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Main St. looking north from Texas Ave., Houston, TX, 1907

Subjects
Streetcars & TrolleysStreet ScenesTown & City Views
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Main St. looking north from Texas Ave., Houston, TX, 1907, Charlotte Bassett, MA, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Main St. looking north from Texas Ave., Houston, TX, 1907, Charlotte Bassett, MA, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

A tinted street view looks north along Main Street from its junction with Texas Avenue in Houston, with a yellow-and-brown electric streetcar approaching in the foreground, horse-drawn wagons and buggies farther up the street, and pedestrians on the sidewalks. Tall Victorian-era commercial blocks with ornate cornices and balconies line the left side, while a plainer multi-story brick building and a covered platform or awning occupy the right. By the early 1900s Houston's Main Street was the city's principal commercial thoroughfare, served by an extensive electric trolley system that converged downtown.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

from Papa Nov 15 - 1907

PublisherRaphael Tuck & Sons
HOUSTON, TEXAS. Main St., Looking North from Texas Ave. --- POST CARD THE ADDRESS TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE MAIN ST., LOOKING NORTH FROM TEXAS AVE. Main Street, the principal retail business thoroughfare of Houston, is wide and well-paved and shows the advent of the skyscrapers. Large, fireproof, handsome mercantile buildings and offices are rapidly replacing the lower structures, and there is no busier section in the city than this locality. Raphael Tuck & Sons' [Regd.] Postcard No. 5156, "HOUSTON, TEXAS." ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN. RAPHO TYPE Printed in Holland
PostmarkedHouston, TX, November 15, 1907, 21:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Charlotte Bassett

Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Houston, TX
PublisherRaphael Tuck & Sons
SeriesRAPHOTYPE
ConditionGood
Place addressedCharlotte Bassett, Amesbury, MA
receivedAmesbury
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, Scott #300, green, issued 1903
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1900
NotesWhite margin at bottom carrying the printed caption; small publisher monogram at lower left. Handwritten message on the front. Undivided-back era stock. Postmark: HOUSTON, TEX. NOV 15 1907 9 PM TRANS CLK; receiving mark: AMESBURY NOV 19 7-AM 1907. Undivided back with printed 'THE ADDRESS TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE'; Raphael Tuck 'Rapho Type' card printed in Holland; light edge wear and toning.

Cite this card

Main St. looking north from Texas Ave., Houston, TX, 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/main-st-looking-north-from-texas-ave-houston-tx-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.