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My first trip to Houston was passing through in the 1950's with my parents, but my real first trip was in the summer of 1963. I was working for Colony House (company based in Dallas, but I was out of San Antonio). The company gave us a trip to Houston and we stayed at the Shamrock. Fantastic hotel! We then worked various parts of Houston.
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Houston had 400,000 residents by the 1940's, and reached the million person mark in the 1960's. Today, more than two million people call Houston home. These images from vintage postcards showcase Houston's remarkable growth between 1940 - 1950, when the city was the fastest growing in the United States.
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01/27/1961 - topping out ceremonies at the new Humble Building. At left is part of the 28-foot steel beam autographed by Houston civic and city leaders to be hoisted 605 feet to the top of the 44.
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Original Humble Oil Bld: That top photo is excellent color for the late 1950s/early 1960s, judging by the body styles of the cars in it. Posted July 13, 2006. Original Humble Oil Bld: I enlarged the photo, and right next to the Parking lot attendant's booth is THE most beautiful '58 Chevy Bel Air I have every seen.
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Places & People Stunning Vintage Photos of Life in Houston from the 1950s 5.1k Views Houston is the most populous city of Texas, founded in 1836 and named after Sam Houston. During the American Civil War, Huston served the Confederacy as a regional military logistics center.
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1954. View of original drawbridge (75 kB) (added 31-May-2001) 1961. New high clearance bridge and original causeway drawbridge (139 kB) This photo was labelled as the "new" causeway high clearance bridge. The original drawbridge facility, which can be seen in this photo, was later demolished. September 1961.
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Can't get enough of Houston's in the 1960s? Check out more scenes from throughout the decade in the gallery above. Aug 26, 2016 | Updated Aug 29, 2016 8:36 a.m. By Andrea Waguespack Andrea.
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Old photos show Houston snow in 1895, 1958, 1960 By Dana Burke , Staff writer Updated Feb 14, 2021 3:07 p.m. Snow around Valentine's Day is not common in Houston, but not unheard of.
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In these photos of Houston streets from decades ago, you'll see an old shopping center here, multiple storefronts there and a maybe a derelict house or two. Many of these buildings are now long.
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For an investment of less than $10,000, the duo would become the founding fathers of Houston and what began as a struggling trading post would in time become the fourth largest city in the nation and a capital of industry. Explore the history of Houston by decade in this interactive timeline. 1830s. 1840s. 1850s. 1860s.
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John F. Kennedy. September 12, 1960. Source National Archives. This speech was recorded at the Rice Hotel in Houston, Texas, and runs for 11:32. Kennedy stresses the importance of separation of church and state and condemns nations without religious liberty and tolerance. Kennedy de-emphasizes the importance of Catholicism in his candidacy.
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S. Sand Mountain Coffee House. 1960s in the United States by city. 1960s in Texas. 20th century in Houston. Decades in Houston. Hidden category: Navseasoncats decade and century.
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Harris County Houston About the Video Keywords Leave your comment This unedited footage from Houston's KPRC-TV follows the lunch counter demonstrations across Houston in March 1960 as well as the hate crime committed in retaliation.
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Just as nationally the '50s came to an abrupt end that dreadful day in Dallas, Nov. 22, 1963, when John F. Kennedy was assassinated, for those of us who grew up in Houston, the wonder years were.
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Remember Felix Mexican Restaurant on Westheimer? The restaurant was a pioneer of Houston Tex-Mex before it shut down in 2008 after 60 years in business.. Felix is just one of many memorable.