Bob Bailey Studios

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After initially pursuing a career in law, Bob Bailey opened his commercial photography studio in 1929. The Bob Bailey Studios met with great success; its team of photographers, led by Bailey and his younger brother Marvin, captured images throughout Houston and environs for over sixty years. The studio completed work for a variety of regional and national clients, including the Interstate and Metropolitan theater chains, Foley's and Sakowitz's department stores, Ford and Chevrolet automobile companies, construction giant Miner-Dederick, energy companies such as Texaco and Tenneco, and politicians Jesse Jones, Oscar Holcombe, and Roy Hofheinz. The studio remained operational for over twenty years after Bob Bailey's death in 1971, finally closing upon Marvin Bailey's retirement during the mid-1990s. Marvin Bailey died in 1998. The Houston Photographic and Architectural Trust acquired the archives of the Bob Bailey Studio after the retirement of Marvin Bailey. These materials were transferred to the Center for American History in several accessions beginning in 1998.

From the description of Bob Bailey Studios photographic archive, 1932-1998. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 71011485

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associatedWith Anka, Paul. person
associatedWith Autry, Gene, 1907-1998. person
associatedWith Barrymore, John, 1932-2004. person
associatedWith Baxter, Anne. person
associatedWith Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961. person
associatedWith Crawford, Joan, 1908-1977. person
associatedWith DeMille, Cecil B. 1881-1959. person
associatedWith Garland, Judy. person
associatedWith Harlow, Jean, 1911-1937. person
associatedWith Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980. person
associatedWith Holden, William, 1918-1981. person
associatedWith Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976. person
associatedWith Jones, Jesse H. 1874-1956. person
associatedWith Lawford, Peter, 1923-1984. person
associatedWith McCarthy, Glenn Herbert, 1907-1988. person
associatedWith Mix, Tom, 1880-1940. person
associatedWith Musial, Stan, 1920- person
associatedWith O'Brien, Pat, 1899-1983. person
associatedWith Rogers, Roy, 1911-1998. person
associatedWith Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945. person
associatedWith Smith, Kate, 1907-1986. person
associatedWith Wayne, John, 1907-1979. person
associatedWith West, Mae. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Houston (Tex.)
Texas City (Tex.)
Texas--Houston
Subject
Floods
Theater
Aerial views
Aircraft
Automobiles
Bands (Music)
Ships
Bars (Drinking establishments)
Beauty shops
Buildings
Cable cars (Streetcars)
Celebrities
Central business districts
Chemical industry
Churches
Clothing and dress
Universities and colleges
Drive-in theaters
Express highways
Fire stations
Hospitals
Hotels
Livestock
Monuments and memorials
Neighborhood
Parks
Petroleum industry and trade
Railroads
Recreation
Rodeos
Schools
Sports
Stadiums
World War, 1939-1945
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Active 1932

Active 1998

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