Describes the features and technological advances reached with the construction of the Houston Astrodome, the world's first covered sports arena, which opened on April 9, 1965. Includes footage of the ground breaking on January 3, 1962 as well as...
Contains copies of the River Oaks Corporation advertisements ; house plans of River Oaks homes ; Annual report of the Houston Chamber of Commerce, 1935 ; McCall's Home of the Month, April 1936.
The passion for sports writing was imbibed in Mickey Herskowitz from an early age. Growing up in Houston, he started writing for the Houston Post when he was only 14 years old. When the Chronicle purchased The Post, he started writing for the...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Crime scene searches ; University of Houston ; Apollo 8 (Spacecraft)--Postage stamps ; Apollo 10 (Spacecraft) ; United States--National Aeronautics and Space Administration...
Chase, Date: "05/02/69": Aerial footage of police cars advancing toward a small building in a field with a crowd in front, cut to bloodstains on the ground, walls, and on a basin against the building. Police escort a woman away. A police officer is...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Houston (Tex.)--Press coverage ; Air conditioning--Press coverage ; San Jacinto Monument--Press coverage ; University of St. Thomas--Press coverage ;...
Monument Air Cond., Date: "09/21/69": Footage from the San Jacinto Monument of its array of HVAC ducts and vents. -- St Thomas Ground Breaking, Date: "09/21/69": Footage of a small group of people gathered for the groundbreaking of a building at...
Journalism--Texas--Houston ; KHOU-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) ; Bank robberies--Texas--Press coverage; Gulf Coast National Bank--Press coverage; Hospitals--Texas--Houston--Press coverage ; Bottles--Press coverage; Air...
Bank Robbery, Date: "05/05/72": Exterior shots of a Gulf Coast National Bank building; interview with a woman. -- Liberty Folks, Date: "05/05/72": Interviews with an older man and woman outside of a residence in the country. Several different...
