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Rusk School to give way for a freeway (open access)

Rusk School to give way for a freeway

Photograph of Rusk School principal Mrs. Ruth Whitmire outside the front entrance to Rusk School with many pupils.
Date: March 15, 1955
Creator: Dauplaise, Marie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carr will speak to LULACs (open access)

Carr will speak to LULACs

Newspaper clipping stating that State Attorney General Waggoner Carr will speak at the 1966 LULAC convention.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper clipping of La Gaceta Mexicana cover page] (open access)

[Newspaper clipping of La Gaceta Mexicana cover page]

Photograph of a La Gaceta Mexicana newspaper cover page from September 15, 1928. Text on clipping is: "La Gaceta Mexicana. Revista Ouincenal. Organo de la libreria Hispano Americano. Houston, Texas, Septiembre 15 de 1928, Num 14. Número Especial de Commemoración de la Independencia. 5c"
Date: September 15, 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Good Neighbor Teen-age Basketball League All Stars (open access)

Good Neighbor Teen-age Basketball League All Stars

Clipping from the magazine El Puerto Volume 1, Number 2, Houston, Texas, Oct. 1959. Contains a colored picture of the "Good Neighbor Teen-age Basketball League" before their final game of the season with the "Medias Negras" from Piedras Negras, Coah, Mexico. The league played at Piedras Negras Labor Day.
Date: October 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Coronation of Queen Ofelia of the Fiesta de la Raza] (open access)

[Coronation of Queen Ofelia of the Fiesta de la Raza]

Newspaper clipping of the coronation of Queen Ophelia I on October 11, 1942, on the grounds of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston, Texas. The coronation was part of the Fiesta de la Raza.
Date: October 11, 1942
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mexican candy-makers changing to modern ways (open access)

Mexican candy-makers changing to modern ways

Mike Weingart, a Houston Chronicle reporter, writes about "a third-generation firm of candy makers, working by hand in make-shift quarters, producing $100,000 worth of Mexican candy a year and supplying 98 per cent of the Houston market." The photograph by Larry Evans, a Chronicle staff, shows two employees making the candies. The top of the article reads: "'The Bee Hive' just has too much buzzing."
Date: unknown
Creator: Weingart, Mike
System: The Portal to Texas History
Madisonville pants presser rises at 3 a.m. to buy first ticket (open access)

Madisonville pants presser rises at 3 a.m. to buy first ticket

Clipping from the Houston Post about Tucker Johnson, pants presser of Madisonville, who won the Houston Post Tournament prize for being the first person to buy the ticket to watch the game. He was the second straight winner of the prize. At head of title: "Tucker Johnson is champion again."
Date: unknown
Creator: Frank, Morris
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping of Win Post Tourney openers] (open access)

[Clipping of Win Post Tourney openers]

Section of the Houston Post covering the Post Tourney. Includes Post Tourney Calendar and Tournament Box Scores, and names of the teams and their performance. Also includes an article by Frank Morris, "Mexicans Field Sensationally behind Beltran."
Date: July 8, 1940
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Southern Select beats Austin Nine (open access)

Southern Select beats Austin Nine

Newspaper clipping about the Southern Select baseball team, which traveled to Austin and scored a 10 to 1 win over the Austin Pepsi-Cola Club.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Southern Select's Mexican ball club has compiled splendid record for 1940 (open access)

Southern Select's Mexican ball club has compiled splendid record for 1940

Newspaper clipping from the Houston Post about Southern Select's Mexican Club's record performance at Houston in 1940. In the first 16 games of the season, they have scored 14 victories out of 16 games played.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photograph of the Southern Select] (open access)

[Clipping photograph of the Southern Select]

Newspaper clipping from the Houston Post of a group photograph of the Southern Select club players. Front row, left to right: Pedro Zammarron ; Jake York ; Johnny Salinas ; L. Garcia ; Fred Peche ; Hilbert Mora ; Raymond Perez ; Ike Camargo. Back row, from left to right: Ramon Sustiata ; Ramon Luna ; Wesley Tofolla ; Alfonso Molina ; Tommy Garcia ; Duri Vidal ; Herman Castillo ; Mike Zepeda ; Lupe Munoz ; Joe Beltran.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Southern Select whips Conroe, 11-6 (open access)

Southern Select whips Conroe, 11-6

Newspaper clipping of the performance of Southern Select Beer Company ball club of Houston Texas against the Conroe Oilers. The Southern Select beat the Conroe Oilers by 11 to 6. The detailed statistics of both the teams are shown. The leading batman for the Southern Select was Catcher L. Garcia who banged out a double and two singles.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Southern Select beats Baytown (open access)

