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[Grace Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas]

Postcard image of Grace Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas. In the image the church is built with early Gothic styles with spires, stained glass windows, and pointed archways. The church was designed by William A. Cann of St. Louis.

Date: 1911

Creator: Cann, William A.

Item Type: Postcard

Location: None

[Postcard of Twelfth and Franklin Streets in Waco]

Postcard showing people and buildings on Twelfth and Franklin Streets in Waco, Texas, with Austin Avenue Methodist Church visible on the left side of Twelfth Street. A handwritten note on the back of the card is addressed to Mrs. W.D. Barton in Ozona, Texas and says, "I guess you think I have forgotten you but I haven't. I am fine. I don't know when I will be thru. I like Waco fine. Go to Sunday School and Church every Sunday. We have about 500 members in Sunday School when I go. A Meeting has … more

Date: May 13, 1911

Creator: Cortes, Charley

Item Type: Postcard

[B. F. Hancock and Wife, Munger Farm]

Photographs of B. F. Hancock, the business manager of the Munger gin and farm, and his wife. They pose together several yards in front of a wooden chapel-like building, to which is attached a tall wooden tower capped with a belfry and a steeple. Open field surrounds the couple.

Date: September 20, 1911

Creator: Eichelberger, George W.

Item Type: Photograph

[Ed Evans and Addie Wilson on a Buggy]

Photographs of Ed Evans and Addie Wilson, "prominent society young people". They wear formal clothes and are seated in a wooden buggy led by a single horse. The buggy is parked in a clearing in front of trees and bushes.

Date: October 2, 1911

Creator: Eichelberger, George W.

Item Type: Photograph

[Farmers Union Cotton Yard]

Photographs of a farmers' union cotton yard in Coolidge, Texas. On an wide, plain field are horse-drawn wagons full of cotton. In the far background are possibly piles or stacks of cotton bales.

Date: September 1, 1911

Creator: Eichelberger, George W.

Item Type: Photograph

[Hugh Clemens' Horse]

Photographs of Hugh Clemens and his horse, bowing its head, at the Munger farm and gin in Limestone County. The horse is saddled and is led by the reins by Clemens. Both stand in a field of tall grass in front of large trees.

Date: August 27, 1911

Creator: Eichelberger, George W.

Item Type: Photograph

[John Dailey and Howell Campbell at Pin Oak Creek]

Photographs of John Dailey and Howell Campbell on a horse-drawn buggy at Pin Oak Creek near Munger, Limestone County. The horse is parked on a dirt road, and both men face towards the camera, seated on the buggy.

Date: August 4, 1911

Creator: Eichelberger, George W.

Item Type: Photograph

[Munger Gin Remains After a Fire]

Photographs of the remains of the Munger gin system after a fire in September 1911. Smoldering ruins are strewn across the background, with several workers standing nearby or sitting in front of the ashes. Twisted buildings and lumber lay behind the ruins.

Date: September 20, 1911

Creator: Eichelberger, George W.

Item Type: Photograph

[Wandering Children Near Pin Oak Creek]

Photographs of two wandering children at Pin Oak Creek near Munger, Texas. Both wear clean light-colored shirts, standing in a clearing of dirt in front of trees and bushes.

Date: July 28, 1911

Creator: Eichelberger, George W.

Item Type: Photograph

[William Eason Findley's Cotton Yard]

Stereographic photographs of William Eason Findley's cotton yard. Four workers face the camera standing among of long rows of cotton bales set on the grass. A building and a set of machinery, known as the Munger gin process, are visible in the background.

Date: August 25, 1911

Creator: Eichelberger, George W.

Item Type: Photograph

[William Eason Findley's Home]

Photographs of William Eason Findley's home in the "BlackLand belt". Findley stands at right, next to three women in light-colored dresses and bonnets to his left. The house behind him has two stories, a porch covered with a second-floor balcony, and a wide extension emerging from the back of the house.

Date: August 26, 1911

Creator: Eichelberger, George W.

