Subtitle: Containing the names, residences and places of business of the inhabitants; business directory; directory to streets and localities; charter; compendium of ordinances; officers of the city and county; courts; state and county taxes;...
Boats and ferries in the water. Across the water are several warehouses, including the American Manufacturing Company and the Bering & Gortes Wholesale retail warehouses.
In this interview, restaurateur Irma Galván examines her life as a Mexican American woman growing up in Houston and being raised by a single mother and raising her children as a single mother herself. She also talks about how she started and...
Reproduction of the 1866 facsimile of the original version published in Houston by Gray, Strickland of Houston in 1866. Original title: Houston city directory for 1866 : with a map of the city, directory to streets and localities, names of city,...
Elevated view of Street Warehousing Corporation warehouses with railroad box cars at loading dock. Base of water tower in foreground. Also shows part of residential area around warehouses.
Born in Cameron, Texas, Drayton McLane Jr., followed his father's footsteps in learning various aspects of the wholesale grocery business. Having an MBA in marketing, he moved into management and became the CEO and Chairman of the McLane Company in...
Collection of home designs by the Russell Brown Company. Each design is accompanied by a photograph of a house built in Houston or in Dallas. Please refer to the Index for plan numbers and addresses of pictured buildings, when known.
