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Accession#:
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G-5925.3FF3-3 |
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Title:
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"Seawall, Galveston, Texas" |
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Author:
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Format:
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B/w photograph, copy, postcard, colored; 8.0 x 13.0 cm |
| Description: | "Seawall, Galveston, Texas." Painting, The Galveston SeaWall When Completed, by Julius Stockfleth. Verso: "The Seawall is a massive structure of concrete and stone, rising 17 feet above sea level. The entire city has been filled in to the level of the top of the wall. Extending 5 miles along the edge of the Gulf of Mexico the top of the seawall forms a beautiful promenade boulevard that attacts visitors from all part of the world." "C. T. American Art." Seawall Specialty Co., Houston and Galveston, Texas. |
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Date:
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[1904] |
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Terms:
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Seawall - Artist's Conceptions; Paintings; The Galveston SeaWall When Completed; Stockfleth, Julius (1857-1935); Street Scenes; Seawall Boulevard; Riprap; Gulf of Mexico; Galveston Bay |
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labeled Seawall, Galveston, Texas
Galveston and Texas History Center, Rosenberg
Library, Galveston, Texas. November 2001.