Houston. “Where Seventeen Railroads Meet the Sea.”: Great Images of Early Houston
by Jerome H Farbar
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
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Houston, Texas, United States
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About This Item
[Texas] [Houston] Jerome H Farbar. Houston. "Where Seventeen Railroads Meet the Sea." A descriptive view book in colors. Denver, Col.: H.H. Tammen Company. 1913. Light brown pictorial wraps. 15 x 21 cm. Illustrated. Map [28] pp. One small abrasion to spine of front cover, back cover corner bend else very good.
OCLC shows 17 holdings (Columbia Univ.; Yale; Autry Mus.; LOC; Duke; Univ. Okla.; Dallas Pub. Lib.; TAMU; TAMU-CC; Univ. of Houston; UT-Austin; UT-Arlington; & Texas Tech. Univ.) Photomechanical reproductions of color photographs of Houston, Texas, accompanied by a brief descriptive text by Jerome H. Farber. Many great photographs, including of the ship channel; Galveston causeway; Main Street; City Hall; Main Street from Bell Avenue; Harris County Court House; Preston Street; City Park; Rossonion Apartments; Union Station; Chronicle Building; First National Bank Building; Cotton Barge; City Auditorium; Rice Hotel; Bristol Hotel; Union National Bank; Causeway with train; Grand Central Station; Post Office and Federal Building; Brazos Hotel; Carter Building; Cotton pickers in field (showing African Americans); Texas Commercial National Bank; Rice Institute & New Bender Hotel. Map on front cover of railroad connections meeting in Houston.Reviews
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- Bookseller
- WILLIAM ALLISON BOOKS (US)
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- 20991
- Title
- Houston. “Where Seventeen Railroads Meet the Sea.”
- Author
- Jerome H Farbar
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Paperback
- Place of Publication
- Denver
- Date Published
- 1913
- Pages
- 28
- Size
- 15 x 21 cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Photographs
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