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Aerial from the Globe at Gulfgate, 1962

I don't know if this folder will share correctly from the South Belt Houston History FB page, but in case you don't have Netflix, here are about 200 shots: Stills from Apollo 10 1/2

I could be completely off, but the angle of the Gulf Building to the Esperson as well as the far left placement of the Texas National Bank makes me think it makes more sense for that road to be 59 instead of 45?

This is an Historic Images photo from the Houston Post with no other information than the Post stamp on the back dated April 18, 1967. Can any one tell me what street it was taken from?

Lots of Almeda photos here along with a bit of history until it was torn down in Feb. 2016 http://southbelthouston.blogspot.com/2017/06/south-belt-spot-skate-ranches-almeda.html

there've been several threads over the years on Corll. This one probably has the most memories:

An aerial shot published 5/3/78 in the South Belt Leader: Baybrook Mall Coming This Summer The Macy's opened in 1985. I was in the Dobie Band and we played at the Grand Opening, marched through the new store, and out into the mall that day to great fanfare.

Well, if anyone searches for this information, here's a comparison: Briscoe Center: requires a week lead time to request specific boxes to be pulled from offsite. Currently requiring appointments. They will require you lock up all your belongings but you can take your cellphone. I was allowed to photograph negatives for personal review, but to publish any of them (anywhere) it was $50 per photograph. Took six weeks to get those from the time I gave them my list (15 photographs) to download. Houston Public Library (Julia Ideson Texas Reading Room): asks a few days notice to pull materials if possible, but depending on how busy they are, they have been able to go look up things on the spot, no appointment necessary. Lockers required for belongings, cell phones allowed. Charge per photograph $12.50. I have ordered batches of anywhere from 3 to 12 photographs on three different occasions and have had them delivered within a few days. University of Houston Center for Public History: no appointment, no lead time, materials are pulled on the spot. Copies are FREE (up to 250!) and depending on how busy they are, could be supplied while you wait or pick up later/have mailed. PDFs will be emailed.

It's currently a work in progress, but here is a link to the index. Houston Area Yearbook Series Currently has 16 active links: Houston Skylines and Aerials Houston Street Views (largely from parade photos) The Houston Zoo Houston Airports Houston Kiddie Rides, Amusement Parks, and Playgrounds Houston Area Diners, Drugstore Soda Fountains, & Drive-Ins Houston Area Gas Stations Houston Area Grocery Markets Houston Area Music Advertising Houston Area Mystery Places Houston Area Restaurants Houston Area Shopping Houston Area Snow Cars & Dealership Photo Ads Technology Photos Almeda/Northwest Photos The ones that would benefit greatly from the collective HAIF wisdom are locations for the Street Views, Skylines/Aerials, and the Mystery Places.

I've got a date with the Briscoe Center in Austin after the holidays to visit and view some Bob Bailey photographs of my little corner of Houston. I'm still reeling with the sticker shock, though, of buying the rights to a print for the SBHDHA (what a terrible acronym -- what was I thinking?) It's $50 a pop. Thank God for GoFundMe and some nice donors! Makes the $12.50 charged by HPL look like a downright bargain. Anyway, shortly thereafter I'm back in Houston for some more research and the Foley's Department Store Records housed at UH are calling my name. I can't seem to locate the info about how much they charge per negative/photo, however. Does anyone here happen to know?

Thanks gnu! Since it's clear the photographer was allowed in the front door, I wonder what other photos might be lost. Wouldn't it be a bit strange, knowing the set up involved in one interior shot back then, to cart all that equipment for just a four glass plates? There is no vehicle in the drive, and it appears the side of the house on the street where the first two photos were taken also had vendor/servant entrances. I don't know why, maybe the size of those baby trees and a few staked larger trees (visible from the front drive photo), but it seems like the place, if not new, has very new landscaping. Didn't glass plate negatives fall out of common use by the 1930s?

Looking at both shots, this is the side of the house, and those urns are probably on a circular drive at the front, where the marbled columns can be seen. There's also a fountain out there, too. It seems like an awfully large place in the "middle of nowhere" (huge estate?) to not be recognizable, unless it's long been demolished? The front appears to have six Corinthian columns along the face of the house, with another one on each side. Maybe that helps narrow it down to someone more familiar with the Simms estate? I can't seem to find any photos of it online. Zoomed in from the "street view" one. And is that a screened in porch area top right with the four dark vertical panes? Second zoomed in screen grab shows the urn on the column out front really clearly, the other fountain, as well as the very young line of trees planted and the ornate iron work on the (gas?) lamp stand (maybe?).

http://digital.houstonlibrary.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/images/id/3706/rec/34 There doesn't seem to be any information connected to this one, just "Mansion with fountain" as description. Long shot, but anyone know any information about it? from another angle: http://digital.houstonlibrary.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/images/id/3709/rec/44

New post covers 1990 - 1993 when things really got going: http://southbelthouston.blogspot.com/2015/01/brio-superfund-south-belt-ellington.html Fair warning, this feels like it reaches epic novel length!