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} } //}); </script> <div id="main" class="left "> <div class="archive-header-wrap"> <h2 class="archive-header pagetitle">Monthly Archive for July, 2014</h2> <div class="widget widget_categories" style="display: block;"> <h2 class="widgettitle cats-closed" style="cursor: pointer;"> : <span class="taxonomy-title">July, 2014</span> </h2> </div> </div> <div id="blogcontent"> <div id="post-5699" class="blogentry post-number-0 partial-post post-5699 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-entertainment category-general tag-winnie-davis-auditorium" data-post-id="5699"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2014/07/a-rare-look-inside-an-old-houston-auditorium/" title="Permalink to A rare look inside an old Houston auditorium" rel="bookmark">A rare look inside an old Houston auditorium</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 July 29, 2014 at 1:08 PM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">I’m always on the the lookout for old Houston photos to acquire and share with readers. Here’s one I picked up recently that required a little bit of detective work. And even then, I’m not 100 percent sure about some details. <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2014/07/a-rare-look-inside-an-old-houston-auditorium/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-5684" class="blogentry post-number-1 partial-post post-5684 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-general" data-post-id="5684"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2014/07/a-wonderful-world-of-faces-from-the-early-days-of-astroworld/" title="Permalink to A wonderful world of faces from the early days of Astroworld" rel="bookmark">A wonderful world of faces from the early days of Astroworld</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 July 23, 2014 at 11:19 AM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">Nine smiling faces — all female, all employees at Astroworld — were displayed across the front of the Houston Chronicle’s local news section on June 16, 1968. No story accompanied the photos, taken <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2014/07/a-wonderful-world-of-faces-from-the-early-days-of-astroworld/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-5670" class="blogentry post-number-2 partial-post post-5670 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcements category-general" data-post-id="5670"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2014/07/find-out-how-you-stacked-up-against-houstonians-of-the-1920s-in-this-newspaper-contest/" title="Permalink to Find out how you stacked up against Houstonians of the 1920s in this newspaper contest" rel="bookmark">Find out how you stacked up against Houstonians of the 1920s in this newspaper contest</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 July 11, 2014 at 3:02 PM</span> </div>  <div class=" blogentrytext"> <div class="excerpt-section">Dozens of you were apparently brave enough to try your hand at this tremendously difficult contest. And judging from the responses I received, a lot of you had fun during this mental exercise. Well, <a class="read-more" href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2014/07/find-out-how-you-stacked-up-against-houstonians-of-the-1920s-in-this-newspaper-contest/">…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="catsandsharing"> <div class="catsandtags">  </div> </div> <div style="clear: both"></div> </div> <div id="post-5653" class="blogentry post-number-3 partial-post post-5653 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-general" data-post-id="5653"> <div class="post-loop-content"> <h2 class="blog-headline"> <a href="https://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2014/07/houstonians-in-the-1920s-took-part-in-this-insanely-difficult-contest-lets-see-how-you-do/" title="Permalink to Houstonians in the 1920s took part in this insanely difficult contest. Let’s see how you do" rel="bookmark">Houstonians in the 1920s took part in this insanely difficult contest. 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