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The complex on Richmond and Weslayan was demolished in 2006. (I think that's the right year.) They just moved the name honoring Hattie Mae White to the new building on W. 18th. 

Iron Tiger, That's the one we ended up using since it occurred to me that she might have something. Thanks a bunch.

Thanks so much. The key is that we need the one time rights use to use it in a video, so we have to find the image copyright holder and get their sign off. Luckily, a friend of mine has come through with one. I really appreciate the help with it.

Interesting btw to read the complaints at the time that HISD was selling the public on why they needed a new building. The biggest troubles that people kept bringing up was that building visitors were always getting lost and that the acoustics in the grand lobby were horrible for events. 

Does anyone have a good, high-res photo of the old HISD Headquarters building at Richmond & Weslayan which they are willing to share for the Heritage Society to use in an educational video? We will put you in the credits. It's for a new HAM Slice of History on mid-century architecture in Houston.

HISD Hattie Mae White Building At 3830 Richmond Ave.

It would be worth it to ask the local TV stations for permission to use video of some of their news coverage. They might allow it IF, as you say, it's for educational and non-commercial purposes. At most, they would only ask that you identify where the video came from. Give it a shot. It's worth a try.

I found some nice photos from the Houston Post archive that went to HMRC downtown. Hope to get my hands on digital copies next week.

Does anyone out there have photos of teh Woodway Square fire to which they own the rights? I'd like to use them in an educational video. Thanks

I grew up in Meyerland and had an aunt & uncle in Westbury. We went there often. With only a couple of exceptions (I think there was a Tuesday Morning in the early 70s), it was indeed small local merchants. Rumpleheimer's Ice Cream was a high point for a kid, of course. As was smelling all the candle smells. There was also a Brittain's Brolier Burger there with fake carousel animals for the kids to sit on while they ate.

The only place that was hippie-cool that I recall was Village Inn Pizza, and that was because they had folk musicians who played there. It was not Montrose or Market Square. But it was a favorite haunt of people in Southwest Houston.

Nice job on the video.

I am working on a book about all things Houston area sports and outdoors between 1900 and 1950. It is a photo driven book, so I need a bunch more photos. Looking for everything to school sports, hunting, fishing, boating to bowling and golf. Anything that you can call a sport or outdoor activity around Houston during the first half of the last century.

We're doing a scanning day at Becker's Books, 7405 Westview, on Sunday, June 13 from 1 to 3pm. I will have a portable scanning setup. Just looking for rights for this publication, and the photos will never leave your sight. These must be photos to which you own the rights.

Proceeds will go to Houston Arts and Media. Learn more at our website

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Channel 55 is producing a show called Postcards from Texas, a weekly series all about local history topics. Three segments per show, and it covers a wide range of topics from the area. New shows air Sundays at 4pm and rerun on Saturdays at 7pm. The website is located here

Houston Arts and Media is hosting their second Houston History Road Rally on Sunday, March 2.

Teams of up to five people in one vehicle have two hours to solve clues that will lead them to 15 historic or longtime Houston buildings, places and landmarks. They must drive to each and take a photograph that includes a team member. There are prizes on top of a great fun way to spend Sam Houston's Birthday and Texas Independence Day.

Location is the SPJST Hall at 1435 Beall, just west of Durham near 15th St. Registration starts at 1PM, and teams begin leaving at 1:30. There will be free food upon return.

For more info check out the link at www.houstonartsandmedia.org. Teams can pre-register by e-mailing info@houstonartsandmedia.org.

Find a team of knowledgeable Houstonians, good puzzle solvers and navigators, bring your maps and come have a great time.

Houston Arts and Media is launching a new project called HAM Slices. They're web-based videos, about a minute in length, all about different stories from Houston history. You can see them on our website at www.houstonartsandmedia.org along with all the other stuff we have going on. Or you can see the first three on the HAM channel at YouTube at www.youtube.com/houstonartsandmedia

Hope you like them. We plan to put out a new one about every two weeks.

Wrecks Bell that was one of the owners of teh Old Quarter downtown (along with Dale Soffar) owns a club on 20th near Post Office in Galveston. It is called teh Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe. Very cool guy. He has a small shrine to both Townes Van Zandt and Lightnin Hopkins in the club. Wrecks played bass for both guys.

Westheimer Road was indeed named for the large farm that belonged to Michael Westheimer, a German immigrant to Houston well before the Civil War. He had a large stable just off market square, and later an undertakers business, presumably not connected. The stable business grew into Westheimer Transfer and Storage. On the farm, which was located right about where Lamar HS is, he opened a school for his kids and the kids of other German immigrants.