View looking West from top of Gantry Crane on craneway number 6 between shipways number 5 and number 6. Hulls 1 and 2 shown from left to right, on shipways 6 and 5. Fabricated items along craneway in center of picture. Substation number 7 at right...
View looking due West from Gantry Crane on craneway 6 between shipways 5 and 6. Hulls 1, 2, and 3 on shipways 6, 5, and 4, from left to right. Hulls number 1 and number 2 rapidly approaching completion. Substation number 7 and proposed extension...
View looking east from Observation Platform near center of yard. Open type welding slab on way number 5 in center, with innerbottom sections being assembled. Closed type of welding platform on way number 4 at left, with burning operations in...
View of scaffold tower and frame wreckage at forward end of way number 4. Showing damage from hurricane of July 27, 1943, referred to as the Surprise Hurricane
View from the Mold Loft steps looking toward the first six ways. General condition of scaffolding at forward end of ways clearly visible. The essentially complete hull at right center is Hull number 77 on way number 2. Showing damage from hurricane...
View taken from top of water tower looking southwest. Main parking lot in background with new Access Road beyond. Transportation Building recently constructed at extreme left edge of picture near large horizontal oil tank. Main Gate for entrance...
View looking due south from point between original facilities and additional facilities. Hull number 26 being erected on shipway number 7 at left of picture. Shipways number 8 and number 9 in center and right of picture. American Gantry Crane being...
View looking Southeast from top of Gantry Crane on craneway number 6 between shipways number 5 and number 6. Additional Welding Slab at shipway number 6 in foreground with bulkhead assembly in progress. Fire station and Garage Building in center...
View looking Southeast from Gantry Crane on craneway 6 between shipways 5 and 6. Present Garage in foreground. Building will be reconditioned as tool room in the immediate future. Main Shops Building with Mold Loft overhead, at left of picture....
Ed Smith discusses his career and his fondest memories with Foley's. He started with Foley's as Manager of Credit promotion, and gradually rose to the rank of Vice-President of Public Relations, Special events and Community Affairs and Visitor...
Streit, Yvonne -- Interviews;
People with disabilites -- Rehabilitation;
Brookshire (Tex.)
Yvonne Streit, a native Houstonian, graduated in Education from SMU and started teaching. Born from the despair of her deeply disabled daughter, she relied on her faith-driven resolve to assist the disabled adults and young children. She used a...
Various scenes at Texas Gulf Sulphur Co. plant, Gulf, TX: railroad cars being loaded; trains; industrial activity at plant. Centrifugal motor driven pumps in Station number 8.
Taylor, Marvin, 1925-.;
Community activists -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews;
Houston (Tex.) -- Race relations;
Houston (Tex.) -- History -- Anecdotes;
Herman Park (Houston, Tex.);
Oral histories
Marvin Taylor, a long time resident of Houston, talks about his involvement in the establishment of a jogging trail and improvements to Hermann Park, Houston.
Tinsley, Eleanor, 1926-2009;
City council members -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews;
School integration -- Texas -- Houston -- History;
Houston Community College (Houston, Tex.) -- History;
School board presidents -- Texas -- Houston --...
Eleanor Tinsley talks about her years as president of the board of the Houston Independent School District, and as member of the city council.
She was involved in the school integration movement and was instrumental in the creation of the Houston...
Houston North Shore Missouri-Pacific Interuban electric railroad car No. 523 with large headlight on top of car; electric poles and lines and railroad tracks. Pole near left margin is number 22-20
Born in Lenders, Texas, Truett Latimer entered the insurance business in Abilene, Texas after graduation till 1955. During that time, he won a seat in the Texas House of Representatives, and was elected four times as a State Representative. He...
