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Lecture "Architectural Traditions Appearing in the Earlier Buildings of the Rice Institute"
(Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, 1950-01-01)
Architect William Ward Watkin (1886-1952) served as the first Supervising Architect for Rice Institute, overseeing the construction of the first campus buildings. Watkin also taught in Rice's ...
Grieving relative of child injured in Poe Elementary School Explosion in 1959
(Museum of Houston and the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, 1959-09-15)
On the morning of September 15, 1959, Paul Harold Orgeron detonated a bomb at Poe Elementary School that killed three children, a teacher, a custodian and Mr. Orgeron. Nineteen other people were ...
The Nixons visit Houston
(Museum of Houston and the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, 1950-01-01)
Aerial view of downtown
(Museum of Houston and the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, 1955-04-01)
Aerial View of Shamrock Hilton
(Museum of Houston and the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, 1954-01-01)
General MacArthur celebration dinner menu
(Museum of Houston, 1951-06-14)
Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 - April 5, 1964), was a general who played a prominent role in the Pacific theater of World War II. He was poised to command the invasion of Japan in November 1945 but was instead ...
Dedication of Blue Triangle YMCA showing Mr. Tellepsen at podium with Luellelia Walker-Harrison (Mrs. Alex Harrison), Victoria Barnes (Mrs. Tetus Barnes), and Beulah Bowie (Mrs. A.E. Bowie) in audience.
(Museum of Houston and the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, 1951-01-01)
Fidel Castro eating barbeque during 1959 visit
(Museum of Houston and the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, 1959-04-27)
His government in near collapse and the rebels on Havana's doorstep, Cuban dictator Batista fled to the Dominican Republic on January 1, 1959. Fidel Castro emerged as the leader of the new government. ...
Flooded highway in Texas City during hurricane Debra in 1959
(Museum of Houston and the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, 1959-07-25)
Hurricane Debra hit between Freeport, Texas and Galveston, Texas on July 25, 1959. It was a category 1 hurricane that caused $7 million dollars in damage but no fatalities.
Port of Houston and Ship Channel
(Museum of Houston and the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, 1957-02-01)