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Shamrock1949

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  1. Somewhere I have some photos that my father took in 1972 as the mansion was beginning to be demoed.  When I find them I will post them here.

     

    Update* I've just found a couple of prints, at some point I will get the rest of the negatives scanned.  These images were taken on the late afternoon of August 14, 1972 by Andrew Solomon.

    GlenLee McCarthy Mansion #2 8-14-1972.jpg

    Glenlee McCarthy Mansion #1 8-14-1972.jpg

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  2. Houston Jewelry is the same as it was downtown in the 50's & 60's....jewelry & gifts....before they built the big store out at the end of town at westheimer and gessner when it was just ranch land in the early 70's

    Bain & Co....Romney's company was involved in the purchase of United Jewelers from Gordon's Jewelers in the mid 1980's after it was spun off by Bain it failed a few years later and Service took a few of their locations

    not a weird name when your last name is Weiner.....they were/are super super nice people...

    Joske's did not have a Meyerland location. The large stores there were Meyer Bros, Walter Pyes [which is now Pinto Ranch....] Palais Royal and JC Penny's. Woolworths and a grocery store....

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  3. <br />Here's hoping these stir up some fond memories, even if somewhat off topic:<br /><br />Joske's, Palais Royal, & Nieman-Marcus, before there was a "Galleria Area" [and their competitor with the advertising jingle, "By Golly .. Go to Leopold Price & Rolle!"]<br /><br />Alabama Theater complex - Walgreen's Drugs, A&P, Suzanne's Cafeteria, Wackers (or maybe TG&Y), & Western Auto, in addition to the Theater ... the "Valet" (?) dry cleaners just across the street, with the signage of an English butler holding up a freshly-pressed men's suit .... and the Preston Villa apartments just down the street, with the prominent signage of the 1950ish young lady diving head-first and feet-up into the pool ... <br /><br />Eagle supermarkets<br /><br />Houston Jewelry & Distributing<br /><br />Jetton's cafeteria, when Greenway Plaza was going up<br /><br />Plaid trading stamps, and the redemption center in University Village .. (used to get Top Value stamps at "Enco" stations, up through about 1973 I think)<br /><br />Madding-Dugan drustores .. Became Rexall, then Eckerd<br /><br />...when Bland Cadillac used to be Bland-Willis, off 610 I think<br /><br /><br />And for some really old memories:<br /><br />Shoppers' Special downtown buses with the white flags on top<br /><br />Kayo gasoline - the really cheap stuff!<br /><br />Conoco gasoline, with about 8 different grades, according to the selector lever on the pump<br /><br />"Buy your Chevrolet from Persia .. Mike Persia Chevrolet!"<br /><br />The downtown Weingarten's, between the Chronicle building and the hippie dive known as "The Cellar", that used to always have a hearse parked out front<br /><br />Dobbs House and Toddle House short-order eateries<br />
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    Houston Jewelry is still there, they just moved closer in about 15 years ago....they have a nice display of old Houston historical items....they just got rid of the electronics....its like the stores they had downtown in the 60's & 70's before they opened the big multi department store out on westhiemer & gessner....they sometimes run their old jingle on their tv ads....

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