Ft. Crockett, Galveston Panorama, Texas, 1911 – 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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This rare historic image captures Ft. Crockett, Galveston Panorama, Texas, 1911 in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Panorama, Ft. Crockett, Galveston, Tex., parade 2nd Prov. Regt.
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Ft. Crockett, Galveston Panorama, Texas, 1911
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Fort Crockett sat on the Gulf end of Galveston Island in 1911, guarding the entrance to one of the busiest cotton and shipping ports on the Texas coast. The island was still recovering from the hurricane of September 1900, which killed thousands of residents and flooded much of the city, and the government and the city were then building a massive seawall and raising the grade of the town behind it. Army coastal artillery at the fort was part of a wider federal effort to protect Gulf harbors, and the post brought soldiers, payrolls, and families into a city that depended on wharves, grain and cotton trade, and rail links to the mainland. Galvestonians of the day knew the island as a place that had survived a catastrophe and was determined to outlast the next storm.
| Created / published | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Creator | maurer, joseph m. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Texas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 873 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Panorama, Ft. Crockett, Galveston, Tex., parade 2nd Prov. Regt. |
| Reference | TX 1911 Ft. Crockett, Galveston Panorama |
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