Vintage photography of an American family growing up in The Heights in Houston. They all loved to take pictures and be in pictures and from what I can tell they all seemed like fairly happy people living in a lower-middle-class America. The stories heard from the years in the home on Allston Street are abundant, from my great-great-grandmother having it built for $1500 to my 2nd cousin putting a bomb shelter in the backyard 100 years later. Everyone always had a fond memory,

African Americans and the Meaning of Freedom:Washington County, Texas as a Case Study,1865-1886 #MLK #BlackHistoryMonth

Pictures from the past in Houston, Texas. Do you remember these?

Traveling back in time with these old pictures I found in a box at my parents house, a friend of my mother had printed them from her computer and sent them via snail mail her. Houston is where they (my parents) were born and raised in the 1940's and 1950's in the Houston Heights all the way until the 1980's when we finally came to the country and settling in the community of Chappell Hill. I am sure my mother and father have a story to tell about these pictures but for today

Oil painting done by artist Paige Keaton. Writing an historical account to compliment the art. #Texas #OilPainting #Blog #Brenham #History