The Orris D. Brown Collection, no. 5 - Advertisements

Year Published: c. 19361930s

Format: 16mm

Sound: silent

Description: This reel of advertisements made by Orris D. Brown showcases several Houston businesses circa 1936 that acted as sponsors for a program put on by a Sunday School class, the Darcas Class, at Houston’s North Side Methodist Church. An advertisement for W.E. Woodruff company captures scenes of the construction workers laying bricks for an elementary school in the Southgate neighborhood of Houston, likely what is now Oran M. Roberts Elementary which still operates in the building built in 1936. Other business sponsors include W.T. Matthews Meat Market, O.S. Brown Service Station, B.A. Passmore Groceries, American Marketing Co.’s Regal Gasoline and Motor Oil, Morse Funeral Church, Fonville’s Drug Store, Sunshine Laundry, and Spencer-Sauer Lumber Co., all located in the downtown district of Houston. Scenes of employees and daily operations are included.