East Texas Chamber of Commerce Founded March 24, 1926

Organization of East Texas Chamber of Commerce at the Gregg County Courthouse in 1926

The picture above was published in the March 1936 issue of East Texas in recognition of the tenth anniversary of the founding of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce. This picture was taken on March 24, 1926 showing business leaders meeting at the Gregg County Courthouse to organize the East Texas Chamber of Commerce.

Front cover of the first issue of East Texas magazine October 1926 published by East Texas Chamber of Commerce

This is the front cover of the first edition of East Texas, a magazine published by the East Texas Chamber of Commerce. It shows Chamber President R. M. Kelly.

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Hotel Longview

This building was Hotel Longview from 1947 - 1960. You can see a section of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce Building to the far left and the silhouette of a section of the Bramlette Building to the far right. Click here for more pictures of the downtown hotel on Jimmy's Flicker Albums.

Mary C Womack High School

The historical marker and the area of the former Mary C Womack High School in Longview, Texas on May 21, 2022. For full size resolution and additional pictures click here to access my Mary C Womack album.

Longview Opens Hotel Gregg

With visitors in attendance from various parts of Texas and Louisiana, Longview recently held the official opening of its new $175,000 ($2,958,718 in 2022) hostelry, the Hotel Gregg . Dr. George S. Sexton, president of Centenary College, Shreveport, and Hubert M. Harrison, general manager of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce , were the principal speakers at a banquet for officers, directors and stockholders, held the first night. A dance and buffet supper on the second night marked the official opening to the public. The Hotel Gregg, owned by the Longview Hotel Company, is five stories in height and contains sixty-four rooms with bath, lobby, dining-room and cafeteria. The structure is located next door to headquarters of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce. It is operated by the North Louisiana Hotel Company, operators of the Washington-Youree Hotel in Shreveport. Ashton Glassell of Shreveport was the contractor...

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