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Houston Chronicle By J.R. Gonzales October 7, 2015
Every Thursday, in the spirit of #throwbackThursday, we republish photos from the Houston Chronicle archive. Information on the photo can be found in the caption. Please feel free to share it using the social media buttons above. Check out the photo gallery to see previous photos.
More: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/bayou-city-history/article/Throwback-Thursday-to-Houston-s-past-6555118.php (https://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/bayou-city-history/article/Throwback-Thursday-to-Houston-s-past-6555118.php)
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How far back are we throwing back?
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Much further back than that. That pic must have only been taken last year.
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According to the HPL’s abstract, this 1856 shot of the 300 block of Main is the oldest known photograph in the Houston Metropolitan Research Center archive. The caption goes on to say that this iteration of 300 Main was not long for the world. Fire soon claimed all of these wooden storefronts, which, by 1866, were replaced by these more substantial brick edifices.
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https://www.houstoniamag.com/articles/2014/1/14/is-this-the-oldest-photo-of-houston-january-2014 (https://www.houstoniamag.com/articles/2014/1/14/is-this-the-oldest-photo-of-houston-january-2014)
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How far back are we throwing back?
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Probably.... so far back that bodies didn't turn up regularly in and around the bayou.
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Houston Lighting & Power’s electric sign at the corner of Main St. and Bellaire Blvd. (now W. Holcombe Blvd.) welcomes visitors to the city., 1928.
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Picnickers and park-goers enjoy the Ship Channel view from the San Jacinto battleground, 1920.
https://www.houstoniamag.com/articles/2015/7/9/photo-essay-100-years-that-changed-houston (https://www.houstoniamag.com/articles/2015/7/9/photo-essay-100-years-that-changed-houston)
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Houston Chronicle By J.R. Gonzales October 7, 2015
Every Thursday, in the spirit of #throwbackThursday, we republish photos from the Houston Chronicle archive. Information on the photo can be found in the caption. Please feel free to share it using the social media buttons above. Check out the photo gallery to see previous photos.
More: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/bayou-city-history/article/Throwback-Thursday-to-Houston-s-past-6555118.php (https://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/bayou-city-history/article/Throwback-Thursday-to-Houston-s-past-6555118.php)
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Do you know where this is located?
I took my mom several years ago to show me where she and my dad grew up in Houston. She told me that he took her on a date to a hamburger joint 'on the edge of town' near OST and Main.
I told her that is where they built the Astrodome.
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There were a few around town. The closest one to me was the one at Cullen, Near U of H.
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Houston Lighting & Power’s electric sign at the corner of Main St. and Bellaire Blvd. (now W. Holcombe Blvd.) welcomes visitors to the city., 1928.
(http://res.cloudinary.com/sagacity/image/upload/c_crop,h_771,w_1084,x_0,y_123/c_limit,w_1080/v1435182340/0715-history-san-jacinto-battleground-ship-channel_o8nmvk.jpg)
Picnickers and park-goers enjoy the Ship Channel view from the San Jacinto battleground, 1920.
https://www.houstoniamag.com/articles/2015/7/9/photo-essay-100-years-that-changed-houston (https://www.houstoniamag.com/articles/2015/7/9/photo-essay-100-years-that-changed-houston)
That sign at the "edge of town", Holcombe and Main, cracks me up, thinking about how it is today.
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The 'O'riginal Prince's Hamburger Joint was in the Montrose area, (before queers) if I'm not mistaken.
Their burgers were good.
Rodney Crowell - Telephone Road
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSU145Cr9So#)
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https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/16420-locations-of-the-old-princes-drive-inns/ (https://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/16420-locations-of-the-old-princes-drive-inns/)
Prince's, which helped popularize drive-ins in Texas, was founded in Dallas in 1929. Founder Doug Prince opened his first Houston location on Main Street in 1934 after discovering the magical, easy-to-make hamburger at the State Fair of Texas.
At its peak, Prince boasted 18 stores across the Houston area. It's likely that a visit to Prince's ignited burger love in many that lasted decades.
There used to be one on the corner of Westheimer and Montrose where the gas station/convenience store is now. It went down in the 1980s, I believe.
1976 Locations:
-5240 Bellaire (bank)
-1951 Cullen This is the one I remember.
-6215 Harrisburg (strip mall)
-9409 Jensen
-4950 Lehigh
-8101 S Main (Taco Cabana - the one Rob mentioned)
-815 Pierce
-1500 N Shepherd (car lot - the on rps mentioned)
-2316 S Shepherd (old Red Lion)
-1610 San Jacinto
-702 Travis
1955 Locations...
8101 S. Main St.
4509 S. Main St.
2101 S. Main St.
3523 N. Main St.
2101 Wayside
3600 Washington Ave.
6215 Harrisburg Blvd.
9409 Humble Rd.
Gulf Freeway and Cullen Blvd.
The location at 3425 Ella Boulevard was the last location standing.