Description
This vintage postcard showcases the Flatiron Building in Fort Worth, Texas, a striking example of architecture created by angled intersecting streets. Classic cars and a bus add to the charming streetscape, with bright signage visible against muted earth-toned buildings. This “Artistichrome” postcard from Stryker’s Western Fotocolor, published around the 1950s, offers a glimpse into Fort Worth’s past.
Front Text (cleaned):
R.S. Brown Inc.
All Fashions
Chesterfield Finance
Goldstein Bros.
Goldstein Credit
Back Text (cleaned):
FLATIRON BUILDING—OLD LANDMARK
Facing Tarrant County Convention Center
HEART OF DOWNTOWN, FORT WORTH, TEXAS
The Old Flatiron Building at Ninth and Houston Streets in Fort Worth is a reminder of the "Old Landmark" by the same name on Broadway in New York City. Such buildings are caused by streets crossing at an angle.
Being right across the street from the Tarrant County Convention Center, this hangover from Frontier Days will be seen by hundreds of thousands of visitors and sightseers to Fort Worth each year.
Photographed and Published by Stryker's Western Fotocolor, Artist Photographers, 4604 E. Lancaster, Fort Worth, Texas
9557
$6.50 ed
"Artistichrome"
POST CARD
WESTERN FOTOCOLOR
PLACE STAMP HERE
