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Causeway Galveston Texas Old New Way Railroad Train Maurer Postcard 1932
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Causeway Galveston Texas Old New Way Railroad Train Maurer Postcard 1932

Galveston, Texas1932White BorderGood
Color lithograph postcard showing two views of the Galveston Causeway, Texas. Top panel: "The Old Way" — a steam locomotive crossing the original wooden trestle bridge over Galveston Bay. Bottom panel: "The New Way" — a steam locomotive on the new concrete causeway, with a trolley car also visible. The new causeway was part of Galveston's reconstruction after the catastrophic 1900 hurricane. Photo and postal copyright 1910 by J.M. Maurer, Galveston, Texas; card no. A-6976. Published by Seawall Specialty Co., Houston and Galveston; printed by Curt Teich, Chicago. Mailed Galveston, Texas, February 12, 1932. US 1¢ green Washington stamp. Addressed to Port Huron, Michigan.
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PC-00043 · Seawall Specialty Co., Houston and Galveston TX; Curt Teich & Co., Chicago; copyright J.M. Maurer 1910
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