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Historic Photos of Houston - Betty Trapp Chapman
HISTORIC PHOTOS OF
HOUSTON
TEXT AND CAPTIONS BY BETTY TRAPP CHAPMAN
Farmers’ Market, built in 1928 on the present-day site of Wortham Theatre. The Gulf and Neils Esperson buildings still topped the skyline in the 1940s.
HISTORIC PHOTOS OF
HOUSTON
Turner Publishing Company
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Copyright © 2007 Turner Publishing Company
All rights reserved.
This book or any part thereof may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Library of Congress Control Number: 2006909503
ISBN 13: 978-1-59-652310-4
Printed in the United States of America
ISBN 978-1-68336-927-1 (hc)
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE
A CITY PLANTS ITS ROOTS 1856–1899
A CITY MATURES 1900–1920
A CITY ON THE MOVE 1921–1939
A CITY CLIMBS TO NEW HEIGHTS 1940–1970
NOTES ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS
Harris County Courthouse, a unique Gothic-styled structure built in 1884 and razed in 1909.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This volume, Historic Photos of Houston, is the result of the cooperation and efforts of many individuals and organizations. It is with great thanks that we acknowledge in particular the valuable contribution of the Houston Public Library–Houston Metropolitan Research Center.
We would also like to thank:
Betty Trapp Chapman, historian, for organizing, researching, and writing this history Joel Draut, archival photographer at the Houston Metropolitan Research Center Barfield Photography
PREFACE
Houston has thousands of historic photographs that reside in archives, both locally and nationally. This book began with the observation that, while those photographs are of great interest to many, they are not easily accessible. During a time when Houston is looking ahead and evaluating its future course, many people are asking, How do we treat the past?
These decisions affect every aspect of the city—architecture, public spaces, commerce, infrastructure—and these, in turn, affect the way that people live their lives. This book seeks to provide easy access to a valuable, objective look into the history of Houston.
The power of photographs is that they are less subjective than words in their treatment of history. Although the photographer can make decisions regarding subject matter and how to capture and present it, photographs do not provide the breadth of interpretation that text does. For this reason, they offer an original, untainted perspective that allows the viewer to interpret and observe.
This project represents countless hours of review and research. The researchers and author have reviewed thousands of photographs in numerous archives. We greatly appreciate the generous assistance of the archivists listed in the acknowledgments of this work, without whom this project could not have been completed.
The goal in publishing this work is to provide broader access to this set of extraordinary photographs that seek to inspire, provide perspective, and evoke insight that might assist people who are responsible for determining Houston’s future. In addition, the book seeks to preserve the past with adequate respect and reverence.
With the exception of touching up imperfections caused by the damage of time and cropping where necessary, no other changes have been made. The focus and clarity of many images is limited to the technology and the ability of the photographer at the time they were taken.
The work is divided into eras. Beginning with some of the earliest known