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[Texas City Post Office in 1908]

[Texas City Post Office in 1908]
Description:

A photographic print of the Texas City Post Office in 1908. The second building from the left along a dirt road, the post office is a two story wooden building with a flat roof and a porch. To the left of the post office is a large two story house with a fenced hard. To the right of the post office, down the road from the post office are several two story buildings.

On the photograph, in front of the building with the flat roof, is written :"P. O."

Creator: Unknown
Location:
Creation Date: 1908
Partner(s):
Moore Memorial Public Library
Collection(s):
Rescuing Texas History, 2006
Creator:
Unknown
Original Creation Date: 1908
Coverage:
Place
United States - Texas - Galveston County - Texas City
Era
New South, Populism, Progressivism, and the Great Depression, 1877-1939
Date
1908
Description:

A photographic print of the Texas City Post Office in 1908. The second building from the left along a dirt road, the post office is a two story wooden building with a flat roof and a porch. To the left of the post office is a large two story house with a fenced hard. To the right of the post office, down the road from the post office are several two story buildings.

On the photograph, in front of the building with the flat roof, is written :"P. O."

Note:

[This photograph was also published on page 25 in Texas City : Images of the Twentieth Century by Collier A. Campbell and Susie M. Moncla, published by The Donning Company Publishers in 1999. The caption there is listed as "Third Street and First Avenue North in 1908. The flat-roofed building contained the post office and the Whitney Drug store in the rear. The offices of Dr. Kaplan, a dentist, and Dr. Danforth, a physician, were upstairs."]

Physical Description:

1 photographic print : b&w ; 4.75 x 7 in.

Language: No Language
Subject(s):
Partner:
Moore Memorial Public Library
Collection:
Rescuing Texas History, 2006
Identifier:
  • LOCAL-CONT-NO: TCIM-15
  • ARK: ark:/67531/metapth15192
Resource Type: Photograph
Format: Image

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