PostalPast
← Back to browse

Main St. looking north from Capitol Ave., Houston, TX, 1908

Subjects
Commercial BuildingsStreet ScenesTown & City Views
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1908 (Golden Age)
Front of Main St. looking north from Capitol Ave., Houston, TX, 1908, c. 1908 lithograph postcard
Front
Back of Main St. looking north from Capitol Ave., Houston, TX, 1908, c. 1908 lithograph postcard
Back

About this postcard

A busy commercial street, Main Street looking north from Capitol Avenue in Houston, lined with multi-story brick and stone buildings, store awnings, utility poles and wires, streetcar tracks, horse-drawn wagons, and pedestrians. The Capitol Hotel sign appears on the left. Houston's Main Street was the city's central business and retail corridor in the early 1900s, and the overhead wires and tracks reflect the period's urban transit and utility development.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Sunday Nov 29. 08 from Papa,

PublisherA. G. Lauer
10123 MAIN ST. LOOKING NORTH FROM CAPITOL AVE., HOUSTON, TEX. --- Post Card Made in Germany, Publ. by A. G. Lauer, Houston, Tex.
PostmarkedHouston, TX, November 29, 1908, 16:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Charlotte Barnett

Highlands Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Houston, TX
PublisherA. G. Lauer
Series10123
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMiss Charlotte Barnett, Highlands, Amesbury, MA
Place depictedHouston, TX
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1907, perforated on all sides
NotesRed printed caption and card number; white border visible; light edge wear. Postmark: HOUSTON, TEX. NOV 29 1908 4 PM TRANS. CLK. Divided back; green "Post Card" heading; 1¢ Franklin stamp; "Made in Germany" imprint; light edge/corner wear.

Cite this card

Main St. looking north from Capitol Ave., Houston, TX, 1908, postcard, c. 1908. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/main-st-looking-north-from-capitol-ave-houston-tx-1908. Accessed November 2, 2026.