Southern Select beats Baytown

Newspaper clipping about the Southern Select baseball team, which traveled to Baytown and scored a 9 to 7 win over the Baytown Oilers.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mexican Inn plays in Houston Tourney Sunday (open access)

Mexican Inn plays in Houston Tourney Sunday

Newspaper clipping of a group photograph of Mexican Inn baseball team appearing in Houston Post Tourney. Kneeling, front row, from left to right: Jesse Aldaco ; Jesus S. ; Lupe Castillo ; Rodriguez ; George Cordova ; Ernest Cortez ; Cruz Beltran. Standing, from left to right: H. J. Lewis ; Freddie B. ; Pedro Zepeda ; Ramon Sustiata ; Deward ; Kermti Landrum ; Lupe Garcia ; Felix Tijerina.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Southern Select defeats Pearland (open access)

Southern Select defeats Pearland

Newspaper clipping from the Houston Post about the Southern Select Club defeating the Pearland Oilers by 10 to 4. The game was played at the Cleveland Compress Diamond field. The detailed statistics of the game are provided.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Southern Select baseball team at the Houston Post semi-pro tournament] (open access)

[Southern Select baseball team at the Houston Post semi-pro tournament]

Photograph of members of the Southern Select baseball club. Back row, from left to right: Garcia ; Carmargo ; Kaiser ; O'Toole ; Gomez ; Beltran ; Zepeda ; unidentified. Second row, from left to right: Collins ; Mesa ; Tafolla ; Vidal ; Luna ; Sustaita. Front row, from left to right: Cordova ; unidentified.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mexican Inn wins from Prison Cubs (open access)

Mexican Inn wins from Prison Cubs

Newspaper clipping about the Mexican Inn baseball team beating the New Unit Prison Cubs by 7 to 1. The detailed statistics of the game are provided.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Southern Select wallops Conroe (open access)

Southern Select wallops Conroe

Newspaper clipping from the Houston Post about the Southern Select baseball team gaining a 10 to 4 victory over Conroe Oilers. The detailed statistics of the game are provided.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Riding with Pancho Villa lasting memory for restaurateur (open access)

Riding with Pancho Villa lasting memory for restaurateur

Article clipped from the Houston Chronicle chronicling the life and adventures of Aurelio "Leo" Reynosa, owner and founder of Houston Restaurant Leo's Mexican Restaurant. Reynosa fought with revolutionary Pancho Villa as a young man. Reynosa later came to Houston, Texas and opened his diner in 1942.
Date: unknown
Creator: Karkabi, Barbara
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Obituaries for Manuel Urbina from Houston newspapers] (open access)

[Obituaries for Manuel Urbina from Houston newspapers]

Photocopy of four newspaper clippings, two from the Houston Post, two from the Houston Chronicle. The clippings are obituaries and article about Manuel Urbina, who passed away on August 14, 1967.
Date: August 14, 1967
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper clipping about Frank Gibler] (open access)

[Newspaper clipping about Frank Gibler]

Photograph of a La Gaceta Mexicana newspaper clipping about Frank Gibler and children. The caption under the picture is "El Sr. Frank Gibler acompañado de su esposa e hijos."
Date: 192X
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper clipping about Dr. Angel Leyva] (open access)

[Newspaper clipping about Dr. Angel Leyva]

Photograph of a La Gaceta Mexicana newspaper clipping about Dr. Angel Leyva. The caption and text under the picture is: "Dr. Angel Leyva. Es muy probable que sea el Dr. Angel Leyva el decano de los médicos mexicanos que hay en Houston. Hace poco menos de tres años que llegó a esta ciudad y comenzó a ejercer su profesión, creán-dos desde luego una clientela..."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper clipping about Dr. A. G. Gonzales] (open access)

[Newspaper clipping about Dr. A. G. Gonzales]

Photograph of a La Gaceta Mexicana newspaper clipping about Dr. A. G. Gonzales. The caption and text under the picture is: "Dr. A. G. Gonzáles El Dr. González es quizá el más joven de los médicos de nuestra raza aquí establecidos. Es originario de Guadalajara, Jalisco, y en la Escuela de Medicina de aquella capital hizo sus estudios y obtuyo el Titulo de..."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper clipping about Dr. Luis F. Venzor] (open access)

[Newspaper clipping about Dr. Luis F. Venzor]

Photograph of a La Gaceta Mexicana newspaper clipping about Dr. Luis F. Venzor. The caption and text under the picture is: "Dr. Luis F. Venzor. La vida del Dr. Venzor puede citarse como ejemplo de firmenza y de tenacidad. De familia pobre en bienes de fortuna tuvo..."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History