Shamrock1949

I found an pic I took of Kiddie Wonderland in 1986, I think it was in the process of being taken down....

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.

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....

<br /><br /><br />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....