More Images Of Old Sugar Land

Construction Begins on Imperial's Raw Sugar Warehouse in the late 1950s.

 

Construction on Imperial's Automated (palletized) Warehouse in the 1970s.

Imperial's first computer (an IBM 360) in the late 1960s.

Imperial's first computer (an IBM 360) in the late 1960s.

New home in Mayfield Park in the 1950s.

Old homes in Mayfield Park in the 1950s.

Sewer system installation in Mayfield Park the 1950s.

Old homes in Mayfield Park in the 1950s.

Old homes in Mayfield Park in the 1950s.

Mrs. Moye, SLISD Dietician, in the Lakeview cafeteria with unidentified man in the 1950s.

Mrs. Moye, SLISD Dietician, in the Lakeview cafeteria with William 'Sweat Pea' Gandy in the 1950s.

Airplanes at Hull Field in the 1960s. (Note the T-6 trainer on the right.)

Airplanes at Hull Field in the 1960s. (Note the T-6 trainers on the far left and far right.)

1950s Cotton field in the Sugar Mill area of town. (Hillary Circle in mid foreground; Eldridge Road out of view on the right.)

Cotton gin on Ulrich St. (Area now incorporated into Nalco complex.)

Cotton gin on Ulrich St. (Area now incorporated into Nalco complex.)

Grand Central (?) during 1935 flood.

 

Syb Fowler, Sugar Land historian, Ted Harman, former mayor, and Denny Kempner with street sign designating Kempner St. (formerly Sugar Land St.) in early 1970s.  (Name change in honor of Denny's grandfather, I. H. Kempner, Sr.)

Syb Fowler, Sugar Land historian, Ted Harman, former mayor, and Denny Kempner with street sign designating Kempner St. (formerly Sugar Land St.) in early 1970s.  (Name change in honor of Denny's grandfather, I. H. Kempner, Sr.)