1947-1959 Post War Change

The Texas City Sun: History in the Headlines online exhibit is a collaborative project between the Moore Memorial Public Library and the Texas City Museum, that brings decades of local reporting from the Texas City Sun together with the museum's decade-based timeline exhibits.  It is made possible through a grant funded by the Texas State Library & Archives Commission and the Institute for Museum & Library Services.

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1. Six-Year-Old Record Is Shattered: TC Building Soars to $7 Million-Plus! (January 2, 1955)
2. City Annexes Two Large Areas: Push Borders North, South (August 25, 1950)
3. Crabbing and Fishing Pier to Be Constructed Here (July 22, 1952)
4. Ike Asks Closing of Smelter; Clark Thompson Fighting Back: Request Made In President's Budget Talk(January 22, 1954)
5. [Professional] Baseball’s Fate To Be Decided Within a Week (January 31, 1954)

* The Texas City Sun newspapers utilized in this exhibit are were provided to The Portal to Texas History by the Moore Memorial Public Library. *