Description
This sepia-toned postcard pictures bustling Commerce Street in Dallas, Texas, with horse-drawn carriages and streetcars navigating the early 20th-century streets. The card features the Dallas Electric Light & Power Company and C. Weichel, Co. Gasoline prominently displayed. This vintage postcard, produced by The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y., dates from approximately the 1910s.
Front Text (cleaned):
DALLAS ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER COMPANY
COMMERCE STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS.
C. WEICHSEL, Co.
GASOLINE
14
Back Text (cleaned):
POST CARD
MESSAGE ON THIS SIDE.
ADDRESS ONLY.
POSTAGE
Domestic
1¢
Foreign
2¢
THE ALBERTYPE CO.
BROOKLYN, N.Y.
