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Tenth Annual Regatta for the Sir Thomas J. Lipton Inter-Club Challenge Trophy
Yacht Clubs competing: Biloxi Yacht Club, Houston Yacht Club, Mobile Yacht Club, Pensacola Yacht Club, St. Petersburg Yacht Club, Sarasota Yacht Club, Southern Yacht Club. John S. Bonner, Commodore.
This national competition was hosted by the…
This national competition was hosted by the…
Regatta at Seabrook, c. 1907
Other boats in the picture include, Defender, Percy Lee, Lawrence, and Mabel, which is located in the foreground. The Seabrook Hunting and Fishing Club is in the background, left.
Houston Skippers here for regatta, newsclipping
22" x 17" newsclipping. Mentions members of the Houston Launch Club arriving in Pensacola for the Lipton Fish Class challenge.
Advertisement for the Port of Houston: Future Oil Center of America, 1933
Advertisement for the Port of Houston: Future Oil Center of America. The ad mentions the transfer of the Gulf Coast headquarters of Shell Corporation to Houston and the building of a refinery, as well as the proximity of Houston to one of the world's…
Sailboats on Galveston Bay
Sailors enjoying the weather on Houston area bay, circa 1910
Bayou Scene Foot of Main St., Houston, undated
RECTO: Colorized image of boats on Buffalo Bayou. Caption reads: ""Bayou Scene Foot of Main St. Houston, Texas."" VERSO: Blank
The Crescent, under construction at the turn of the century, near LaPorte
A solitary man sits aboard the Crescent, which appears to be newly under construction, circa 1900
Inola, Augusta, Russara, Lynn, Hudie, Virginia, and Zeeland in Galveston, June 1913
These boats were gathered at Elevator A probably during the water pageant celebrating the opening of the Intracoastal Waterway from Galveston to Corpus Christi, June 1913.
Interior of the new Houston Yacht Club clubhouse at Shoreacres
The new clubhouse featured nautical plaster molding and columns joined with arches.
Bound typescript series of Houston Chronicle articles on the history of the Port of Houston, written and compiled by Congressman Thomas H. Ball
133 page typescript series history of the Port of Houston in blue binding, with black and white photographs