RECTO: Black and white image of a barge in Buffalo Bayou. The name Beach is in the lower left corner. Caption at the bottom: ""2222 Loading Cotton Barge on Buffalo Bayou. Houston, Texas."" There is an illegible handwritten note below that. In the...
Black and white photograph of people gathered for the landing of The Nicholaus. Caption on the photo reads: ""Copyright 1920 by Schlueter Houston, Tex.""
RECTO: Black and white image of waterfront. Handwritten caption reads: ""Water front view #5, San Jacinto Battle Ground. Photo by Happer and Co. Houston, Tex."" VERSO: Stamped vertically on the left side: ""Bequest of Mrs. Adele Lubbock Briscoe...
Black and white photograph of Satilla, the first regulalry scheduled steamship in the Port of Houston, docked at the municipal wharf. There are men working beside it. Caption in the photo reads: ""Unit No1 Municipal Wharves Houston Texas."" ...
Black and white photograph of a boy with fishing gear looking at a pier that has been closed for repairs. On the pier headed away from land is a vehicle with three men on it. On the back of the photograph is a caption that reads, ""6-21-71.""
RECTO: Colorized image of people boarding a boat at the boat landing at San Jacinto Battle Ground. Caption reads: ""The Boat Landing at the Battlefield of San Jacinto, Near Houston, Texas."" VERSO: Handwritten vertically on the left side: ""Hello...
RECTO: Colorized image of beach at San Jacinto Battleground. Caption reads: ""The Battlefield of San Jacinto, near Houston, Texas, On this Field General Sam Houston Won the Independence of Texas."" VERSO: Blank
RECTO: Colorized image of man in a row boat on San Jacinto River. Caption reads: ""14438 - Scene on San Jacinto River, Houston, Texas."" VERSO: Handwritten message: ""Dearest Baby, We are here and have just had a snack at the lunch counter. It is...
RECTO: Colorized image of man in a row boat on San Jacinto River. Caption reads: ""6259 - Scene on San Jacinto River, Houston, Texas."" VERSO: Handwritten message: ""I hate to quit exchanging but I am almost run to death answering about 20 cards...
This folder contains documents related to the city of Orange, Texas. Included in the contents is a history of the city and information about local industry, government, clubs, schools, and points of interest.
These papers describe the history of the Rice Institute from the new foundation and endowment for education to the departments on campus in the 1920s. The Rice Institute later became Rice University.
Recollections of Captain Gibson Kuykendall, Abraham Alley, and other early colonists. Additional research about the Houston Land Office and the first Texas railroad and the
