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Greetings from Galveston, Texas

Date
1936, provisional
State
Texas
City
Galveston
Format
Postcard

A bathing figure stands to the right of the sweeping GALVESTON lettering. The beach imagery places seaside recreation beside the smaller views contained in the letters.

After the hurricane of 1900, Galveston built a seawall and raised parts of the city to reduce flood risk. The first seawall section was completed in 1904, changing the shoreline that later visitors came to enjoy.

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