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Map of the Butterfield Trail, Through Taylor County, Texas

Description: Map of the Butterfield Trail mail route in Taylor County, Texas, in service between September 1858 and 1861, from St. Louis, Missouri, to San Fransisco, California. Map includes water bodies, blocks of land, and other geologic features, with relief shown in hachures. Scale ca. 1:82,368
Date: November 1924
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Adobe "Casa" Juarez, Mexico]

Description: Postcard image of an adobe house in Juarez, Mexico. In the bottom adobe house, wood beams support the adobe roof. The woman at the center right side of this image walks with a baby at her chest. Behind the walking woman stands a man behind the corner of the bottom adobe house. Two more woman can be seen on the far left side of the upper adobe house. Bottom adobe house, right side of the open door, there appears to be a large Geode rock split in two. The back of the postcard reads: "Many … more
Date: 1920~
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Post office in Casa Piedra, 1925]

Description: Picture of 1925 Casa Piedra post office. The post office was owned and managed by Conrado L. Vasquez. Four figures are in the photograph. From left to right: Santiago Ocon, Carmen Vasquez, Conrado Vasquez Jr., and Conrado Vasquez, Sr. To the right of the picture is a 1929 Buick owned by a shoe salesman.
Date: 1925
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

H. P. Hermansen Home

Description: Postcard of a two-story structure in Danevang, Texas, belonging to H. P. Jensen. A picket fence surrounds the house. Both H. P. Jensen and Mrs. H. P. Jensen stand in the front porch of their home, which is covered by a sloping roof projection creating an overhang. Additionally, there are intersecting hip roofs and a single chimney at the very top. There is a sign that hangs on the right side of the first floor that reads, "Danevang Post Office." A white sticker on the front of the photograph re… more
Date: 1920/1950
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Cardboard box addressed to "Mrs. A.P. George Richmond, Texas"]

Description: Cardboard box addressed to "Mrs. A.P. George Richmond, Texas" from "J.J. SWEENEY JEWELRY COMPANY 417-419 Main Street HOUSTON, TEXAS". Contained 2000.085.095 There are two five cent postage stamps, one three cent postage stamp and one fifteen cent postage stamp on the box. On bottom of box postal service stamped it was sent on "MAR 29 1927".
Date: March 29, 1927
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Envelope addressed to A.P. George Richmond, Texas]

Description: Envelope has the following penciled on front: " [return address] Box 96 Fulshear Tx [center] Pictures John Mayes (?) A. P. George Richmond, Texas [the following is printed on envelope front but was probably added after photos were discovered] Photos ca 1920s". The envelope has a red postage stamp embossed on envelope which is partially torn but reads: United States 2 cents. Envelope is torn along right edge (to retrieve contents). This envelope contained six photographs which are accessions 20… more
Date: 1925
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

Post Office/Store at Brite Ranch

Description: Photograph of the Post Office and store on the Brite Ranch in West Texas. A man and woman stand in the doorway watching a child. An automobile is parked to the right. There appears to be an early gas pump outside the doorway of the building.
Date: 1920~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Mail Train Guard Orders

Description: Instructions for US Marine guards working on mail trains, including specific information on the guard's duties, their parameters, and an incomplete FAQ section.
Date: November 2, 1926
Creator: Cunningham, Alfred A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Fort Worth Aviation Museum

[Captain Ed Morrow's Boat "The Alma"]

Description: Photograph of "The Alma", a mail boat used on the daily route between Rockport and Bayside, Texas. The craft was owned and operated by Ed Morrow. Several men stand on the deck of the small sailboat on the water. A small, empty rowboat tails the sailboat. Another boat is visible in the distance on the left side of the frame.
Date: 1920
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of the Koenig Family

[Mail Boat on Rockport to Bayside Route]

Description: Photograph of a mail boat used on the daily route between Rockport and Bayside, Texas. The craft was operated by Ed Morrow. Four men stand on the deck of the small sailboat on the water. A small, empty rowboat tails the sailboat. A wharf is visible in the distance on the left side of the frame.
Date: 1920~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: None
Partner: Private Collection of the Koenig Family

Packet-Holder.

Description: Patent for a packet holder used to wrap and tie a bundle of mail or letters made using a cord and clasp plate.
Date: January 27, 1920
Creator: Ashby, Bert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

General-Delivery Post-Office Cabinet.

Description: Patent for a postal mail cabinet in which the arrangement of the compartments can be adjusted and allow for consideration of both the surname and given name of the recipient.
Date: August 31, 1920
Creator: Conine, James B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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