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- Streit, Yvonne
- 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...
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Young couple posing with a mototcycle
- Young couple posing with a mototcycle and man in background at old fairgrounds at Harrisburg and Milby, Houston (Tex.)
- Image Collections
- Yacht
- Yachts ; Houston Waterways
- Yacht, unidentified, with Broadway St. Bridge in background. Five unidentified person on board yacht.
- Image Collections
- Nola : a silhouette for the piano
- Instrumental Music
- White background with black silhouette of a woman centered in a yellow oval.
- Sheet Music Collection
- Rainbow
- Ballad ; Vocal Music
- White background featuring with a window in the center. In the window is a rainbow above a garden with a water fountain and gazebo. A sailboat is is in the background.
- Sheet Music Collection
- Phillips, O.A. "Bum"
- Phillips, Bum, 1923-; Football coaches--Texas--Houston--Interviews; Houston Oilers (Football team); Oral histories
- When Coach Bum Phillips was head coach of the Houston Oilers, the team achieved the most wins in franchise history. In this interview Bum talks about his career as a football coach for the Oilers and for several other teams.
- Houston Oral History Project - Mayor Bill White Collection
- Scenes at the waterworks
- Water flowing over small dam in foreground, waterworks buildings in background.
- Image Collections
- Views down a street towards a group of men on the street corner
- Views down a street towards a group of men on the street corner. Retail shops are in the background as well as a horse-drawn carriage. Two men are walking towards the camera.
- Image Collections
- View through arched doorway of a stairwell.
- Homes
- View through arched doorway of a stairwell. Probably Spanish style architecture. Chair and painting in the background.
- Schlueter Photograph Collection
- Personnel Building and Parking Lot of Shipyard
- Shipyards ; Warships ; Shipbuilding--Texas--Houston ; Shipbuilding--Equipment and Supplies ; Ships ; Gantry cranes ; Cranes, derricks, etc ; Ships--Welding
- 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...
- Image Collections
- Austin Dam
- View of waterfall over the Austin Dam. Small buildings along the river's edge are visible in the background.
- Image Collections
- View of two ships on the water from the road with an office building in the background.
- View of two ships on the water from the road with an office building in the background.
- Image Collections
- The Circle
- Streets
- View of the Circle near the bridge at Franklin Avenue. Cars are driving on the street and a few buildings can be seen in the background.
- Postcard Collection
- Smaller turn-stile to Shuttle Train
- Shipyards--Texas--Houston ; Warships ; Shipbuilding--Texas--Houston ; Ships ; Stiles ; Turnstiles ; Gates
- View of segregated intake to Shuttle Train, which transported workers from shipyard to downtown Houston. Two turnstiles in foreground. Turnstiles may be swiveled for payment at either entrance or exit from platform. New watch-tower in parking lot...
- Image Collections
- Excavation in Cofferdam for Pumping Station
- Shipyards ; Warships ; Shipbuilding--Texas--Houston ; Shipbuilding--Equipment and Supplies ; Ships ; Ships--Welding
- View of excavation in Cofferdam for Pumping Station for new Air Compressor installation. Houston Ship Channel in background.
- Image Collections
- Public buildings in Velasco
- View of Brazos River Channel and Dock Company, Texan Land and Immigration Company, and Velasco Terminal Railway Company building. Some other office buildings can be seen in the background. Sign on the office building reads: Brazos River Channel &...
- Image Collections
- Air compressor station in shipyard
- Shipyards--Texas--Houston ; Warships ; Shipbuilding--Texas--Houston ; Shipbuilding--Equipment and Supplies ; Ships ; Gantry cranes ; Cranes, derricks, etc ; Ships--Welding
- View of Air Compressor Station looking west from east side. All four units in full operation. Part of structural steel for building in foreground. Natural gas regulator for fuel to compressors at left foreground. Ship in background is on...
- Image Collections
- Ranch at Taylor
- View of a large open field at a ranch with the ranch buildings in the far distance in the background.
- Image Collections
- Ranch at Taylor
- View of a large field at a ranch with the ranch house in the background on the left.
- Image Collections
- Fire station and Garage building in shipyard
- Shipyards ; Warships ; Shipbuilding--Texas--Houston ; Shipbuilding--Equipment and Supplies ; Ships ; Ships--Welding
- 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...
- Image Collections