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Archive for the 'History' Category

Sakowitz on Main Street

Take that, Stanley!

JFK

John F Kennedy visited Rice University on September 12, 1962.

Farrah Fawcett

Yesterday was a strange day for Houstonians:

Michael

Farrah

104 degrees

Houstonians react to Jackson

Houstonians react to Michael Jackson

History of Astodome Uniforms

When the Houston Astrodome opened in 1965, the uniform of each and every employee was designed to compliment the Space-City theme. Even the grounds keepers wore a quasi space suit when they raked the baseball field during the seventh inning stretch.

Memorial Day Flood 1929

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HOWARD HUGHES: Great Welsh-American

This is a great video about Houston’s-own, Howard Hughes.

History of Buffalo Soldiers

The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum was founded in 2000 by Paul Matthews in Houston, TX. Visit their site and donate to their capital campaign, www.buffalosoldiermuseum.com.

Houston Bathing Girl Revue

From the Houston Arts and Media page, ‘Houston

Colonial House

This is a classic video from the early 80s about Colonial House Apartments located in beautiful Southwest Houston featuring Micheal Pollack. How I miss the 80s!