Overview
Rigsbee Postcard
Collection
[ca.
1900-ca. 1909], 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1914, 1953, and [19--]
This collection
contains postcards depicting government buildings, hotels, schools, parks,
industries, missions, natural settings, and other scenes in various Texas
cities and towns in [ca. 1900-ca. 1909], 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1914, 1953,
and unknown dates early in the 20th century.
0.24 cubic
ft.
English.
Restrictions on Access
None
Restrictions on Use
Possible copyright restrictions, check with the photograph archivist
for further information.
Preferred Citation
(Identify the item), Rigsbee Postcard Collection. Archives and
Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Biographical Sketch
Sharon W. Rigsbee of Austin, Texas, donated an album of postcards to
the Texas State Archives on February 5, 2001. The album was found among the
possessions of her husband's family and may once have belonged to the Felter
family. Postcards pertaining to Texas were removed and the album and the
remaining postcards were returned to the donor.
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection contains postcards depicting government buildings,
hotels, schools, parks, industries, missions, natural settings, and other
scenes in various Texas cities and towns in [ca. 1900-ca. 1909], 1907, 1908,
1910, 1911, 1914, 1953, and unknown dates early in the 20th century. Most
postcards were printed by local and national companies, but several from
smaller towns are photographic prints. Prominent in the collection are Austin,
Galveston, Gonzales, New Braunfels, Pecos County, and San Antonio.
Arrangement of the Records
The postcards are arranged alphabetically by city or county.
Index Terms
The terms listed here were used to catalog the
records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.
Subjects:
Public
buildings--Texas.
Places:
Texas--Buildings,
structures, etc.
Texas--Description and
travel.
Austin (Tex.)--Buildings,
structures, etc.
New Braunfels
(Tex.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Galveston
(Tex.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
San Antonio
Tex.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Document Types:
Postcards--Texas--[ca.
1900]-[ca. 1911], 1914, 1953, [19--].
Related Material
The following materials are offered as
possible sources of further information on the agencies and subjects covered by
the records. The listing is not exhaustive.
Texas State
Archives
Postcards of Texas (1961/8), [ca. 1900-ca. 1940], [19--],
312 items
Texas Cities Postcard Collection (1972/11), [ca. 1908-ca.
1936], [19--], 218 items
Processing Information
Hans Rasmussen, February 2001
Accession Information
Accession number: 2001/098
These postcards were donated to the Archives and Information
Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by Sharon
W. Rigsbee on February 5, 2001.
Detailed Description of the Records
Rigsbee Postcard Collection,
[ca. 1900-1909], 1907, 1908, 1910,
1911, 1914, 1953, and [19--],
0.24 cubic ft.
Austin, Texas:
Photo 2001/098-1
City Hall, Austin, Texas,
[19--]
Photo 2001/098-2
Scene on the Colorado River,
Austin, Texas,
1911
Photo 2001/098-3
Confederate Home, Austin,
Texas,
1907
Photo 2001/098-4
Destruction of the Great Granite
Dam at Austin, Texas, April 7, 1900,
1907
Photo 2001/098-5
State Capitol, Austin,
Texas,
1907
Photo 2001/098-6
State Capitol, Austin,
Texas,
1907
Photo 2001/098-7
Main Entrance to the Capitol,
Austin, Texas,
1914
Photo 2001/098-8
Woman's Building, Austin,
Texas,
1908
Photo 2001/098-9
Clifton, Texas: Old Water
Mill--Clifton, Texas,
1907
Photo 2001/098-10