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Construction of the Amicable Life Insurance Company Building]

Photograph of the Amicable Life Insurance Company (A. L. I. C. O.) building being constructed, with men standing on a suspended I-beam. A handwritten note says "Howdy Gildy" and points to one of the men. An interurban streetcar is on the street beside the building.

Date: March 1911

Creator: Gildersleeve

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Construction of the Amicable Life Insurance Company Building]

Photograph of the Amicable Life Insurance Company (A. L. I. C. O.) building being constructed, with a horse-drawn wagon in front of it and other smaller buildings nearby.

Date: March 1911

Creator: Gildersleeve

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Grave of Mary E. Wheatly]

Photograph of the grave of Mary E. Wheatly (1842-1911) covered in flowers at Oakwood Cemetery, with many graves visible in the background.

Date: 1911

Creator: Gildersleeve

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of the Conger Family & Friends]

Photograph of the Conger family and family friends. The group is surrounding a 1910 Ford automobile. Behind the group is a home covered by trees in the front yard.

Date: 1911

Creator: Gildersleeve, Fred

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Grave of Maria Schuler]

Photograph of the grave of Maria Schuler (1828-1911) covered in flowers, located in Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas.

Date: 1911

Creator: Heilmann

Item Type: Photograph

[Postcard of Vincent Carr, John Kane, and Horace Nelson Posing]

Postcard of Vincent Carr (left), John Kane (middle), and Horace Nelson (right) posing together for a portrait. A handwritten message is scrawled across the dedicated correspondence space as well as around the front of the card. The message in the correspondence space reads: "Hello Mame Skeet said to tell you he still loved you but I know he don't like you like I do Horace." The message at the top of the front of the card reads "going to moving picture show every night and am painting the town r… more

Date: June 22, 1911

Creator: Howse, A. M.

Item Type: Postcard

[Academy of the Sacred Heart in Waco]

Postcard of a colorized photograph of Waco's Academy of the Sacred Heart, a large, two-story red brick building with two rows of windows, with a row of trees in front of it. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Academy of the Sacred Heart, Chartered 1875, Waco, Texas." There is a handwritten letter on the back of the postcard.

Date: September 27, 1911

Creator: Isley, Eugene

Item Type: Postcard

[A House in Hico]

Photograph of a house in Hico, Texas. It is a two-story building with a wrap-around porch and a large front yard. There are very few trees in the front yard, although there is one to the back of the house.

Date: 1911

Creator: Wiseman

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 31.986684 -98.030308

[Acting Troupe in Blackface]

Photograph of an acting troupe, all men, in black face. One of them, in the back row, is dressed as a woman, with a blouse and a feathered hat. The man in the front row wearing a striped hat holds a horn instrument. The man on the far right does not wear black face, and is dressed in a three-piece suit and tie.

Date: [1911..1915]

Item Type: Photograph

[Beth Israel Synagogue in Houston, Texas]

Postcard image of Beth Israel Synagogue in Houston, Texas, which is built in the Moorish style with stained glass windows and one circular carving of the Star of David above the synagogue entrance. Handwritten text on back addressed to Teague, Texas: "Hello Cliff, guess you heard we were married & living in Houston. Come to see us when you can, Arthur & Jewell 1119 Elysia Pl."

Date: 1911

Item Type: Postcard

Location: 29.676729 -95.488151

[Compressing and Loading Cotton]

Postcard of a colorized photograph of a boat loaded with cotton bales in a canal with several men standing in front of a cotton compressing and loading facility and a railway bridge in the background. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Compressing and Loading Cotton, Houston, Texas."

Date: July 26, 1911

Item Type: Postcard

[Entrance to Sam Houston Park]

Postcard image of an entrance to the Sam Houston park in Houston, Texas. The entrance is marked by a large structure with signs attached reading "for whites only..", and "dogs positively prohibited". Within the park various plants, and other structures are visible. Outside the entrance three small boys are pictured around a tricycle. Handwritten text on back is addressed to Vivian Aunspaugh of Dallas, Texas.

Date: 1911

Item Type: Postcard

[Graduation Announcement for Waco High School]

Graduation announcement for the Waco High School class of 1911. Included with the invitation is a class roll.

Date: June 2, 1911

Item Type: Text

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