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Main Street looking west, Dallas, Texas, circa 1908

Subjects
Commercial BuildingsStreetcars & TrolleysStreet Scenes
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Main Street looking west, Dallas, Texas, circa 1908, c. 1930 lithograph postcard
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Back of Main Street looking west, Dallas, Texas, circa 1908, c. 1930 lithograph postcard
Back

About this postcard

A busy view west along Main Street in Dallas, with multi-story brick and stone commercial blocks lining both sides, a streetcar in the center of the roadway, horse-drawn wagons and buggies at the curbs, and pedestrians and cyclists crossing the unpaved street. Painted signs advertise drugs (Buckhanan, Druggist), W. T. Leslie paints and oils, and the Dallas Floral Co. florists. By the early 1900s Dallas had grown into a major cotton and railroad center, and Main Street was its principal commercial thoroughfare, crowded with shops, saloons and offices.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dec 1 - 1908 from Daho

PublisherRaphael Tuck & Sons
DALLAS, Texas. Main Street, Looking West. --- TUCK'S POST CARD CARTE POSTALE POSTKARTE (FOR ADDRESS ONLY) Raphael Tuck & Sons' Series No 2618, "Dallas, Texas." ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN. By Appointment. Printed in Saxony.
PostmarkedDecember 2, 1908, 06:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Charlotte Haines

Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked
PublisherRaphael Tuck & Sons
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMiss Charlotte Haines, Amesbury, MA
Place depictedDallas, TX
Place mentionedSaxony
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930, perforated on all sides
NotesNarrow white margin at bottom edge; small printed shield/'T' trademark in lower-left corner; slight wear at corners. Postmark: DALLAS TEX DEC 2 6-AM 1908. Divided back; Tuck's post card; printed in Saxony; light edge wear.

Cite this card

Main Street looking west, Dallas, Texas, circa 1908, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/main-street-looking-west-dallas-texas-circa-1908. Accessed October 25, 2026.