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Composite panorama of downtown Houston (ca. 1928)
Composite panorama of downtown Houston (ca. 1928)
TitleComposite panorama of downtown Houston (ca. 1928)
DescriptionA composite panoramic photograph of downtown Houston. The photograph appears to be taken from the top of a building at Prairie Avenue, looking south down the blocks between Fannin Street on the left and Main Street on the right. The thirty-seven story Gulf Building, completed in 1929, can be seen under construction in the distance.
Dateca. 1928
Genreblack-and-white photographs
composite photographs
panoramas
Subject.Topical (AAT)central business districts
skylines
buildings
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 10, Folder 172 b.
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File namefur281-cc.tif
Digital Collectionreformatted digital