Postcards Collection

Collection Note

The Postcards Collection was created as a way to consolidate individual postcards donated by different individuals. These postcards were donated at various times in the history of the Archives, and as additional individual postcards are donated, they will be added to this collection.

Postcards are represented in many other collections within the Archives, this is not a full list of postcards held by the Tarrant County Archives.

Scope and Contents

Materials in this collection include:

• American Airlines Freight System 747 Aircraft, color postcard, number 809-002, undated
• Beach House and  West Beach, Eagles Nest Resort and Eagles Club, color postcards, Number P8507, John A. Stryker, 1960s
• Explaining the Mechanism of U. S. Army Rifle, color postcard, U. S. Army Series 22, Number A-75276, C. T. American Art, copyright International Film Service, Inc., 1910s
• Fort Worth souvenir postcard folder containing 22 color postcards with images on both sides, 1910s
• Fort Worth souvenir postcard folder containing 22 color postcards, to Mrs. Ralph A. Randall from R. G. Randall, Frey Post Card and News Co., Curt Teich and Company, postmarked 1918
• Fort Worth, Tarrant CO. Texas postcard, map reproduction image by D. D. Morse from the Amon Carter collection, undated
• Grill Room, Coffee Shop, and Dining Room, Westbrook Hotel, color postcard, postmarked November 6, 2022; undated
• Houston Street, Fort Worth, color postcard, Number 3311, Duke and Ayres, Inc., 1910s
• Looking West from the banks of the Trinity River, color postcard, Number R-53183, Frey Wholesale Post Card Company, 1910s-1920s
• Mule-Drawn Streetcar Heading Down Main Street, postcard, distributed by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, undated
• Night Scene, Paddock Viaduct Across Trinity River, Connecting Fort Worth and North Fort Worth, color postcard, Number Ft. W. 54, Seawall Specialty Co., 1900s-1920s
• Paddock Viaduct aerial view, set of 2 color postcards, Number 21, E. C. Kropp Company, copyright by Fairchild Aerial Camera Corporation, undated
• Paddock Viaduct, Fort Worth, color postcard, Number Ft. W. 18, Seawall Specialty Co., 1910s-1920s
• Southside Fort Worth Fire photo postcards, set of 4, Myers Photo, 1909
• Texas Electric Power Plant Stacks, color postcard, Number 9566, Strykers' Western Fotocolor, 1960s-1970s
• The Westbrook, "Fort Worth's Friendly Hotel," color postcard, Number 47899, postmarked November 6, 2022; undated