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Writing on back:

This is where Georgia is teaching. It is a very pretty place. Had a letter from Minnie just now. Charlie Pryor is dead.
Will write in a few days. Love to all.
Daisy

Mrs. E. L. Stead
Aola,
Okla.

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Alexander Collegiate Institute, Jacksonville, Texas.

Postmarked: 9 Feb 1909, ?????ton, Tex
Printed: ca 1908
Type: Divided Back, 1907-1915
Printer: United Art Publishing Co., New York City.
Publisher: Johnson Drug Co.

History:
Alexander Institute was established in Kilgore, Texas, in 1873. In 1894, the decision was made to transfer the school to Jacksonville.

The school was originally located at the corner of South Bonner and Sunset Avenue. When this location became undesireable due to noise, the school was relocated to College Avenue.

This building ("Twin Towers") was completed in 1908.

In 1924, the school was renamed Lon Morris College. Lon Morris is the oldest existing junior college in Texas.

More Information:
Read more in Jacksonville: the Story of a Dynamic Community, 1872-1972.



Compiled by Greg Smith. If you have any materials you'd like to contribute, please email me.