Monthly Archives: September 2013

I’ve been to Austin and back today so I had to rummage around in my laptop for something interesting to look at. Lo and behold, more pictures of Bill Martin! Here he’s still hanging out with undergrads but (wisely, in … Continue reading →

The kid on the bike looks pretty old to be a freshman, no? Because it’s Friday, I went ahead and left this photo uncropped. I’m just nuts like that sometimes.

It was a parking lot from the beginning, but people didn’t always park the same way. In 1921 it was totally random, helter-skelter: Later on things got regimented. This photograph is clearly significantly later but it isn’t dated. I bet … Continue reading →

Remember these guys, framed by the oak leaves in front of Lovett Hall? Here’s another image with the oak leaf frame, this one facing the other direction: And in the same batch we find the trees themselves, quite a bit … Continue reading →

I know I must have seen this photo before, but when I picked it up yesterday it struck me as surprising. We have many images of early campus construction in the files but very few of them show this kind … Continue reading →

It’s been impossible for me to read the stories about the implosion of the old Foley’s building on Main Street without thinking about George Cohen, who both built Foley’s into Houston’s biggest department store and gave Rice Cohen House. He … Continue reading →

I’ve had a pretty rough week. I could sure use a little of this TLC. Plus a mani/pedi. That’s the great Eddie Wojecki, by the way, Rice’s head athletic trainer from 1945 until 1967. I think I’ll write about him … Continue reading →

Let’s turn back for a moment, shall we, to those shots of the construction of the Math Sciences Building. It’s almost finished here in this image from the summer of 1968. It’s kind of hard to see but if you … Continue reading →

This is one of the funniest labels I’ve ever seen on a picture in these archives. “This guy is some successful Houston architect. I’ll remember his name eventually.” Why would you bother to write that down?!? I don’t recognize the … Continue reading →

I had a really busy afternoon and can’t muster the strength to say too much right now. I did come across this today, though, and I didn’t notice right away that Jess Neely was the subject of the photo. As … Continue reading →