gunston Hall Washington, D. C."
Date: January 6, 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Hippodrome in New York]

Description: Postcard of red building with white accents and a sign that reads, "Hippodrome." The letter on the front and back of the postcard is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie L. McFaddin Gunston Hall Washington, D. C."
Date: January 11, 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Sweet Briar Song]

Description: Postcard of the Sweet Briar Institute's emblem and school song, which is as follows, "Sweet Briar! Sweet Briar! the flower fair The rose that on your crest you wear, Shall never fade but always bear Thy beauty - Oh, Sweet Briar! Sweet Briar! Sweet Briar! thy columns white Shine on the hills, a beacon light Of truth to burn with radiance bright Forever - Oh, Sweet Briar! Sweet Briar! Sweet Briar! we sing to thee; May thy foundations ever be Strong as the hills; thy purity That of thy rose, Sweet… more
Date: January 14, 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Woman's Head]

Description: Postcard of a charcoal drawing of a woman's head. On the back of the postcard, the message reads, "8 a.m. Just got your letter. Will answer tomorrow. Am just leaving town on a fishing trip. Jerry Gumm." The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie L. McFaddin Washington, D. C. Gunston Hall."
Date: January 28, 1911
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum
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