Foot of Main Street
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Identifier |
MSS157-058 |
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Title |
Foot of Main Street |
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Photographer |
Schlueter |
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Description |
Black and white image of the foot of Main Street. At top left is written "An old picture showing Terminal Warehouse on left. Viaduct costing $500,000 now crosses at this point." Lower on the left is written "Foot of Main St. Houston Tex. Schlueter Houston." At the bottom is written "Schlueter Houston." There are boats in the water. On the right side is the Charlotte Allen. Main Street empties out to the water. Commercial buildings can be seen in the background, including Jasmine Brand Hams & Bacon, Houston Cold Storage, Swifts premium Hams, W. D. Cleveland & Sons, Flaxman Dry Goods and Notion Company, Houston Land & Trust Co. Safe Deposit Vaults, C.R. Cummings Lumber Co., Desel-Boettoker(?) Co. Fruits and produce, and Cumming & Sons Printers. The Harris County Courthouse can be seen as well. |
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Source |
Black and white negative; 3.5 x 3 |
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Type |
Image |
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Language |
English |
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Geographic Subject Terms |
Main Street |
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Publisher |
Electronic version published by Houston Public Library, Houston, Texas |
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Date Digital |
2008 |
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Digitization Specifications |
TIFF2400 dpi; Epson Perfection V750-M |
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