Young Mens Bus. Club Tyler, Texas, 1916 – 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 historic image of Young Mens Bus. Club Tyler, Texas, 1916 brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Young Men's Bus. Club Trade Day, Tyler, Apr. 10, 1916
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Young Mens Bus. Club Tyler, Texas, 1916
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Tyler, the seat of Smith County in East Texas, was a railroad and cotton town in 1916, when farming and the trade that moved through its depots shaped most local livelihoods. Its streets carried merchants, cotton buyers, and wagons from the surrounding farms into town on market days. Young men's business clubs like this one were part of the civic life of many Texas towns in the 1910s, bringing together clerks, bankers, and shopkeepers to promote commerce and local improvement. The group portrait reflects that world, a moment before the United States entered the First World War in 1917 changed the priorities of towns like Tyler.
| Created / published | 1916 |
|---|---|
| Creator | denison, robert a. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Texas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,722 px · prints to 18 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Young Men's Bus. Club Trade Day, Tyler, Apr. 10, 1916 |
| Reference | TX 1916 Young Mens Bus. Club Tyler |
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