Title:
L.L. Cook Company collection
Description:
The L.L. Cook Company was founded in 1921 and was one of the two largest postcard publishing companies in Milwaukee, Wisconsin up to the 1960s, producing thousands of postcards with scenes from different cities and states across the country. The collection presents images of life, architecture and landscape in 105 towns in Texas. Prominent in the collection are Bandera, Brownsville, Del Rio, Edinburg, El Paso, Henderson, Junction, Kilgore, Kingsville, McAllen, Mission, and southern Texas. Dates covered are 1940, 1946-1951, 1953, 1955-1957, 1959, bulk 1948, 1951, 1956. Overall, a wide range of subjects are covered including churches, hospitals, schools, swimming pools, factories, homes, post offices, hotels, businesses, courthouses, downtown and main streets, monuments, bridges, beaches, oil fields, rodeo, steers and bulls, dude ranches, calf roping, highway scenes, aerial views of select towns, fruit groves, fields and harvests, rural scenes and fishing.
Collection:
L.L. Cook Company collection
Creator:
L.L. Cook Company
Date of creation:
1940
Date of creation:
1953
Date of creation:
1959
Date range of creation:
1946 to 1951
Date range of creation:
1955 to 1957
Geographic coverage:
Bandera (Tex.)
Geographic coverage:
Brownsville (Tex.)
Geographic coverage:
Del Rio (Tex.)
Geographic coverage:
Edinburg (Tex.)
Geographic coverage:
El Paso (Tex.)
Geographic coverage:
Henderson (Tex.)
Geographic coverage:
Junction (Tex.)
Geographic coverage:
Kilgore (Tex.)
Geographic coverage:
Kingsville (Tex.)
Geographic coverage:
McAllen (Tex.)
Geographic coverage:
Mission (Tex.)
Subject:
Aerial photographs
Subject:
Cattle breeds
Subject:
Church buildings
Subject:
E.C. Kropp Co.
Subject:
Farms
Subject:
Fishing
Subject:
Harvesting
Subject:
Pictorial works
Subject:
Public buildings
Subject:
Ranching
Type:
Photographs
Type:
Postcards
Citation information:
(Identify the item), L.L. Cook Company collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Arrangement:
The images are arranged alphabetically by the names of the towns represented, as received from L.L. Cook Company.
Copyright information:
The researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).
Size or duration:
6.25 cubic ft.
TARO URL:
https://txarchives.org/tslac/finding_aids/90016.xml
Language:
English