Corpus Christi, Texas: Camp
Epworth by the Sea, Corpus Christi, Tex.,
1907
Dallas, Texas:
Photo 2001/098-11
City Hall, Dallas, Texas,
1907
Photo 2001/098-12
Dallas, Texas, Park Scene, State
Fair,
[19--]
Photo 2001/098-13
Driftwood, Texas: Souvenir from
Driftwood, Tex.,
[19--]
Photo 2001/098-14
El Paso, Texas: Hotel Angelus, El
Paso, Texas,
1907
Photo 2001/098-15
Fort Stockton: Stockton School,
Ft. Stockton, Tex.,
[19--]
Photo 2001/098-16
Fort Worth, Texas: St. Ignatius
Academy, Fort Worth, Tex.,
1908
Galveston, Texas:
Photo 2001/098-17
Ball High School and Grounds,
Galveston, Texas,
1910
Photo 2001/098-18
Central Park and Vicinity,
Galveston, Tex.,
1910
Photo 2001/098-19
Electric Park and Sea Wall,
Galveston, Texas,
1910
Photo 2001/098-20
Greetings from Galveston, Texas,
Bathing in the Surf,
1910
Photo 2001/098-21
Loading Cotton Upon Ocean
Steamer, Galveston, Tex.,
1910
Photo 2001/098-22
Pumping in Filling-Grade
Raising, Galveston, Texas,
1907
Photo 2001/098-23
Goldthwaite, Texas: Railroad Lake,
Goldthwaite, Texas,
1910
Gonzales, Texas:
Photo 2001/098-24
Gonzales, Texas, A Carload of
Cotton,
1908
Photo 2001/098-25
Gonzales, Texas, Fire
Department,
[ca. 1900-ca. 1909]
Photo 2001/098-26
Gonzales, Texas, A New
Industry [raising turkeys],
1908
Photo 2001/098-27
Houston, Texas: Ship Channel and
Grain Warehouse, Houston, Texas,
1953
Photo 2001/098-28
Johnson City, Texas: [Schoolhouse],
1911
Photo 2001/098-29
La Grange, Texas: Dancy Bluff on
the Colorado River, La Grange, Tex.,
1907
Marble Falls:
Photo 2001/098-30
Marble Falls and Cotton
Mill,
[19--]
Photo 2001/098-31
Lake and Falls, Marble Falls,
Texas,
[19--]
New Braunfels, Texas:
Photo 2001/098-32
Lovers Retreat, Landa's Park,
New Braunfels, Tex.,
[19--]
Photo 2001/098-33
Bridge, Landa Park, New
Braunfels, Texas,
[19--]
Photo 2001/098-34
Rustic Bridge and Water Wheel,
Landa Park, New Braunfels, Texas,
[19--]
Photo 2001/098-35
Scene in Landa's Park, New
Braunfels, Texas [bridge over a stream],
[19--]
Photo 2001/098-36
Scene in Landa's Park, New
Braunfels, Texas [picnic tables under an oak tree],
[19--]
Photo 2001/098-37
Scene in Landa's Park, New
Braunfels, Texas [pier on a lake],
[19--]
Photo 2001/098-38
Water Fall, Landa Mills, New
Braunfels, Texas,
[19--]
Photo 2001/098-39
Plaza Hotel and Plaza, New
Braunfels, Tex.,
[19--]
Photo 2001/098-40
[...ler Mills, probably in New Braunfels],
[19--]
Photo 2001/098-41
[Floodgates, probably in New Braunfels],
[19--]
Photo 2001/098-42
[Cotton Oil Co. factory, probably in New Braunfels],
[19--]
Photo 2001/098-43
Palestine, Texas: Sycamore Street,
Palestine, Texas,
1908
Pecos County, Texas:
Photo 2001/098-44
Pecos County Courthouse,
1908
Photo 2001/098-45
Mex house on old Rooney Farm,
Pecos County,
1908
Photo 2001/098-46
Irrigation Ditch, old Rooney
Farm, Pecos Co.,
1908
Photo 2001/098-47
Rio Grande Valley: Orange Tree,
Lower Rio Grande Valley,
[19--]
San Antonio, Texas:
Photo 2001/098-48
Portal of Mission San Jose, San
Antonio, Texas,
[19--]
Photo 2001/098-49
San Antonio, Tex., Mission
Conception (The First Mission),
1907
Photo 2001/098-50
Mission San Francisco de Espada
(fourth mission) built 1730, San Antonio, Texas,
[19--]
Photo 2001/098-51
Greetings from San Antonio,
Texas, S.P. [Southern Pacific] Depot,
[19--]
Photo 2001/098-52
West End Lake, San Antonio,
Tex.,
[19--]
Photo 2001/098-53
Uvalde, Texas: Uvalde's New
Methodist Church (Now Under Course of Construction),
1908
Photo 2001/098-54
Wichita Falls, Texas: Eight St.,
Wichita Falls, Tex.,
[19--]
Photo 2001/098-55
Picking Cotton,
1908
Photo 2001/098-56
C.P. Rodgers in famous 'Vin Fiz'
Flyer, en route from New York to California, for Hearst $50,000 ocean to ocean
flight,
[19--]