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1850s and 1860s Hotel and Restaurant Menus
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1911 Houston Society with Gladys Ewing
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Architecture Retail Pamphlet Collection
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Blanche Espy Chenoweth, Her Life, Her Times
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Book of Hours, Use of Reims
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DJ Screw Photographs and Memorabilia
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Galveston 1915 Hurricane Photographs
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Harry Walker Photographs
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Havana, Cuba, The Summer Land of the World
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Historic Houston Photographs
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Historic Maps
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Houston and Texas Feminist and Lesbian Newsletters
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Historic Texas Postcards
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Houston Fire Department
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Houston the Magnolia City
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Houston Negro Hospital
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Houstonian Yearbook Collection
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India Illustrated
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Israel Shreve Revolutionary War Letters, 1768-1894
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Jagdish Mehra Audio Collection
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KUHT Highlights
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Kenneth Franzheim Collection
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Lt. Robert B. Fulton USS Houston Letters
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Luis Marquez Photographs
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Marine Bombing Squadron (VMB-613) Photographs
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Mary Ellen Ewing vs the Houston School Board
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Minnie Fisher Cunningham Papers
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Moderner Volkskunst Zierat
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Mrs. Anson Jones Letters
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Oral Histories from the Houston History Project
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The Park People Annual Awards Dinner Invitations
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Scenes from the Middle East
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Selections from the Alonso S. Perales Papers
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SEM Collection (1914 – 1925)
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Shamrock Hotel Collection
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Sheet Music of Flute and Violin Duets, 1790s-1850s
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Ship Channel Collection
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Ship of Fools Woodcuts
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Student Art Exhibit
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Texas City 1947 Disaster Photographs
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Theodor de Bry's America
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Topsell's The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents Woodcuts
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University of Houston Buildings
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University of Houston Campus Life
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University of Houston Frontier Fiesta
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University of Houston People
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University of Houston Women’s Studies Living Archives Recordings
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USS Houston Blue Bonnet Newsletters
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William Slough USS Houston Letters
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Fire chief and chauffer sitting in carriage
1896
Tom Rovel (man with bowler hat and suit) was the 1st Fire Chief of the paid Fire Department. Pinky Bradly (in cap and vest) was his chauffer.
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Group portrait of firefighters
1896
This photo was taken of 10 of the 35 new Houston Fire Department Fire Fighters in 1895. Firefighters identified in this photograph include: Henry Woley, Otto Kersten, and Pinky Bradly.
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Souvenir of Houston by the Houston Fire Department.
1897
Published in 1897, the Houston Fire Department was less than two years old. This shows most of the Fire Fighters who were part of the beginning of a long history of the HFD.
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Firefighters on San Jacinto street with firefighting equipment
1914
Firefighters standing along a street next to horse-drawn fire trucks. This appears to be all the equiptment assigned to the Central Station 519 San Jacinto.
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Man being "kissed" by a black horse
1918
Captain Mike lathrop being "kissed" by "Mutt", one of the two horses that pulled the Steamer.
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Man standing, wearing large overalls
1918
Captain Mike Lathrop in U.S. Marine Corp attire.
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Uniformed group standing at attention
1918
Men in U.S. Marine Corp attire standing at attention.
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Uniformed man
1918
Man in U.S. Marine Corp attire standing at attention.
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Uniformed man atop a rearing horse
1918
Man in U.S. Marine Corps attire riding a horse.
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Group portrait
1918
Group photo of eight people in an open field.
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Firefighters of Station 11 on fire engine
1919
The truck was an American LaFrance. Photo from came from the collection of John S. Little Sr. He is the fire fighter in the white hat.
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Firefighters of Station 3 standing with fire engine
1919
Photo taken of Fire Station 3 Located at 1919 Houston Ave. at Spring St. taken in 1919. Three men standing by a fire truck while two more men are in the drivers seat and the passengers seat of the truck....
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Firefighter of Station 7 sitting on a chemical truck
1920
Photo taken of Station 7 located at 2403 Milam & McIlhenney in 1920. A firefighter is sitting at the wheel of a chemical truck.
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Firefighter of Station 7 standing next to chemical truck
1920
Photo taken of Station 7 located at 2403 Milam & McIlhenney in 1920.
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Men on truck #7 outside of an unidentified station
1920
Brand new Ladder 7 replaced Hose Wagon 7, which was one of the last two horse drawn fire appratus.
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Rear view of chemical truck from Station 7
1920
Photograph of brand new Chemical Truck 7 was taken at Station 7, located at 2403 Milam & McIlhenney.
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Station 7's Mike Lathrop with horse
1920
Mike Lathrop with one of their horses in front of Station 7. Note the address of the Fire Station on the front of the water trough.
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Two men sitting on a bench
1920
Mike Lathrop on the left in 1920 his first year in the department.
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Firefighters of Station 7 on fire engine
1920
Hook & ladder truck from Station 7, located at 2403 Milam & McIlheney. This photograph is from the Mike Lathrop Collection, whom is on the far right. This truck is now located in the Houston Fire Museum....
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Firefighters of Station 7 standing next to hose wagon
1920
Hose Wagon # 7 was the last horse drawn wagon in the city. Photo taken in front of St. Joseph Infirmary. Firefighters in the photograph have been identified, left to right: Doc "Cary"; Nick Burello, Mike...
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