1902 · Houston, Tex
Houston, Tex: N.P./Press of F.M. Berleth, 1902. Good. 9” x 12¼”. Stapled paper wrappers, cover title and illustration gilt. Pp. 36. Good: wrappers split above and below staples but holding; two center bifolia detached; one page moderately foxed; small soil spot to edge of rear and final leaf; scattered brief lead and colored pencil notations.
This is a rare travel and land promotional for Houston, “the Commercial, Financial, Manufacturing and Railroad City of Texas.” Rich with photographic images and illustrations, it details dozens of area businesses as well as notable residents.
The text lauds the “rapidly growing city of 78,336 population,” deeming it the “open door of Texas – the largest State in the Union, having the proportions of an empire.” It celebrates the state's production, from textiles to tobacco, sugar and stock, and gives a detailed history of the railroad in the region. Companies and business leaders are introduced and praised, noting the efforts of “Henry Alexander, Wholesale Candy Manufacturer,” the “Model Carriage Co.,” clothiers, machinists, bankers and more. Page after page entices potential visitors and residents with local drug stores and moving companies, hotels and restaurants, “bicycles and sundries,” the “first-class grocery” owned by Jonas Alltmont, “one of the old residents of the city,” and “Collins Bros., The Honest Plumbers.”
38 photographic images include great views of streets and buildings, a “cotton shipping scene in front of Grand Central Depot” and “one of the fifteen bridges across the Bayou.” We see rice fields, cattle grazing, the county jail and post office, “one of Houston's magnificent churches,” exteriors of imposing, impressive shops and businesses and interior shots of the cigar store, iron works and “Little Gem Restaurant.” There are also a handful of illustrations as adornment and four to accompany descriptions of businesses like “E.A. Hudson's House Furnishing Goods.”
A rare and vivid look at Houston at the turn of the 20th century. OCLC shows one holding. (Inventory #: 8882)
This is a rare travel and land promotional for Houston, “the Commercial, Financial, Manufacturing and Railroad City of Texas.” Rich with photographic images and illustrations, it details dozens of area businesses as well as notable residents.
The text lauds the “rapidly growing city of 78,336 population,” deeming it the “open door of Texas – the largest State in the Union, having the proportions of an empire.” It celebrates the state's production, from textiles to tobacco, sugar and stock, and gives a detailed history of the railroad in the region. Companies and business leaders are introduced and praised, noting the efforts of “Henry Alexander, Wholesale Candy Manufacturer,” the “Model Carriage Co.,” clothiers, machinists, bankers and more. Page after page entices potential visitors and residents with local drug stores and moving companies, hotels and restaurants, “bicycles and sundries,” the “first-class grocery” owned by Jonas Alltmont, “one of the old residents of the city,” and “Collins Bros., The Honest Plumbers.”
38 photographic images include great views of streets and buildings, a “cotton shipping scene in front of Grand Central Depot” and “one of the fifteen bridges across the Bayou.” We see rice fields, cattle grazing, the county jail and post office, “one of Houston's magnificent churches,” exteriors of imposing, impressive shops and businesses and interior shots of the cigar store, iron works and “Little Gem Restaurant.” There are also a handful of illustrations as adornment and four to accompany descriptions of businesses like “E.A. Hudson's House Furnishing Goods.”
A rare and vivid look at Houston at the turn of the 20th century. OCLC shows one holding. (Inventory #: 8882)
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