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Market Square on Valentine's Day
Market Square on Valentine's Day
TitleMarket Square on Valentine's Day
DescriptionA winter snow scene on Valentine's Day in front of the City Hall and Market House. The building was located at Travis Street and Prairie Avenue, on Market Square. Houston reported a record 20 inches of snow February 14-15, 1895.
Date1895
Genreblack-and-white photographs
copy prints
Subject.Topical (AAT)city halls
markets
snow
clock towers
Subject (Geographic)Houston, Texas
Original CollectionGeorge Fuermann "Texas and Houston" Collection, 1836-2001 http://archon.lib.uh.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=356
RepositorySpecial Collections, University of Houston Libraries
Original Item LocationID 1970-001, Box 9, Folder 104
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File namefur198-cc.tif
Digital Collectionreformatted digital