Name/Title
Wallis, Landes, & Company [Cover]Description
Cover from "WALLIS, LANDES, & CO., / 2409-1411 Strand, GALVESTON, Texas," and addressed to “MESS. WALLIS, LANDES & Co, / Nos. 19, 21 & 23 STRAND, / GALVESTON, / TEXAS." Postmarked "LEDBETTER / TEX."Context
Joseph Wallis, his brother (John), and brother-in-law (Henry A. Landes) founded Wallis, Landes & Company, Cotton Factors, Wholesale Grocers & Importers on the Strand, carrying a stock of groceries, liquors, tobacco, wood and willow wares, and other staples, they were soon transacting over $2.5 million worth of business annually throughout Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico, and Indian Territory.
The first floor of the Wallis-Landes Building with its distinctive windows can still be seen at 2409-2411 Strand; the building lost its top two stories during the hurricane of 1943.