Texas - Amarillo - A block on Main Street – Antique Photo Print
![Texas - Amarillo - A block on Main Street, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/01/01a0a2e07262-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Texas - Amarillo - A block on Main Street, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Texas - Amarillo - A block on Main Street
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Main Street in Amarillo, Texas, is the subject here, shown as a single city block rather than a broad streetscape. The caption card identifies it only as number 1224 in a series of views, and it carries no date, so any reading of the buildings' age has to be tentative. Amarillo grew quickly after the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway arrived in 1887, turning a small ranching settlement into a shipping hub for cattle and, later, wheat. Street scenes like this one from the Texas Panhandle help show how a railroad town organized its commercial core in those decades.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | No. 1224. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Texas--Amarillo; Geogr.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,138 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-143910 |
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