Tyler Vintage Postcard Collection: Government Buildings

Postcards represent yet another media, in addition to text, stories and photographs, that enables us to visualize, and remember, the past.

Knowing the value that such cards possess in documenting the past of Tyler and East Texas, we have assembled a small collection of historic postcards, and present them on this website.

Thus, this section attempts to build a more complete collection depicting the architecture of Tyler and East Texas during the first 50-60 years of the 20th Century. It is hoped that its availability will provide another media contributing to the enjoyment and edification of those of you with East Texas connections.

Smith County Texas courthouse, downtown, Tyler, Texas
Dedicated on October 6, 1910, demolished in 1955

Smith County Courthouse, topped by the 11-foot copper statue of Themis, the Greek goddes of law and order

 

Public square, showing Smith County court house and Citizens National Bank, Tyler, Texas

City Hall, Tyler, Texas, at 212 North Bonner Avenue ... Opened August 3, 1939

Post Office, Tyler, Texas

Post Office, Tyler, Texas

Carnegie Public Library at 125 South College Avenue in Tyler

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