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Auction 177, Lot 247
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"Perspective of Downtown Houston"

Subject: Houston, Texas

Period: 1958 (dated)

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Color: Printed Color

Size:
22.4 x 16.9 inches
56.9 x 42.9 cm
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This wonderfully detailed perspective map portrays and identifies each major building in downtown Houston with a numbered key at lower right. Below the map is an 11 x 5" photograph of the same skyline of buildings with the Markle Steel Company in the foreground. The verso contains a festive, colorful “Strictly Stag” invitation to the Markle Steel Company’s holiday party in December, 1958. Published by Ghent Oertel and Associates. No copies located on OCLC or elsewhere.

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Condition: A

Issued folding on a clean, bright sheet.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $325

Closed on 4/29/2020

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