HAPPY 175TH BIRTHDAY, HOUSTON! (1836-2011 & COUNTING)
This is an important week in the history of our dear old hometown, folks. Houston is marking the 175th anniversary of its 1836 birth and a few stalwart Houstonians are out there doing all they can to make sure that the date passes as a moment of much due notice, credit, and celebration.
This coming Saturday, September 10, 2011, Story Sloane III, owner of Story Sloane’s Gallery at 1570 South Dairy Ashford, just a couple of blocks south of the Briar Forest intersection, is throwing ann al day party to help Houston do it up right and he invites all of you with any rooted interest in our community to stop by and join in the fun.
Sloane is a master photographer with a strong background as a curator and archivist of Houston’s earliest photographic history up to the present. and these kinds of photos will be on display next Saturday, using images that date back to the late 19th century. Without a doubt, people will have a chance to see, and even purchase copies, if they so desire, from the best and biggest collection of Houston visual images available in our entire 750 square mile area.
The birthday celebration highlight will be the showing of “Boomtown Houston,” a motion picture production created from moving picture film taken of Houston during the booming oil days of the 1920s. This film is the earliest known footage of moving pictures taken in Houston and it is exclusively available through the Sloane Collection.
FREE BIRTHDAY CAKE and FREE VINTAGE HOUSTON POSTERS are available to all who choose to be there this coming Saturday!
Story Sloane is a good friend to the historical research and preservation aims of this Pecan Park Eagle local Houston history site too – and I also consider him a good personal friend, as well. Story also currently serves as our graphic images acquisition coordinator for a major local piece of research we are doing now for the Society of American Baseball Research. This project is called “Houston Baseball, The Early Years, 1861-1961.”
"Hey, kids! If any of you are still around, come help us celebrate Houston's 175th birthday this coming Saturday!"
In 2009, Story Jones Sloane III wrote “Houston in The 1920s and 1930s” for Arcadia Publishing as the unquestionably best visual book on Houston photo history to date for that period of time. – And that’s the kind of quality that is going into all that Story has planned for us and our dear city this coming weekend. Please come. I’ll be there too for a good part of the time and I too will be looking forward to meeting you too.
The “Happy 175th Birthday, Houston” party corresponds with Story’s Saturday store hours. Drop by for any or all of the time that lapses between 12 Noon and 4:00 PM.
If you would prefer to preview the collection prior to Saturday, the Sloane Gallery is open from 12 Noon to 6:00 PM, Tuesday – Friday; 12 Noon to 4:00 PM on Saturday, the actual day of the party this coming week; and normally is closed on Sundays and Mondays.
If you have further questions, please feel free to call Story Sloane during normal business hours at 281.496.2212.
And just be there this coming Saturday. You and Houston history will both be the richer for your interest and decision to come. Story Sloane does make quality copies of rare Houston photos, but no one coming to the party is under pressure to buy anything. Story Sloane’s passion is his livelihood, but he pours all he gets back into the business of preservation. In his own words: “We Sell Houston’s History to Preserve it.”
Hope to see you soon!
The Pecan Park Eagle 
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