Fire May 19, 1912, Houston, Texas – Historic Photograph Print
(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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A window into the past: Fire May 19, 1912, Houston, Texas, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: View of Main Street's $1,000,000 fire, May 19, 1912, Houston, Tex.
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Fire May 19, 1912, Houston, Texas
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In May 1912, Houston was a fast-growing cotton-trading and railroad city on Buffalo Bayou, with a population near 80,000 and a business district that had grown up around its rail lines and wholesale houses. Cotton moved through the city to Gulf ports and mills, and the rail network that met there made Houston one of the main shipping centers of the South. Civic life was centered on downtown merchants, city government, and the growing number of churches, schools, and social clubs. A large fire recorded on May 19, 1912, would have been a serious local event for residents, who depended on those commercial blocks for work and supplies and who were still building up their fire protection as the city expanded.
| Created / published | 1912 |
|---|---|
| Creator | moses, f. e., novelty studio |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Texas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 4,050 × 914 px · prints to 14 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | View of Main Street's $1,000,000 fire, May 19, 1912, Houston, Tex. |
| Reference | TX Fire May 19, 1912, Houston |
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