Willow Street Sanitation Complex, Houston, Harris County, TX
1994 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Willow Street Sanitation Complex was constructed in 1902 for $250,000 according to plans prepared by consulting engineer Alexander Potter. The property ac... More
Sam Houston Park, 809 Robin Street House, 1100 Bagby Street, Houston, ...
STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: 4th Ward Cottage is a pure example of Cajun/Gulf Coast cottage, a building type that originated in South Louisiana as early as 1710. The cottage is the last remaining example ... More
Adjusting the bale of cotton in the jaws of the compressor. Houston, T...
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Freighter leaving port of Houston, Texas
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Unloading a carload of cotton at compress. Houston, Texas
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Former main ship channel of the port of Houston, Texas. This is now a ...
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Bales of cotton in warehouse. Compress, Houston, Texas
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Power lines which cross the channel of the port of Houston, Texas
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Bales of cotton loaded onto Spanish ship for export. Port of Houston, ...
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Guiding compressed bale of cotton onto hand truck. Compress, Houston, ...
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Storing bales of cotton into hold of freighter for export. Notice the ...
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Loading of cotton for export. Notice man operating winch. Port of Hous...
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Record of the compressor. Compress, Houston, Texas
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View of former main ship channel, now yacht pen. Port of Houston, Texa...
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Loading dock of flour mill. Port of Houston, Texas
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Warehouse. Port of Houston, Texas
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Longshoremen at the cotton docks. Port of Houston, Texas
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Negro women cleaning up damaged bales of cotton. Compress, Houston, Te...
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Bale of cotton linters and bale of middling cotton side by side in waa...
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Pier and cement plant. Port of Houston, Texas
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Shoving a bale of cotton onto conveyor at compress. Houston, Texas
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Warehouses and docks. Port of Houston, Texas
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Moss-covered trees along the ship channel. Port of Houston, Texas
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Guiding compressed bale of cotton onto hand truck. Compress, Houston, ...
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Loading dock of flour mill. Port of Houston, Texas
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Placing bale of cotton into compressing unit. Compress, Houston, Texas...
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Cutting burlap bag to take sample of cotton from bale. Compress, Houst...
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Hulls rotting along the bayou which joins the port of Houston, Texas
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Storing bales of cotton into hold of freighter for export. Notice the ...
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Loading of cotton for export. Notice man operating winch. Port of Hous...
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Warehouse worker atop stack of burlap bags. Compress at Houston, Texas
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Loading round bales of cotton onto conveyer at compress. Houston, Texa...
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Hoisting bales of cotton into ship's hold. Port of Houston, Texas
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Putting bale of cotton onto hand truck. Compress, Houston, Texas
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Longshoremen at the cotton docks. Port of Houston, Texas
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Rolling round bale of cotton at compress. Houston, Texas. These are no...
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Unloading bales of cotton from truck-drawn trailers at compress, Houst...
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Loading dock at industrial plant. Port of Houston, Texas
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Certified samples of cotton in compress. These certified samples are h...
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Loading round bales of cotton onto conveyer at compress, Houston, Texa...
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Unloading freight car load of cotton. Compress, Houston, Texas
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Longshoremen at the cotton docks. Port of Houston, Texas
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Hooking on three bales of cotton for hoisting into ship's hold. Port o...
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Barge loaded with pipe. Port of Houston, Texas
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Houston, Texas. Storing bales of cotton into hold of a freighter for e...
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Flour mill and tug. Port of Houston, Texas
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Loading dock. Cotton compress, Houston, Texas
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Oil refinery on the bank of the ship channel. Port of Houston, Texas
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Unloading bales of cotton from truck-drawn trailers at compress, Houst...
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Action in loading a bale of cotton onto truck for transporting to comp...
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Sampling cotton at compress for length of staple and grade. These expe...
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Longshoremen at the cotton docks. Port of Houston, Texas
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Tagging samples of cotton. Compress, Houston, Texas
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Unloading truckload of cotton. Compress, Houston, Texas
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Mexican trucker eating lunch atop bales of cotton. Compress, Houston, ...
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Longshoremen at the cotton docks. Port of Houston, Texas
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Loading dock of compress. Houston, Texas
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Sampling and grading cotton as to length and staple and grade under da...
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Bales of cotton being loaded onto Spanish ship for export. Port of Hou...
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Removing bale of cotton from conveyer. Compress, Houston, Texas
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Sampler taking a swatch of cotton from basket. Compress, Houston, Texa...
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Storing bales of cotton into hold of freighter for export. Notice the ...
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Interior of cotton compress and warehouse. Houston, Texas
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Oil refinery on the bank of the ship channel. Port of Houston, Texas
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"Killing the spiders" on a bale of cotton. This means knocking down th...
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Sampling and grading cotton as to length and staple and grade under da...
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General view of flour mill and docks. Port of Houston, Texas
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Negro women cleaning up damaged bales of cotton. Compress, Houston, Te...
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Negro women cleaning up damaged bales of cotton. Compress, Houston, Te...
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Oil drillers preparing to take a core to determine nature of sand in t...
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Sampling room. Port of Houston, Texas
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Freighter leaving the port of Houston, Texas
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I Walked All the Way From Missouri
Performer referred to elsewhere as J. L. Goree Venue: Home of J.L. Goree Textual transcription of "I Walked All the Way From Missouri," performed at Home of J.L. Goree, Houston, Texas, on April 12, 1939.
Conveyor of cotton at compress, Houston, Texas
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Testing cotton for length of fiber and grade. Compress, Houston, Texas
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Sampling room, cotton compress, part of compress. Port of Houston, Tex...
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Longshoremen at the cotton docks. Port of Houston, Texas
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Weighing cotton at the unloading platform. Compress, Houston, Texas
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When You Hear That Peafowl Holler
Performer referred to elsewhere as J. L. Goree Venue: Home of J.L. Goree Textual transcription of "When You Hear That Peafowl Holler," performed at Home of J.L. Goree, Houston, Texas, on April 12, 1939.
Letter to Harold Spivacke - Public domain document scan
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Loading dock of flour mill. Port of Houston, Texas
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Negro laborers placing bands around compressed bale of cotton. Compres...
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Oyster shell barges at unloading dock of cement plant. Port of Houston...
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Loading cotton into hold of ship. Port of Houston, Texas
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Compressing unit operator. Compress, Houston, Texas
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Placing a bale of cotton into compressing unit. Compress, Houston, Tex...
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Little Birdie in the Tree - Public domain document scan
Collector's genre note: "American Mother Goose jingles" Venue: Room under ramp of storage garage Textual transcription of "Little Birdie in the Tree," performed at Room under ramp of storage garage, Houston, Te... More
Sampling and grading cotton as to length and staple and grade under da...
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Storing bales of cotton into hold for freighter for export. Port of Ho...
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Flour mill. Port of Houston Texas
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Stevedores loading cotton on to the freighter. Port of Houston, Texas
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Interior of cotton compress and warehouse. Houston, Texas
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Flour mill and coal loading dock. Port of Houston, Texas
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Weighing bale of cotton at unloading platform at compress. Houston, Te...
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Barge and tug. Port of Houston, Texas
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