Stunning Vintage Photos of Life in Houston from the 1950s

#1 Skyline view of Houston, 1950s.

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#2 People sitting on a monorail train, Houston, Texas, February 1956.

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#3 Comedian Mario Moreno walking with men, Houston, 1952.

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#4 Women standing during blood donation, Houston, Texas, 1953.

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#5 A view of one the many churches that are being constructed in Houston, 1955.

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#6 Gen. Douglas MacArthur (L, in uniform) and wife admiring new Cadillac given as gift of Houston Elks, 1951.

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#7 Comedian Mario Moreno standing on fence, Houston, 1952.

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#8 Family preparing for atomic war posing with food and first aid supplies for their makeshift bomb shelter in Houston, Texas, March 1954.

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#9 Two hostesses stand in front of a new monorail service in Houston, 1950s.

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#10 A woman helps a young contestant at a youth rodeo in Houston, Texas, 29th May 1952.

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#11 Pro Racial Segregation Meeting, Houston, 1950s.

Flyers reading "There'll be no Little Rock episode in Clarendon County" cover a table at a pro-segregation meeting, Houston.

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#12 People participating during a blood drive in Houston, Texas, 1953

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#13 Monorail in Houston, 1956.

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#14 Aerial view of docks at Humble Oil Co, 1951.

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#15 Joanne King’s Brithday Party, 1959.

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#16 Students preparing in the University of Houston’s Frontier Fiesta, 1958.

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#17 Man holding puppets during a blood drive, Houston, Texas, 1953

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#18 People attending Houston Charity Ball, Houston, Texas, 1953.

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#19 Child roller skating at party, Houston, Texas, 1954

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#20 Men standing inside mock-up jail in Houston, Texas, 1953.

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#21 Kids roller skating at a party, Houston, Texas, 1954.

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#22 Children roller skating at party, Houston, Texas, 1954.

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#23 Medical staff attending a polio patient in an iron lung at a Polio Center in Houston, Texas, 1954.

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#24 Officials attending a national governor’s conference, Houston, 1953.

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#25 Dancers performing an educational dance on a stage at the University of Houston, 1956.

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#26 Walt Davis with a man jumping on a ballet school, Houston, 1956.

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#27 Cheerleaders lining up at a cheerleaders school in Sam Houston State University, 1950.

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#28 Walter Davis doing ballet exercises in class of women dancers, 1952.

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#29 Cheerleaders dancing at a cheerleaders school in Sam Houston State University, 1950.

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#30 Cheerleaders posing for picture at Sam Houston State Teachers College, Houston, 1950.

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#31 Mothers and Relatives with Children Gathered for Polio Vaccine, 1952.

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#32 Dennis Turner looks over damage caused when this century-old tree was split by lightning during a astorm which deluged Houston in 6 inches of rain April 19th.

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#33 Birds eye view of the San Jacinto monument taken from a helicopter, 1952.

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#34 Two sisters sitting in a chair in their home after an atomic war drill with their family, holding up the identification tags they wear around their necks, March 1954.

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#35 Houston newspapers welcoming Gen. Douglas MacArthur to Texas.

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#36 Students participating in the University of Houston’s Frontier Fiesta, 1958.

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#37 The Bronze Peacock Nightclub – Houston, 1950s.

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#38 Warren girls enjoying the pool at the Governor’s Conference, 1950s.

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#39 Students participating in the University of Houston’s Frontier Fiesta, 1958.

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#40 Students participating in the University of Houston’s Frontier Fiesta, 1958.

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#41 Exterior of Prudential Insurance office building, 1952.

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#42 Governor Allan Shivers (L) attending the Governor’s conference.

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#43 Family carrying supplies on bicycles, in backpacks, and in carts through their neighborhood in preparation for an atomic war drill at their home in Houston, March 1954.

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#44 Fire fighters at tankers explosion in ship channel, 1959.

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#45 Funeral procession of Walter Williams, last confederate soldier who died at 117 years old.

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#46 Romanian Princess Catherine Caradja and former Air Force Lt. Richard Britt, of Houston, 1955.

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#47 The Warren family (On board) and the Stevenson family (Front), meeting at the Governor’s conference.

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#48 Receptionist desk at Houston office of Prudential Life Insurance Co, 1952.

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#49 Cameron Mitchell stars as Houston, Texas lawyer Mark Costello in I Am a Lawyer, an unaired CBS television pilot. November 1958.

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#50 Children boarding a monorail train, Houston, Texas, February 1956

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#51 Aerial view of docks at Humble Oil Co, 1951.

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#52 A young contestant practising with the lasso at a youth rodeo in Houston, Texas, 29th May 1952.

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#53 Five boys at a youth rodeo in Houston, Texas, 29th May 1952.

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#54 Two women help a young contestant onto a horse at a youth rodeo in Houston, Texas, 29th May 1952.

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#55 Women in cowgirl costumes performing at a Houston charity ball in Houston, 1953.

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#56 People gathering near a monorail train, Houston, 1956.

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#57 Cheerleaders performing at Sam Houston State Teachers College, Houston, 1950.

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#58 Cheerleader performing somersault at Sam Houston State Teachers College, Houston, 1950.

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#59 Railroad workers waving to presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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