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Story Sloane’s GalleryHermann Park 1929 – Welcome to Houston2616 FondrenPreserving Houston’s history one image at a time!All posters are 18 x 24 inches in size and retail for $20.00To see more vintage Houston photography from the Sloane Collection,stop by our West Houston gallery or visit our websites.www.sloanegallery.com and www.historicphotography.comInformation 713-782-5011Houston, Texas Main at Franklin 192828 Vol. 6, No. 3–Sports
Love, Death, & the Astrodomeby Larry McMurtryThe following essay is an excerpt from In a Narrow Grave: Essays onTexas published in 1968 by Pulitzer Prize winner Larry McMurtry andreprinted in its entirety with his permission. 1Copyright © 1968 by Larry McMurtry. Copyright renewed © 1996 by Larry McMurtry. Reprinted withpermission of The Wylie Agency LLC.A VERSION of the previous chapter was published some years ago in The TexasQuarterly, a publica tion edited in Austin by the ghost of William Lyon Phelps. Anumber of correspondents suggested that I was no fit appreciator of East Texaspastoralism, and probably they were right. A version of this chapter was publishedsome years ago in The Texas Observer, a publication also edited in Austin, I assumeby wraiths and elves. A num ber of correspondents suggested that I had been frivolousand presumptuous to speak so disparagingly of the Dome, and probably theytoo are right. As it happens, frivolity and presumptuousness are qualities the Texasliterary scene has always lacked. I merely thought to remedy that lack, and theDome provided a compelling occasion.Photo courtesy of Houston AstrosVol. 6, No. 3–Sports 29
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Page 6 and 7: A Conversation with...MR. ASTRO, LA
Page 8 and 9: young player, you know, to try to m
Page 10 and 11: Astros owners R. E. “Bob” Smith
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Page 14 and 15: LD: Yes, I did. Sportsman’s Park
Page 16 and 17: By Ernesto ValdésTrying to instill
Page 18 and 19: ecause I wasn’t very old and . .
Page 20 and 21: Coach Tellez giving pointers to Pat
Page 22 and 23: Rain or Shine:How HoustonDeveloped
Page 24 and 25: since the St. Louis Cardinals owned
Page 26 and 27: City on the international map.Peopl
Page 28 and 29: Hofheinz worked with Monsanto to in
Page 32 and 33: THE FIRST PROMISING RUMOUR I heard
Page 34 and 35: Never one to hold back, an animated
Page 36 and 37: Babe Didrikson Zaharias demonstrate
Page 38 and 39: Babe sets up a putt at the Babe Did
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Page 42 and 43: Today, multilingual signage of busi
Page 44 and 45: A large crowd gathered for the much
Page 46 and 47: The neighborhood welcome sign indic
Page 48 and 49: preservation CAN work in houston:Th
Page 50 and 51: of falling to the wrecking ball, as
Page 52 and 53: SpawGlass Construction managed the
Page 54 and 55: “KUHF’s ‘Texas Originals’ w
Page 56 and 57: 24 Ibid; Richard Dean, “BASEBALL
Page 58 and 59: 6 “Houston Deco: Modernistic Arch
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