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Identifier	MSS0187-0548
Title	View of Main Street
Original Publisher	Raphael Tuck & Sons
Contributors	Gift of Mrs. Winfred G. Ellis
Description	View of Main Street, Houston, Texas
Caption	Written on back: "View of Main Street ; Main Street is the principal retail thoroughfare of the city, and here considerable business is transacted. The First National Bank and Commercial National Bank are two of the most imposing buildings on Main Street, which shows the advent of the skyscraper in the new structures erected here."
Date Original	1908
Source	Handwritten on back: "Henry enjoyed the Christmas card you sent him so much. I have intended sending you a card ever since, but is so hard to get cards here, and as Mrs. S. has just returned from Houston why I have a new supply. With love, Julia S. Addressed to Miss Efie Crow, Yoakum, Texas" ; color ; 3.5 x 5.5 ; postcards
Type	Image
Language	English
Subject Keywords	Architecture ; Buildings ; Central business district ; Street railroads
LC Subject Terms	Architecture ; Buildings ; Central business districts ; Street-railroads
Coverage Spatial	Houston (Tex.)
Coverage Temporal	1900s
Publisher	Electronic version published by Houston Public Library, Houston, Texas
Collection	MSS0187 Houston Metropolitan Research Center Postcard Collection
HPL Location	Postcard Collection, Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library
Related Resource	See pgs. 33-55 of The New Encyclopedia of Texas, volume 1, available at http://www.archive.org/details/newencyclopediao01davi
Rights	Please contact the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston, Texas.
Date Digital	2012
Format	JPG
Digitization Specifications	600dpi ; tiff ; Epson Perfection V750 Pro

Identifier	MSS0187-0548r
Title	View of Main Street

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