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Long list of Houston area shops and services in a city directory
A sprawling OCR fragment lists numerous Houston area businesses across several industries including optical shops Texas Oldsmobile and Empire auto dealers theaters hotels confectioners florists barber shops and dry goods. The blast of retailer names suggests a historical city directory or advertisement page from a Texas city newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark’s Optical Shop
Carroll, Florist
Parisian Millinery
Crown All Hat Company
P. Battlestein, the TailOr
Thos, Goggan & Bro
Houston Jewelry Company
Moore & Kellner
M. W. Bunch the Fisk CO
Texas
Oldsmobile Company
Shaw-Pearson Motors CO
Empire Auto Sales Company
Levand Automobile Company
Barry’s Shoe Shop
R. C. Kerr Woods & Ehrhardt
Milby ‘Hotel
Santa FE Railway
Orns 'S
SOE
J.H. Pictiras’ Model
Oliver's Music House
John McLelland & Co., Inc
ED C. Smith
Max L. Block
F. Corte
Houston Hat Company
Pappas Bros
L. Lechenger
Krupp & Tuffly, Inc
Morris Brothers
J. B. Morales
LL. C
Gordon-Sewall & CO
F. W
GO. Godfrey L. Bergman
T. W. Leedon
The
Katy
ONS & Hoffman, Tailors
A. Schaeffer
Mgr
Scanlan
Houston Gas and F1 Fuel CO