Description
This vintage postcard showcases a vibrant aerial view of the Fort Worth, Texas skyline, highlighting prominent buildings like the Sinclair and Texas Hotels. The card details Fort Worth’s importance as a meat-packing center, petroleum hub, and major grain market. This beautiful postcard from a 1937 trip offers a glimpse into the city’s bustling 1930s skyline.
Front Text (cleaned):
Neil P. Anderson Bldg.
Electric Bldg.
Worth Hotel
Fair Bldg.
Petroleum Bldg.
W. T. Waggoner Bldg.
Telephone Bldg.
Sinclair Bldg.
Fort Worth
National Bank
Trinity Life Insurance Bldg.
Texas Hotel
Skyline of Fort Worth, Texas—2
Back Text (cleaned):
Trip made by William and W. M. H. Sept. 1937
Here is a city in the heart of the fastest-growing trade territory in the United States.
It is the most important meat-packing industry in the Southwest; the center of the world's greatest petroleum-producing region; the largest terminal grain market in the South.
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