6th Cavalry corral & camp, Texas City, 1913 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic image of 6th Cavalry corral & camp, Texas City, 1913. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: 6th Cavalry corral & camp, Texas City, Tex., 1913
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6th Cavalry corral & camp, Texas City, 1913
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Texas City, on the north shore of Galveston Bay, was a young company town in 1913, laid out in the early 1890s by northern investors who hoped to turn it into a deepwater port and rail terminal for shipping Texas and Plains produce. Its growth rested on the railroad and the waterfront, where grain, cotton, and freight moved between cars and ships. In 1913 the surrounding country was unsettled by the Mexican Revolution across the Rio Grande, and the U.S. Army kept cavalry units in Texas to watch the border. This camp, with its corrals for horses and mounts, shows how the town served as a staging area for mounted troops in those years, a role residents would have noticed in daily traffic, supply, and local news.
| Created / published | 1913 |
|---|---|
| Creator | maurer, joseph m. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Texas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,003 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | 6th Cavalry corral & camp, Texas City, Tex., 1913 |
| Reference | TX 1913 6th Cavalry corral & camp, Texas City |
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