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the red crayola, photographed by les blank (link to frederick barthelme's recollections of their involvement in the 1960s houston music and art scene: 64.106.153.72/...)
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raymond savignac - 'france comes to texas' (1957)
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one of a group of houston mugshots recently acquired by photo collector & collage artist angelica paez (snapatorium on flickr)
cover of the 1948 exhibition catalog for one of the contemporary arts museum houston's first shows (before the museum had an exhibition space of its own)
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verso of a vintage visitor's ticket for houston's gulf building (based on eliel saarinen's 2nd-place design for the chicago tribune tower from 1922)
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snapped at the westheimer street festival, 1979
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from the archive of a houston sign painter
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dominique de menil at the dedication of the rothko chapel, 1971, with barnett newman's broken obelisk in the background (photo courtesy of the menil archives)
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andy warhol signing posters, with viva and dominique de menil seated at the table (photo by hickey-robertson, courtesy of the menil collection)
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terry riley and pandit pran nath at the houston astrodome, 1981
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townes, lightnin' and ladies in houston; photo by john lomax iii
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vintage 1930s postcard of the bird house at hermann park zoo, houston, texas, usa
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modern photo of the penguin arms apartments, built in 1950--a rare surviving example of the googie/organic style in houston. it's currently a private home (only a stone's throw from my own) and could really use some TLC. please, current owners, don't let it be torn down!
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slightly creepy depiction of general douglas macarthur on the cover of a dining menu from the long-gone shamrock hotel in houston, june 1951 (image courtesy of a new digital archive of shamrock hotel ephemera at the university of houston)
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east met west (for a couple of years anyway) at houston's own busch gardens, 1971-1973.
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rene magritte at the rodeo with dominique de menil, 1965
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Nancy N. update: it did go up for sale, and i was very worried for a while, but i've been told that kuhl-linscomb bought it and plan to make it a showroom for modern furnishings and such. looking forward to that!