Bowser and Towles Stables
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American Laundry, Inc
This was the second location for American Laundry, with the first being 210 San Jacinto. Sometime between, April and June…
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A scene on the 1000 block of Texas Avenue
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The busy corner of Main @ McKinney
1st Floor 2nd Floor 3rd Floor The building has since been demolished and today, the site is occupied by the…
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The Colored Carnegie Library
The Houston Public Library opened in 1895, allowing entry to “all users” for a small fee. Houston’s Black readers quickly…
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President Kennedy’s motorcade in Houston
On November 22, 1963 at approximately 1230p, President John. F. Kennedy was assassinated while his motorcade was traveling in Dallas,…
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Sears on Main Street, 1940s
At the time of its opening in 1939, the Downtown Sears location was the largest department store in Houston. The…
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The Rainbow Theatre
The Rainbow Theatre was once a popular theater located in Houston’s Freedmen’s Town. At the time, Houston was heavily segregated…
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TSU student protest @ the Harris County Courthouse
In April of 1967, tensions were brewing on the Texas Southern University (TSU) campus. Racially-motivated clashes between the TSU students,…