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Aerial view of business district, Houston, TX, circa 1930

Subjects
Aerial Views & PanoramasCommercial BuildingsTown & City Views
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Aerial view of business district, Houston, TX, circa 1930, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Aerial view of business district, Houston, TX, circa 1930, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Aerial view looking down on downtown Houston's business district, with tall office towers and mid-rise commercial blocks filling the frame. Rail yards, warehouses, and outlying buildings spread toward the horizon. The printed caption calls Houston "One of the Nation's Fastest Growing Cities" and points to its man-made port, about fifty miles from the Gulf of Mexico, as the engine of its shipping and industrial growth. That port was the Houston Ship Channel, opened in 1914, which helped make the inland city a major oil and shipping center.

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PublisherSeawall Specialty Co.
A Late Aerial View of the Business District, Houston, Texas "One of the Nation's Fastest Growing Cities" PHOTO BY HARPER LEIPER --- Houston is fifty miles from the Gulf of Mexico, and its man-made port for which the government is reported to have spent more than $50,000,000 is now rated second and third in tonnage. Its shipping and industrial growth has made it the most talked of city in the South.
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PublisherSeawall Specialty Co.
SeriesOC-H23
ConditionGood
Place depictedHouston, TX
PublisherSeawall Specialty Co., Houston, TX
NotesLinen texture visible across the image; thin white border at edges; series OC-H23 printed vertically at right; photo credit 'PHOTO BY HARPER LEIPER' on image. No postmark; unused card with no message or address. Divided-back linen-era card (C.T. Art-Colortone), white border on front, printed 'PLACE STAMP HERE' box. Light soiling/toning on back.

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Aerial view of business district, Houston, TX, circa 1930, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/aerial-view-of-business-district-houston-tx-circa-1930. Accessed November 2, 2026.