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- Temple Beth Israel
- Buildings
- Grand temple building possibly of light colored brick with stained glass windows. Two of the windows are open, possibly during a hot season. The grand entrance has two white columnsat least two stories in height with Corinthian style caps and a...
- Postcard Collection
- St. Paul's Church
- Buildings
- Grand church sits on a street corner, so the four Ionic topped two-story columns at the entrance are repeated in half columns on the side facade. The church is topped with what appears to be a copper dome. To the left is a two story brown brick...
- Postcard Collection
- First Baptist Church
- Buildings
- This grand church building appears to be a light colored brick with a square tower topped with a square spire. Most windows are square and the two large stained glass windows are in Gothic arches.
- Postcard Collection
- Humble Oil Field
- Gulf Coast Country
- Almost thirty oil derricks and numerous simply constructed work buildings are portrayed on this postcard. The oil derricks are of the slender, tall, square based pyramid design with steel structures.
- Postcard Collection
- Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus: Wild West champions
- Equestrian artists
- Advertisement for the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus. Men dressed as cowboys, Native Americans perform. Performance: Thursday, October 24 through Friday, October 25, 1935.
- Posters
- Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Combined Circus: Elephant
- Animals ; Elephants
- Advertisement for the Ringling Brothers aand Barnum and Bailey Combined Circus. Elephant head.
- Posters
- Russell Bros. Circus: Tents and crows
- Advertisement for the Russell Bros 3 Ring Circus. Tents and gathered crowd. Performance: Wednesday, November 8 and Thursday, November 9, 1939.
- Posters
- Wheeler & Almond Circus: Iron jaw
- Aerialists ; Iron jaw
- Advertisement for the Wheeler and Almond Circus. Aerialists perform iron jaw. Two women are in butterfly costumes, two women are in walking dress and parasol, and two women are on bicycles.
- Posters
- Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus: Aerial Gymnasts
- Aerialists
- Advertisement for the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus. Aerialists perform a number of different acts on rings, poles, ladders and swings. Performance: Thursday, October 24 through Friday, October 25, 1935.
- Posters
- River Oaks Scrapbook, volume 16
- Contains copies of the River Oaks Corporation advertisements ; River Oaks magazines for 1937 and 1938.
- River Oaks Collection
- River Oaks Scrapbook, volume 10
- Contains copies of the River Oaks Corporation publications, Homes For All Times, and River Oaks ; newspaper articles about the death of Will Hogg ; advertisements for River Oaks.
- River Oaks Collection
- River Oaks Scrapbook, volume 7
- Contains newspaper articles about zoning, advertisements for River Oaks, Christmas cards from River Oaks residents.
- River Oaks Collection
- Farm scene of men riding large tractor.
- Agriculture
- Farm scene: two men riding large tractor pulling multi-share plow or large disk. Three men standing on plow or disk.
- Schlueter Photograph Collection
- Young boy standing beside a seven-month-old fig tree.
- Agriculture
- Young boy standing beside a seven-month-old fig tree that is bearing fruit.
- Schlueter Photograph Collection
- Oil well and drill site at Damon Mound.
- Oil Industry
- Oil well, various, at Damon Mound. K. Hillyer.
- Schlueter Photograph Collection
- Man standing near orange trees laden with fruit. Alvin, TX"" Photograph cracked near center.
- Agriculture
- Man standing near a row of orange trees laden with fruit. Includes: E. S. Stockwell & Son
- Schlueter Photograph Collection
- Dark smoke rising from an oil fire.
- Oil Industry
- Dark smoke rising from an oil fire in East Texas Gusher Territory.
- Schlueter Photograph Collection
- First gusher at Grant Oil Company.
- Oil Industry
- First gusher at Grant Oil Co. on Humble Lease, Houston, TX. Derricks in the foreground.
- Schlueter Photograph Collection
- Oil field at Humble, TX, looking north.
- Oil Industry
- Oil field at Humble, TX, looking north. Includes: Interstate Oil & Gas Co.
- Schlueter Photograph Collection
- Oil rig at Pierce Junction oil field.
- Oil Industry
- Oil rig at Pierce Junction Oil Field, within sight of City of Houston producing 2,500 of oil per day.
- Schlueter Photograph Collection