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Main Street, North from Preston Avenue, Houston, TX, 1907

Subjects
Streetcars & TrolleysStreet ScenesTown & City Views
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Main Street, North from Preston Avenue, Houston, TX, 1907, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Main Street, North from Preston Avenue, Houston, TX, 1907, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
Back

About this postcard

The view looks north along Main Street from Preston Avenue in Houston, with streetcar tracks running down the center of the commercial blocks. A streetcar appears in the distance, and automobiles, horse-drawn wagons, and pedestrians share the street. By the early 1900s Main Street was Houston's main business thoroughfare, lined with multi-story stores and offices and served by electric streetcars. The mix of motor vehicles and wagons shows the everyday traffic of a growing city in the first decade of the twentieth century.

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."
PostmarkedHouston, TX, November 15, 1907, 21:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Miss Charlotte Barnet

Amesbury, MA

Postcard record

Postmarked, Houston, TX
PublisherRaphael Tuck & Sons
Series"HOUSTON, Texas."
ConditionGood
Place addressedMiss Charlotte Barnet, Amesbury, MA
Place depictedHouston, TX
receivedAmesbury, MA
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1907, perforated on all sides
NotesWhite border; handwritten message and date on front; small blue printed printer's mark at lower left; light edge wear and stain at lower right. Postmark: HOUSTON, TEX. 9 PM NOV 15 1907 CLK. Received mark: AMESBURY NOV 19 7 AM. 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, TX, 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/main-street-north-from-preston-avenue-houston-tx-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.