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Box 1

 Container

Contains 73 Results:

Sam Houston Hotel lobby, April 20, 1936

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Dates: April 20, 1936
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the lobby at Sam Houston Hotel, 1115-21 Prairie Avenue.

Guests and staff at Shamrock Hotel, May 26, 1949

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Dates: May 26, 1949
Scope and Contents

Photograph of guests and staff in the lobby at Shamrock Hotel, South Main at Bellaire Blvd.

Martin Linen Supply Co., 1934

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Dates: 1934
Scope and Contents

Photograph of male and female staff at Martin Linen Supply, 2607 Brazos.

Oshman Outdoor Store, 1933

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Dates: 1933
Scope and Contents

Photograph of fish being sold and staff gathered at Oshman Outdoor Store, 1021-23 Capitol Avenue.

Display at Oshman's, 1944

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Dates: 1944
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a display at Oshman's ("The South's Finest Outdoor Store").

Houston Fire and Police Departments, October 1932

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Dates: October 1932
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the Houston Fire and Police Department building, 401 Caroline at Preston.

Houston Police Department Headquarters, December 1934

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Dates: December 1934
Scope and Contents

Photograph of officers and cars at Houston Police Department Headquarters, 403 Caroline, taken for Ford Motor Company.

Carnegie Library, August 21, 1934

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Dates: August 21, 1934
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Houston Public Library's Carnegie Library building, 1050 Quitman.

Houston Public Library and City Hall, 1941

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Dates: 1941
Scope and Contents

Photograph of City Hall and Houston Public Library's Central branch building, both located on McKinney at Smith.

Red Cross Parade Float, November 11, 1934

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Dates: November 11, 1934
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a Red Cross float, likely for an Armistice (Veterans) Day parade.

Houston Junior Chamber of Commerce Clothing Drive, October 23, 1936

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Dates: October 23, 1936
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains photographic prints of various people and places in Houston primarily taken by photographers Bob and Marvin Bailey during the 1930s and 1940s. Many of the photographs were shown in an exhibition titled "Houston: A Photographic Portrait, 1930s-1940s," which took place at Detering Book Gallery, owned and operated by Herman E. Detering III, during FotoFest 1992.

Vick Radio Electric Co. display, November 4, 1934

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Dates: November 4, 1934
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a display of RCA Victor Globe Trotter radio sets at Vick Radio Electric Co., 2315 Main.

Harry Grier, KTRH Radio, June 1940

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Dates: June 1940
Scope and Contents

Photo collage featuring Harry Grier, program manager at KTRH Radio.

"Big Mike" No. 6, KNUZ Radio public service unit truck, October 19, 1962

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Dates: October 19, 1962
Scope and Contents

Photograph of KNUZ Radio public service unit truck with "Big Mike" No. 6.

Alexander Hamilton Junior High School soccer team, 1933

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Dates: 1933
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the boys' soccer team at Alexander Hamilton Junior High School, located on Heights Blvd. near 20th.