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

Subjects: Streetcars & Trolleys Street Scenes Town & City Views
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1907 (Golden Age)

Back of Main Street north from Preston Avenue, Houston, Texas, circa 1907, c. 1907 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

The card shows Main Street in Houston, Texas, looking north from Preston Avenue, with streetcar tracks running down the center, a streetcar in the distance, and early automobiles, wagons, and pedestrians along the commercial blocks. The printed caption names the view "Main Street, North from Preston Avenue." By the early 1900s Main Street was Houston's principal business thoroughfare, lined with multi-story stores and offices and served by the city's streetcar system; the handwritten date 1907 places the scene in that period.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

from Papa Nov 15 - 1907

PublisherRaphael Tuck & Sons

HOUSTON, TEXAS. Main Street, North from Preston Avenue. --- TUCK'S POST CARD CARTE POSTALE POSTKARTE (For Address Only) By Appointment MAIN STREET, NORTH FROM PRESTON AVENUE. Main Street is the principal retail thoroughfare of the city and here considerable business is transacted. The First National Bank and Commercial National Bank are two of the most imposing buildings upon Main Street, which shows the advent of the skyscrapers in the newer structures erected there. Raphael Tuck & Sons' "RAPHO TYPE" [Regd.] Postcard No. 5150, Printed in Holland. ART PUBLISHERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING & QUEEN. "HOUSTON, TEXAS."

PostmarkedAmesbury, MA, November 15, 1907, 21:00

Addressed to

Miss Etta Bassett

Amesbury, Mass

Postcard record

Postmarked	November 15, 1907, 21:00, Amesbury, MA
Publisher	Raphael Tuck & Sons
Condition	Good
Place depicted	Houston, TX
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1907, perforated on all sides
Notes	White border; handwritten message and date on front; small blue publisher's device at lower left; light edge wear and stain at lower right. Postmark: AMESBURY NOV 19 and [illegible] 9 PM NOV 15 1907 CLK. Divided-back Tuck's "Rapho Type" No. 5150, printed in Holland; light toning and edge wear.

Cite this card

Main Street north from Preston Avenue, Houston, Texas, circa 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/main-street-north-from-preston-avenue-houston-texas-circa-19. Accessed October 25, 2026.