If you like old pics, you should check out shorpy.com. Awesome site. Franklin St. fruit stand in Houston around 1947 : http://www.shorpy.com/node/97 Galveston sea wall circa 1905 : http://www.shorpy.com/node/10575 I've posted this one before, but a Houston delivery boy by the Magnolia Pharmacy (read the comments - interesting stuff) : http://www.shorpy.com/node/2798 The Venus car made in Houston (8 of them ... lol) : http://www.shorpy.com/node/7890
Lots of good historical photos of highway construction in Houston on this site: http://www.texasfreeway.com/Houston/historic/photos/houston_historic_photos.shtml