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First, you may have noticed that videos are now appearing in the blog. “This Forgotten Day in <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2015/01/new-year-brings-changes-at-bayou-city-history/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-5778" class="blogentry post-number-1 partial-post post-5778 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-city-life category-general tag-veterans-day" data-post-id="5778"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2014/11/rare-color-film-shows-1954-veterans-day-parade/" title="Permalink to Rare color film shows 1954 Veterans Day parade" rel="bookmark">Rare color film shows 1954 Veterans Day parade</a> </h2> <div class="byline "> By <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/author/jrgonzales/" title="Posts by J.R. Gonzales" rel="author">J.R. Gonzales</a> <span class="post-date">on November 11, 2014 at 1:19 AM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">Here’s a special treat for Veterans Day. I recently came across an amateur, 8mm film from the 1954 Veterans Day parade here in Houston. Seeing old film footage of our city is fascinating because, <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2014/11/rare-color-film-shows-1954-veterans-day-parade/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-5769" class="blogentry post-number-2 partial-post post-5769 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-general category-transportation" data-post-id="5769"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2014/10/a-sneak-peek-at-intercontinental-with-flight-attendants/" title="Permalink to A sneak peek at Intercontinental with flight attendants" rel="bookmark">A sneak peek at Intercontinental with flight attendants</a> </h2> <div class="byline "> By <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/author/jrgonzales/" title="Posts by J.R. Gonzales" rel="author">J.R. Gonzales</a> <span class="post-date">on October 18, 2014 at 1:04 AM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">Flight attendants back then certainly had more colorful wardrobes. <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2014/10/a-sneak-peek-at-intercontinental-with-flight-attendants/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-5760" class="blogentry post-number-3 post-has-photo partial-post post-5760 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-city-life tag-koda tag-koda-bird" data-post-id="5760"> <div class="post-promo-photo"> <a class="" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2014/10/50-years-ago-the-loss-of-the-koda-bird/"> <div class="img-aspect"> <img class="aspect-32" src="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/wp-content/themes/2014-responsive-base/images/aspect32.png"/> <div class="img-clip"> <img src="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/files/2014/10/kodabird.jpg" class="attachment-feature-image size-feature-image wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/files/2014/10/kodabird.jpg 1024w, https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/files/2014/10/kodabird-300x232.jpg 300w, https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/files/2014/10/kodabird-600x465.jpg 600w, https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/files/2014/10/kodabird-436x338.jpg 436w, https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/files/2014/10/kodabird-189x146.jpg 189w" sizes="(max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px" /> </div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2014/10/50-years-ago-the-loss-of-the-koda-bird/" title="Permalink to 50 years ago: The loss of the KODA-bird" rel="bookmark">50 years ago: The loss of the KODA-bird</a> </h2> <div class="byline "> By <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/author/jrgonzales/" title="Posts by J.R. Gonzales" rel="author">J.R. Gonzales</a> <span class="post-date">on October 14, 2014 at 11:06 AM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">Long before traffic conditions were conveyed to us through freeway signs and before anyone ever knew what a Transtar camera was, radio listeners relied on traffic helicopters to tell us where the <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2014/10/50-years-ago-the-loss-of-the-koda-bird/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-5755" class="blogentry post-number-4 partial-post post-5755 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-30-years-ago category-entertainment" data-post-id="5755"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2014/10/30-years-ago-the-go-gos-at-the-music-hall/" title="Permalink to 30 years ago: The Go-Go’s at the Music Hall" rel="bookmark">30 years ago: The Go-Go’s at the Music Hall</a> </h2> <div class="byline "> By <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/author/jrgonzales/" title="Posts by J.R. Gonzales" rel="author">J.R. Gonzales</a> <span class="post-date">on October 5, 2014 at 9:41 AM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">Looking over our negatives from 30 years ago this week, we have photos of the Go-Go’s in concert at the Music Hall. (Boy, I miss that venue. That was a great place for concerts.) Anyway, the Oct. 5, <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2014/10/30-years-ago-the-go-gos-at-the-music-hall/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-5746" class="blogentry post-number-5 partial-post post-5746 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-city-life category-general tag-gorilla tag-houston-zoo tag-hugo tag-mandell-street tag-montrose" data-post-id="5746"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2014/09/the-amazing-baffling-and-heartbreaking-journey-of-hugo-the-gorilla/" title="Permalink to The amazing, baffling and heartbreaking journey of Hugo the gorilla" rel="bookmark">The amazing, baffling and heartbreaking journey of Hugo the gorilla</a> </h2> <div class="byline "> By <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/author/jrgonzales/" title="Posts by J.R. Gonzales" rel="author">J.R. Gonzales</a> <span class="post-date">on September 23, 2014 at 4:58 PM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">Hugo, a gorilla born in Africa, was brought to Houston and got caught in the middle of a tug-of-war with city officials. <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2014/09/the-amazing-baffling-and-heartbreaking-journey-of-hugo-the-gorilla/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-5736" class="blogentry post-number-6 partial-post post-5736 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements category-general tag-bob-bailey tag-houston-history-association" data-post-id="5736"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2014/09/briscoe-center-needs-your-help-placing-bob-bailey-photos/" title="Permalink to Briscoe Center needs your help placing Bob Bailey photos" rel="bookmark">Briscoe Center needs your help placing Bob Bailey photos</a> </h2> <div class="byline "> By <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/author/jrgonzales/" title="Posts by J.R. Gonzales" rel="author">J.R. Gonzales</a> <span class="post-date">on September 17, 2014 at 2:48 PM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">The folks at the Briscoe Center for American History at UT Austin need your help. Archivists there are using the photos that make up the Bob Bailey collection in sort of an online then and now project <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2014/09/briscoe-center-needs-your-help-placing-bob-bailey-photos/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-5726" class="blogentry post-number-7 partial-post post-5726 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-entertainment tag-joan-rivers tag-university-of-houston" data-post-id="5726"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2014/09/the-day-joan-rivers-dropped-by-uh/" title="Permalink to The day Joan Rivers dropped by UH" rel="bookmark">The day Joan Rivers dropped by UH</a> </h2> <div class="byline "> By <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/author/jrgonzales/" title="Posts by J.R. Gonzales" rel="author">J.R. Gonzales</a> <span class="post-date">on September 5, 2014 at 7:51 AM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">A long time ago, back in 1978, there was a movie called “Rabbit Test.” You probably haven’t seen it. I haven’t either, admittedly. 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