Houston, Texas, 1911 – Antique Photo 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 Houston, Texas, 1911 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Houston in 1911
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Houston, Texas, 1911
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Houston in 1911 was a growing city with electric streetcars running through its streets and new subdivisions spreading past the older core. Oil had reshaped Texas after the Spindletop gusher near Beaumont in 1901, and Houston's merchants and bankers were positioning the city to supply the machinery and money that the oil fields demanded. Dredging crews were working on the ship channel toward Galveston Bay, a project local boosters pressed as the cure for the city's long distance from deep water. Meanwhile, the estate of the merchant William Marsh Rice, murdered in 1900, was being settled, and plans for the school it would fund were taking shape.
| Created / published | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Creator | schlueter, f. j. (frank j.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Texas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,311 × 719 px · prints to 18 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Houston in 1911 |
| Reference | TX 1911 Houston |
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