Vintage Photos Show Corpus Christi’s Rise From A Small Coastal Town To Major Port City: 1910s-1940s

By J.M. Scott, San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio Express-News
Fri, 02/12/2016 - 10:04am

These photographs from the archives of the San Antonio Express-News reflect a time when the paper covered the evolution of Corpus Christi from a quiet seaside town with tourist appeal to a developing industry port.

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Vintage Photos Show Corpus Christi’s Rise From A Small Coastal Town To Major Port City: 1910s-1940s

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