Advertisement for the Ringling Brothers aand Barnum and Bailey Combined Circus. Three performers on horseback, one with drums and two with horns. Performance: Monday, September 27 and Tuesday, September 28, 1937.
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;...
Contains an excerpt from Frederick Olmstead's "A Journey Through Texas", which describes his travel by horseback through the state. Also includes an excerpt from "Diary & Letters of Josiah Gregg", which describes Gregg's experiences in the Houston...
Cop Shoots Kid, Date: "02/13/69": Footage of police at the roadside scene showing a car run into the dirt and a gun by the passenger seat; two officers bend over a man to search for identification; the man is shown being loaded into an ambulance....
Cypress Creek Estates Flood, Date: "05/13/68": Footage of Cypress Creek Estates neighborhood under water; men and women investigate the extent of the flooding on horseback or in boats. -- Police Awards, Date: "05/13/68": Footage of food being...
San Jacinto Monument ; Jones, Jesse H. (Jesse Holman), 1874-1956 ; Texas Centennial (1936) ; Houston, Andrew Jackson, 1854-1941
Groundbreaking: Mr. Jesse Jones and Colonel Andrew Jackson Houston at the groundbreaking ceremony of the San Jacinto Memorial. A military band performs for the group of spectators. Mr. Jones and others make speeches that are broadcast by station...
Wong, Martha, 1939-;
Legislators--Texas--Interviews;
Texas--Politics and government;
Houston (Tex.)--Politics and government;
Asian Americans--Social conditions--Texas--Houston;
Oral histories
In 1993 Martha Wong was the first Asian American elected to the Houston City Council, and in 2003, she became the first Asian American woman elected to the Texas Legislature. In this interview, Martha answers questions about her career and her life...
Mayor Annise Parker served in the Houston City Council from 1998 to 2003, and City Controller from 2004 to 2009. Born in Houston, and graduating from Rice University in 1974, she worked in the oil and gas industry for 20 years. Mayor Annise Parker...
