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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
This Is Houston & This Is Not Houston
There was a dubious tradition in Ye Olden Days to depict Houston as a place with rolling hills, and not as a flat swamp with occasional buildings. The above picture is one example.
However, the rollercoaster in the prairie feels right. Maybe the long-gone Luna Park on White Oak Bayou?
Normally, I'm a total stickler for image sources, but I can't recall if I found these two at The Library of Congress and/or University of Houston Digital Library.
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That roller coaster photo is a gorgeous image.
Houston Rollercoaster (May 1943) source - Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/owi2001029931/PP/
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