Trinity River at its height, Texas, 1908 – 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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Trinity River at its height, Texas, 1908 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Trinity River at its height, Dallas, Tex.
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Trinity River at its height, Texas, 1908
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In 1908 the Trinity River was a working waterway through north and east Texas, carrying the region's cotton, lumber, and freight toward Galveston Bay. Dallas and Fort Worth, both on or near its banks, were growing quickly as railroad and cotton-market towns, and their residents depended on the river for water and trade while also dreading its floods. When the water rose over its banks, low-lying bottomlands and the streets and bridges that crossed them were cut off, and the spring rains that brought such floods were a regular concern for city councils and farm families alike. A picture of the river at its height would have been read in that setting, as evidence of how much the land and the towns on it were at the mercy of the water.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Creator | clogenson, h. (henry) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Texas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,021 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Trinity River at its height, Dallas, Tex. |
| Reference | TX 1908 Trinity River at its height, |
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