Small commercial building corner 1000 block Main Street at Main and McKinney Sts. Third floor houses Texas Business Institute with students gathered at windows; Speakophone Personal Phonograph Recordings on second floor. Other businesses include...
2 boxes, 1 flat drawer The Houston Subdivision Collection is a collection consisting of brochures, pamphlets, and plat maps documenting the development of new subdivisions in the Houston area. Currently the collection fills two document boxes and...
Contains excerpts from the 1870-1871 edition of Murray's City Directory. Included is a history of Houston, information about the first Houston city fair, and a street directory.
Biographical Note; Dr. Elliot was formerly a professor of history at San Marcus Teacher's College, San Marcus, Texas, and was a collector of Texana for many years.
Street view of Fannin Street looking north from McKinney Avenue ; the Y.M.C.A. building is in the foreground on the left and Rossinian flats in on the right ; a trolley is in the middle of the street.
