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Capitol Hotel (late 1850s)
Capitol Hotel (late 1850s)
TitleCapitol Hotel (late 1850s)
DescriptionPhotograph of a printed engraving of the Capitol Hotel in Houston, with porches on Main Street. (This is the "Richardson sketch" which appears in several histories of Texas. It appears to have been made from a photograph of the Capitol Hotel taken in about 1857.)
Datelate 1850s
Genreblack-and-white photographs
engravings
copy prints
Subject.Topical (AAT)hotels (public accommodations)
livestock
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 12, Folder 264
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File namefur379-cc.tif
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