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Houston In The 1910s


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Inspired to make a little slide show on Youtube.

Great job on the video, devonhart and a fascinating find. I'd never heard that Houston was known as "The Magnolia City" (per the Main @ Bell photo caption.)

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Great job on the video, devonhart and a fascinating find. I'd never heard that Houston was known as "The Magnolia City" (per the Main @ Bell photo caption.)

Thanks, as a one time antique postcard collector, I'd see the "Magnolia City" nickname on old postcards once in awhile, but I imagine once Houston became "Space City" the old nickname disappeared.

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Here's a scan of a post card my Mom found in her Dad's stuff. My great-grandparents lived in Houston then, on 17th Street West of Yale. My great Grandfather worked as a salesman at the Willys-Overland dealership at Main and Dallas, where the Marriott conversion of the old Humble building is. The postmark on hte back is from 1914.

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This is a great card - would you mind sharing what is written on the back? I always find that interesting too..

I'll have to ask my Mom for that. If she doesn't mind, I'll post it.

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Here's a scan of a post card my Mom found in her Dad's stuff. My great-grandparents lived in Houston then, on 17th Street West of Yale. My great Grandfather worked as a salesman at the Willys-Overland dealership at Main and Dallas, where the Marriott conversion of the old Humble building is. The postmark on hte back is from 1914.

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Fantastic, thanks for sharing this. I live "near" North and walk across this often.

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