Foreground of postcard shows a man in overalls walking along railroad tracks. Midway in the scene about ten oil derricks are partially visible, then clouds of black and grey smoke billow from the left side of the scene blowing over to the right...
Grand church sits on a street corner, so the four Ionic topped two-story columns at the entrance are repeated in half columns on the side facade. The church is topped with what appears to be a copper dome. To the left is a two story brown brick...
Contains copies of the River Oaks Corporation advertisements ; house plans of River Oaks homes ; Annual report of the Houston Chamber of Commerce, 1935 ; McCall's Home of the Month, April 1936.
Contains copies of the River Oaks Corporation publications, Homes For All Times, and River Oaks ; newspaper articles about the death of Will Hogg ; advertisements for River Oaks.
RECTO: Colorized image of barges on the Bayou. One building is labeled ""C.R. Cummings Lumber Co."" There are signs for G.H. & H. Caption reads: ""View from San Jacinto Street Bridge, Houston, Texas."" VERSO: Handwritten: ""12-1-61 Gift of Mrs....
RECTO: Colorized image of beach at San Jacinto Battleground. Caption reads: ""The Battlefield of San Jacinto, near Houston, Texas, On this Field General Sam Houston Won the Independence of Texas."" VERSO: Blank