What Houston looked like in the 1970s through these Fascinating Vintage Photos

#1 Houston Astrodome, 1970s

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#2 Alabama Theater in Houston, Texas, 1977

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#3 Alabama Theater in Houston, Texas, 1977

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#4 Tower Theater in Houston, Texas, 1977

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#5 Airline Drive-In in Houston, Texas, 1977

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#6 Cars caught in floodwaters at Weslayan & Bissonnet, Houston, Texas, 1970.

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#7 A Great Dane peers out from a car roof next to its owner in Houston, Texas, 1977.

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#8 Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs at the Battle of the Sexes Challenge Match at the Astrodome, Houston, 1973.

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#9 Aerial view of the Charter International Oil Company at the Port of Houston, Texas, 1978.

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#10 Traffic congestion at the intersection of Southwest Freeway and Loop 610 in Houston, 1973.

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#11 Wood house on Andrews Street, Houston’s Fourth Ward, 1970s

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#12 Person walking down street, 1970s

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#13 Shamrock Hotel along Holcombe Blvd., Houston, 1970s

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#14 American Maid Flour Mill, Houston, 1970s

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#15 Central Library construction in Houston, 1970s

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#16 Dedication Ceremony of Central Library, Houston, January 17, 1976.

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#17 YWCA Cafeteria Downtown Branch, Houston, 1970s

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#18 Sinclair station, 1970s

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#19 First Gay Pride Parade on Westheimer, Houston, July 1, 1979.

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#20 Crowd gathers at Manned Spacecraft Center to welcome home Apollo 13 astronauts with President Nixon honoring flight controllers.

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#21 A boy navigates floodwaters on his bicycle in Houston, Texas, 1970.

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#22 Creedence Clearwater Revival performs at the Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas, 1970.

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#23 Emergency medical technicians demonstrate NASA’s Telecare medical kit in Houston, Texas, 1973.

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#24 Construction of the Shell Information Center nears completion in Houston’s Plaza del Oro, 1976.

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#25 Immigration officials supervise the return of illegal immigrants to Mexico from Houston, Texas, 1977.

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#26 View of the Space Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory at Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, 1979.

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#27 Westbury Square piazza viewed in Houston, Texas.

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#28 Greenway Plaza framed by tree limbs in Houston, Texas, detailing the Greenway condominium development.

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#29 Shell Oil Company renews its lease in One Shell Plaza, Houston, Texas, 1970s.

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#31 Exterior of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts.

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#32 President Gerald R. Ford’s campaign appearance in Houston, Texas, 1976.

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#33 Performers including unicyclist King Charles at Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey’s Circus, Houston, 1975.

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#34 Lucky Burger Drive-Thru in Houston, Texas, 1977.

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#35 Houston skyline viewed from outside the city, 1973.

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#36 Houston Ship Channel at dusk with downtown skyline in the background, 1973.

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#37 Mission Control Center in Houston during the Apollo 13 mission, April 1970.

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#38 Automobile junkyard with the Houston skyline in the background, 1973.

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#39 Houston Lighting and Power Company on Galveston Bay, 1973.

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#40 Lamar Fleming Building construction, Houston, 1970

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#41 Judson Robinson, Jr. with men at Burger King site, 1970s

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#42 Houston Fourth Ward street view, 1970s.

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#43 Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church, Houston, 1970s

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#44 First Baptist Church, Houston, Texas, with sign mentioning Bible Study and Pastor John R. Bisagno, 1970s

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#45 Alamo Plaza Motor Hotel in Houston, Texas, 1977

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#46 Chief Motel in Houston, Texas, 1977

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#47 Firestone Store at Milam & Webster Streets in Houston, Texas, 1977

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#48 Fire Department at Milam & McIhenny Streets in Houston, Texas, 1977

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#49 Lucky Burger Drive-Thru in Houston, Texas, 1977

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#50 Blockfront in Houston, Texas, 1977

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#51 Skyline of Houston, Texas, 1978

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#52 Skyscrapers including the Tenneco Building rise above a downtown Houston parking lot, Texas, circa 1970.

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#53 Main Street scene with cars and a bus in downtown Houston, featuring the Gulf Building, circa 1970.

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#54 The Towers of the Penzoil Buildings in Houston, Texas, showcasing their solar-energy inclined roofs, 1970s.

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#55 Parking lot in downtown Houston, Texas, 1973.

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#56 Preparation for a barbeque at a cattle ranch visited by Prince Charles in Houston, Texas, 1977.

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#57 Guests visit a cattle ranch in Houston, Texas, 1977, owned by Tobin and Anne Armstrong.

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#58 Houston’s Westbury Square, 1970s

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#59 Bruchstein’s Cabinet Factory in Houston, Texas, 1977.

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#60 Urban scene in Houston, Texas, circa 1977.

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#61 Big City News at Milam & Bell Streets in Houston, Texas, 1977.

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#62 Exxon Baltimore tanker in the Houston Ship Channel, highlighting Houston’s status as a major seaport, 1973.

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#63 Armco Steel plant with the Houston Ship Channel in the background, 1973.

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#64 Crowd crossing McKinney Street at Main Street in Houston, Texas, 1970s.

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#65 Skyscrapers and construction in Houston, 1973.

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#66 Amtrak’s Lone Star en route from Chicago to Houston through downtown Oklahoma City, highlighting rail travel innovations, 1970s.

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#67 Blossom Shop in Houston, Texas, circa 1977.

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#68 Radio operator Brian Houston covers the Union Jack at sunset in H.M.S. Blake in Valletta, Malta, 1972.

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#69 Popeye’s fried chicken store in Atascocita, Texas.

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#70 Conrad N. Hilton College building construction, 1974.

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#71 Lamar Fleming Building entrance, Houston, 1970s.

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#72 Weston A. Pettey Optometry Library interior, Houston, 1970.

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#73 Technological Institute of Saltillo, Mexico, 1970s

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#74 Playground next to Iron Works building, 1970s

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#75 Lott’s Grill on S. Main Street in Houston, Texas, 1977

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#76 Firestone Store at Milam & Webster Streets in Houston, Texas, 1977

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#77 Clara’s Beauty Salon on Jensen Drive in Houston, Texas, 1977

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#78 J.B. Jones Gas sign in Houston, Texas, 1977

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#79 Bennett’s Barber Shop in Houston, Texas, 1977

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#80 Blossom Shop in Houston, Texas, 1977

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#81 Bruchstein’s Cabinet Factory in Houston, Texas, 1977

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#82 Perfecto Cleaning & Dye Works in Houston, Texas, 1977

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#83 Jones Gas in Houston, Texas, 1977

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#84 Jones Gas in Houston, Texas, 1977

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#85 Big City News at Milam & Bell Streets in Houston, Texas, 1977

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#86 Big City News at Milam & Bell Streets in Houston, Texas, 1977

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#87 Jones Gas in Houston, Texas, circa 1977.

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#88 Hazardous industrial wastes stored in a swampy field near Ville Platte, Louisiana, trucked from the Houston-Beaumont area, June 1973.

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#89 Construction of a solid waste disposal settling tank on Simms Bayou in Houston, funded by federal EPA recommendation, 1973.

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