Dallas Lithograph Company (sold)
Dallas Lithograph Company (1883 - 1901) was a commercial lithography and chromolithography firm active in Dallas, Texas in the late 19th century. When founded in 1883 or 1884, it was the first lithographic press in Dallas. The founders were Isaac Monteaux, J. Booker, Nate Starke, and Thomas L Townsend (1851 - 19??). The company incorporated in 1885. They were early adaptors to the Steam Lithographic Press, capable of issuing large-scale lithographs in color and quantity. In 1890 they build an impressive three-story building at 176 Elm Street. In 1901 the firm was acquired by the Exline Printing Company.
Rebranding a city.
City of Aransas Pass and Chart of Aransas Bau and Corpus Christi Bay Texas. Formerly Rockport. / Map of the City of Aransas Pass Formerly Rockport Texas.
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This is a large and impressive c. 1890-91 Thomas Millington real-estate broadside highlighting 'Rockport, Texas and the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway' (SAAP) attempts to rebrand Rockport as Aransas Pass. The SAAP planned for their Rockport hub to become the largest deep-water port on the Gulf Coast. The map was issued in the last days of the SAAP's independence - before the railroad ran into insolvency and was taken over by the competing Southern Pacific. (more details)