Rising seventeen stories above the flat Louisiana skyline in warm terracotta brick and white ornamental stone, the Slattery Building commanded Shreveport's downtown as the tallest structure in the state when it opened in 1925 — a symbol of the oil-boom prosperity that transformed this once-sleepy Red River town into a regional commercial capital, captured here in a crisp Curteich "C.T. American Art" linen card printed in Chicago. A street-level trolley track curves into the foreground and a "Gus's" storefront anchors the corner, grounding the architectural portrait in the everyday life of Depression- and wartime-era Shreveport. The reverse is entirely blank — no message, no address, no stamp — preserving the card in pristine unposted condition, its linen texture still vivid and bright. Published by the Shreveport News Agency and distributed locally, it remains a prime example of Curteich's renowned linen printing at its finest.