Main Street looking north from Texas Avenue, Houston, Texas, circa 1907

Subjects: Streetcars & Trolleys Street Scenes Town & City Views
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1900 (Early)

Back of Main Street looking north from Texas Avenue, Houston, Texas, circa 1907, Charlotte Bassett, MA, USA, c. 1900 lithograph postcard — Back

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

PostmarkedNovember 15, 1907

Addressed to

Charlotte Bassett

Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked	November 15, 1907
Publisher	Raphael Tuck & Sons
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Charlotte Bassett, Amesbury, MA
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1900
Notes	White 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 P.M. TRANSIT; second strike NOV 19 AM. 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.

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Main Street looking north from Texas Avenue, Houston, Texas, circa 1907, postcard, c. 1900. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/main-street-looking-north-from-texas-avenue-houston-texas-ci. Accessed October 25, 2026.