{"id":123752,"date":"2015-05-11T13:19:55","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T17:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=123752"},"modified":"2015-05-13T10:35:33","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T14:35:33","slug":"postcards-houston-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/archives\/postcards-houston-history","title":{"rendered":"Howdy Houston! 12 vintage postcards from the biggest city in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'><\/h4><p>We combed through the digital archives of the Boston Public Library to put together a collection of vintage postcards of Houston to see just how much the city has (and hasn\u2019t) changed.<\/p>\n<p>Check out are some of our favorites from The Tichnor Brothers Collection, printed between 1930 and 1945. Since postcards were plentiful back then, there are images of landmarks, major streets and even local businesses.<\/p>\n<h3>Greetings!<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/houston-texas-postcard.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[123752]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-123753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/houston-texas-postcard-1024x646.jpg\" alt=\"houston texas postcard\" width=\"1024\" height=\"646\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Houston Ship Channel<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/houston-channel-compressed.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[123752]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-123755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/houston-channel-compressed-1024x650.jpg\" alt=\"houston channel-compressed\" width=\"1024\" height=\"650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Winter streetscape<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/winter-houston-texas.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[123752]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-123759\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/winter-houston-texas-1024x658.jpg\" alt=\"winter houston texas\" width=\"1024\" height=\"658\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>El Patio Restaurant<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/houston-restaurant.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[123752]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-123761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/houston-restaurant-1024x648.jpg\" alt=\"houston restaurant\" width=\"1024\" height=\"648\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the location <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ca\/maps\/@29.71479,-95.27055,3a,75y,185.9h,90t\/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sbYjbdK0oTYlbPv3hCoiBsw!2e0\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Main Street<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/main-st-houston.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[123752]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-123763\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/main-st-houston.jpg\" alt=\"main st houston\" width=\"508\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Looking north on Main Street<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/main-street-houston.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[123752]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-123766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/main-street-houston.jpg\" alt=\"main street houston\" width=\"503\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>The Venetian Blind Shop<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/venetian-blinds-houston-compressed.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[123752]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-123769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/venetian-blinds-houston-compressed-1024x652.jpg\" alt=\"venetian blinds houston-compressed\" width=\"1024\" height=\"652\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s still around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ca\/maps\/@29.725485,-95.41698,3a,75y,4.2h,90t\/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sRVpdzGMeay1yFQZMWx9k7A!2e0\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Fences!<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/houston-postcard.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[123752]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-123771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/houston-postcard-1024x657.jpg\" alt=\"houston postcard\" width=\"1024\" height=\"657\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Aerial view<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/aerial-houston.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[123752]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-123772\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/aerial-houston-1024x642.jpg\" alt=\"aerial houston\" width=\"1024\" height=\"642\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Rice stadium<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rice-stadium.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[123752]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-123774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rice-stadium-1024x638.jpg\" alt=\"rice stadium\" width=\"1024\" height=\"638\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Hermann Park<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hermann-park-houston-compressed.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[123752]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-123775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hermann-park-houston-compressed-1024x649.jpg\" alt=\"hermann park houston-\" width=\"1024\" height=\"649\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Auditorium Hotel<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/houston-hotel-compressed.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[123752]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-123783\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/houston-hotel-compressed-1024x647.jpg\" alt=\"houston hotel\" width=\"1024\" height=\"647\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe hotel is currently known as the Lancaster Hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Love retro postcards? Check out our collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2015\/02\/washington-dc-postcards.html\">Washington, DC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2015\/04\/vintage-postcards-of-chicago.html\">Chicago<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2015\/02\/19-vintage-postcards-san-francisco-history.html\">San Francisco<\/a>\u00a0sights.<\/p>\n<div id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-msg'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Souvenirs of historic landmarks and the marvelously mundane alike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":123753,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11269],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Howdy Houston! 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