Becker, Alan J. -- Interviews;
Life insurance agents--Interviews;
Houston (Tex.)--Growth and development;
Born in Houston, Texas, and graduating from the University of Texas in Marketing and Business, Alan Becker started his career in Life insurance. In this interview, he discusses the rapid growth and development of Houston in the 1950s, and the...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Hurricanes--Texas--Houston--Press coverage; Connally, John Bowden, 1917-1993--Press coverage ; Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North...
Hurricane Cindy, Date: "09/ /63": Footage of Hurricane Cindy, which made landfall near High Island, Texas, on September 17, 1963. -- Connallys [] [], Date: "11/23/63": Footage of crowd gathered to hear Texas Governor John Connally speak. Governor...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Houston (Tex.)--Press coverage ; Chaffee, Roger B., 1935-1967--Press coverage ; Funeral rites and ceremonies--Press coverage ; Webster Presbyterian Church (Webster,...
Astronaut Memorial Service, Date: "01/29/67": Footage of people arriving at and departing from the Webster Presbyterian Church, as well as three jets doing a flyover in honor of astronaut Roger Chaffee, who died in the Apollo 1 fire along with Gus...
Vets Parade Request, Date: "10/21/69": Footage of a meeting in session. -- Cosmonauts, Date: "10/23/69": Footage of men walking through a crowd of people outside a building followed by the set-up of a press conference within NASA. -- Bank Robbery,...
'Motorcycles officers, police Department, Houston, TX, Percy F. Heard, Supt. of Police, W. F. Kessler, Inspector.' Motorcycles and drivers in front of old Miller Theater. Child on cycle in middle of picture.
Man about to take a spill while riding on a motorcycle on the raised portion of the track at the old fairgrounds at Harrisburg and Milby, Houston, Texas. Date sometime in the 1920's.
Woman and two men standing beside a motorcycle on the edge of the motorcycle track at the old fairgrounds at Harrisburg and Milby, Houston, Texas, some time during the 1920's.
Two views of the motorcycle track at old fairgrounds at Harrisburg and Milby, Houston, Texas. Sometime during the 1920's. Crowd fills bleacher-type seats across the middle of the photograph. People standing at right margin of photograph.
Two views of the motorcycle track at old fairgrounds at Harrisburg and Milby, Houston, Texas. Sometime during the 1920's. Crowd fills bleacher-type seats across the middle of the photograph. People standing at right margin of photograph.
People walking on level portion of motorcycle racetrack at old fairgrounds at Harrisburg and Milby, Houston, Texas, some time during the 1920's. Photograph also shows the raised portion of the track and the guardrail in front of the bleachers....
