Gulf, Texas, Matagorda County, 1919 – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Gulf, Texas, Matagorda County, 1919 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Gulf, Texas, Matagorda County
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Gulf, Texas, Matagorda County, 1919
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Gulf, in Matagorda County on the Texas coast, was a small community in 1919, when most of the county's living still came from rice fields, cattle ranges, and fishing and shipping on Matagorda Bay. The county's farms and ranches sent their products to market through the coastal towns and rail connections, and the bay's waters supported local trade and boats. The region was still recovering from the 1900 Galveston hurricane, which had shown how exposed the Gulf shore was to storms, and residents were rebuilding lives and property in the years after the First World War. Texas as a whole was in the middle of an oil boom that was reshaping its economy and drawing new workers, but for a place like Gulf, daily life centered on work, church, and the seasons.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Creator | schlueter, f. j. (frank j.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Texas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,354 × 864 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Gulf, Texas, Matagorda County |
| Reference | TX 1919 Gulf, Texas, Matagorda County |
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