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[Two children and three dogs in Rosenberg, TX]

Description: Photographic postcard of two children and three dogs in front of two story house in Rosenberg, TX. Boy is probably Norveil Phillippi. Reverse side is marked in pencil, This is the picture of our home. Hattie is Norveil Phillippi's mother. The family moved to the Rosenberg area between 1904 and 1908.
Date: 1916

[Two men in an automobile]

Description: Postcard image of two men in an automobile. Both men are wearing hats with white shirts. Businesses seen are: E.W. Cummings, Druggist, and Meyer-Forster Land & Loan Co. Chairs to far right of photo.
Date: unknown

[Two oil derricks]

Description: Postcard issued by Bank of the Southwest using images from F.J. Schlueter Collection. Image is of two oil derricks. Car and wagon are on the road in front of the derricks. Text on the back of the postcard reads, "For a long time, oil has been the biggest game in town. Even in 1916 when Houston thoroughfares had as many horses and buggies as automobiles. Photograph from the Bank of the Southwest--F.J. Schlueter Collection." Image is from ca. 1920, but postcard is from ca. 1970.
Date: 1916

[Two women in an automobile]

Description: Postcard issued by Bank of the Southwest using images from F.J. Schlueter Collection. Image is of two women in an automobile, one at the driver's wheel and one in the back seat. Text on the back of the postcard reads, "By 1910, the horse and buggy had begun to give way to the automobile. Houston Streets were never the same again. Photograph is from the Bank of the Southwest--F.J. Schlueter Collection." Image is from ca. 1910, but postcard is from ca. 1970.
Date: 1910

[Two young women with bob haircuts sitting on a driftwood log]

Description: Postcard image of two young women with bob haircuts sitting on a driftwood log in front of an ocean backdrop. Women are wearing dark swimsuits with a white "M" on the chest. Photo taken at Murdoch's Bath House in Galveston. Residue of back of photo suggests it was removed from a scrapbook (see 1998.025.043)
Date: unknown

[Union Depot in Rosenberg, Texas]

Description: Postcard image of the Union Depot in Rosenberg, Texas. Train on left. Water tower near center. Two story building on right.
Date: 1907

[Valentine's Greetings]

Description: Postcard Valentine's Greetings. Colored image of a boy (in white) and girl (in a blue dress) sitting on a bench looking at a Valentine card (encased in a red heart with birds at top and flowers on top and bottom.
Date: 1910

[Wagons of cotton and James Alley]

Description: Postcard showing wagons of cotton and James Alley. Wagon on left has three men sitting on top of cotton. Two men standing in front of second wagon (from left). One man wearing suit and hat, the other dark pants, white shirt, suspenders, tie, and dark hat. BARNES BROS. building in background. Addressed to Mr. R.E. Duncan, Eagle Baker, Texas from Effie.
Date: May 14, 1912

[Wagons of cotton and James Alley]

Description: Copy of a postcard showing wagons of cotton and James Alley. Wagon on left has three men sitting on top, and there are two men standing in front of second wagon (from left). One man wearing suit and hat, the other dark pants, white shirt, suspenders, tie, and dark hat.There are store fronts in background.
Date: May 14, 1912

["Welcome to Rosenberg" sign in downtown Rosenberg, TX]

Description: Photographic postcard of downtown Rosenberg, TX, late 1940s. View along Ave H. Welcome to Rosenberg lighted sign featured at center. On reverse is note from Emma Phillippi to brother Norveil Phillippi and family. postmarked June 12, 1949, Rosenberg. Gulf station in background. Schaffers Drug Store on right.
Date: June 12, 1949

[West end of Rosenberg]

Description: Photographic postcard West end of Rosenberg, showing curve in road. Railroad overpass in background. Postcard mailed from Norveil Phillippi to his mother, Hattie Phillippi in Indianapolis, IN, May 9, 1932.
Date: May 9, 1932

[Woman on horseback]

Description: Postcard image of woman on horseback. Back of postcard states woman may possibly be Kitty Lane. Woman (dressed in dark clothes and hat) sitting on a dark-colored horse. Fence in background. Corner of wooden building on left.
Date: unknown

[World War I of Ligny in Barrois]

Description: Postcard from World War I of Ligny in Barrois written by H.N. Pierce to his mother, Mrs. J.B. Pierce from Sugar Land, Texas. Photo has line of wagons on street. Buildings on left of photo. Postcard has tear on bottom (piece missing) and is crinkled in several places.
Date: 1919
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