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View of downtown Houston, street scene

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Title:	View of downtown Houston, street scene
Abstract:	This is a view of downtown Houston in 1912, the year Rice Institute opened.
Description:	Black and white photograph of a street scene in downtown Houston. The picture shows trolley cars, automobiles and businesses such as Foley Bros., Barringer Norton Co., Leopold & Price, Millers Sample Shoe Parlors, the Binz Building, and an advertisement for "The New Owl 5 cent Cigar".
Subject:	Rice University -- History Central business districts -- Texas -- Houston Foley's (Firm) Department stores -- Texas -- Houston Barringer Norton Company Tailors -- Texas -- Houston Leopold & Price Miller's Sample Shoe Parlors Shoe stores -- Texas -- Houston Binz Building (1894-1950 : Houston (Tex.))
Citation:	(1912). "View of downtown Houston, street scene."
Citable link to this page:	http://hdl.handle.net/1911/62636
Date:	1912

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