Before there was the modern Houston replete with financial headquarters and oil-related industries, the city was dotted with horse-drawn buggies, lush parks, and olde-timey swimming holes. Now interested parties can experience this long-ago urban environment courtesy of the digital collection created by the University of Houston Libraries. Visitors to this site will find over 230 photos of 19th and 20th century Houston culled from the George Fuermann Texas and Houston Collection. These materials were originally gathered by Houston Post newspaperman, and local historian, George Fuermann, and they reflect the city's urban transformation via the construction of new public facilities, changing technologies, and so on. It's quite a collection, and visitors can also create their own slideshows with these images and perform detailed searches across the collection.