I got this photo from the Laird family. I've seen many aerial photos of Sugar Land, but not this one. I can't give a precise date, but it must be around 1956. (There's a well-known aerial photo that became a color postcard. The photographer, Bob Bailey, may have taken this one on the same flight.)
Notice the Humble service station sits at an angle to the corner. The Humble-Esso-Exxon station that sat on that corner changed several times, but this photo shows the first one I remember. Also notice there's a Texaco station on the opposite corner. The Marshall Canning Plant sits on the northwest corner of Main and (what is now) Kempner Street. You also have a good view of the old Salvage Building. Our old house and neighborhood are clearly visible toward the bottom of the picture. Good stuff.
I just noticed the refinery is pumping some effluent into the Creek. (ROTFL!)
