Advertisement for the Port of Houston: Future Oil Center of America, 1933
Dublin Core
Title
Advertisement for the Port of Houston: Future Oil Center of America, 1933
Subject
Shipping--Texas
Description
Advertisement for the Port of Houston: Future Oil Center of America. The ad mentions the transfer of the Gulf Coast headquarters of Shell Corporation to Houston and the building of a refinery, as well as the proximity of Houston to one of the world's richest oil fields.
Creator
Port of Houston
Source
J. Russell Wait Port of Houston Papers , MS 346, Box 3, folder 2, item 81, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University
Publisher
Rice University
Date
1933
Rights
This material is in the public domain and is licensed under a Creative Commons attribution 2.5 License.
Format
Advertisement
Type
text
Identifier
wrc00144
Is Part Of
Houston Waterways collections online at https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/36090 and http://digital.houstonlibrary.org/ (search "waterways").
Has Version
View full digital object online at http://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/37623.
Collection
Citation
Port of Houston, “Advertisement for the Port of Houston: Future Oil Center of America, 1933,” Houston Waterways, accessed May 18, 2024, https://digitalprojects.rice.edu/wrc/waterways/items/show/1314.