Postcard of a photograph

Houses up, fill coming in

Galveston, Texas · About 1904–1910

What the picture shows

Houses stand on piers. Fill is being pumped in around them.

Documented context

The grade raising after the 1900 hurricane. This is a postcard of a photograph, not an unaltered negative, and not a colorization.

Photographer: Not named. The card is a Wilder & Colby / PCK postcard.
Source: DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University, Eric Steinfeldt collection. Photomechanical postcard. The imprint reads “Galveston Grade raising Pumping in the filling.”
License: No known copyright restrictions. Cite the DeGolyer Library.