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Original antique real photo postcard showing Rest Cottage in Pilot Point, Texas.
The identification "REST COTTAGE – PILOT POINT, TEX." is visible along the lower portion of the photograph.
Rest Cottage was established in Pilot Point in 1903 by Rev. J. P. Roberts. The institution became a home for unmarried mothers and a child-placement agency and operated for decades. Historical records, photographs, correspondence and other materials relating to Rest Cottage are preserved today in the University of Texas at Arlington Special Collections.
UTA's collection includes another photograph identified as a rear view of Rest Cottage, Pilot Point, Texas, dated 1903, providing excellent historical documentation for the institution.
The postcard is unposted with no handwritten correspondence on the reverse.
