The original materials are available in UH Libraries' Special Collections in the George Fuermann "Texas and Houston" Collection. Fuermann also published numerous books, mostly on the history and people of the city of Houston. From 1946 to 1995, Fuermann was a reporter, editor, and columnist for the Houston Post, where his work included a long-running column called “Post Card,” based on snippets of local history.
Part of the reason the Lone Star State has produced so many postcards is because it’s. Fuermann gathered these postcards over the course of two decades for his book research. From the shores of Galveston to the mountains of El Paso, the oil fields of Beaumont to the cattle ranches of the panhandle, Texas has a lot of ground to cover. Legendary Houston newspaperman and historian George M. Both the front and back of each postcard are included in the digital collection, so viewers can read the personal greetings handwritten by the original senders. Also pictured are rivers, lakes, city parks, railroad bridges, hotels, churches, and court houses from all over the state. Especially noteworthy are the postcards from the Alamo, the State Capitol, turn-of-the-century Galveston, and many of downtown Houston’s earliest commercial buildings. The painted, sketched, and photographed images depict historic buildings, street scenes, and landscapes to reveal Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, and other locales as they were in the early 1900s.ĭrawn from the larger George Fuermann Texas and Houston Collection, this group represents the subset of postcards that date from before 1925.
168 of 186 169 of 186 HOUSTON - 1930: Vintage postcard showing the view west on Texas Avenue Store fronts and high rise buildings line the.
The postcards in this collection present colorful views of historic Texas, from Houston in the east to El Paso out west, from Laredo down south to Amarillo up north. Texas is as much of a 'tall tale' as it is a state.