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Texas.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112836/file/215442#t=11.83,16.03"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112836/file/215442/transcript/71079/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Mayor Harrison, can we start off by getting some background facts?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112836/file/215442#t=16.03,20.57"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112836/file/215442/transcript/71079/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Are you a native of Pasadena?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112836/file/215442#t=20.57,23.05"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112836/file/215442/transcript/71079/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"No, not really.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112836/file/215442#t=23.05,24.23"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112836/file/215442/transcript/71079/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I was born and raised out in Teller County, or actually I call Aveline in","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112836/file/215442#t=24.23,29.53"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112836/file/215442/transcript/71079/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"my home, and I came to Harris County and to Pasadena, Texas at the end","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112836/file/215442#t=29.53,37.91"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112836/file/215442/transcript/71079/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"of May of 1958.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112836/file/215442#t=37.91,42.11"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112836/file/215442/transcript/71079/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"As I say, I was born in Aveline, went through the public schools there and","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112836/file/215442#t=42.11,45.77"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112836/file/215442/transcript/71079/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"received my bachelor's degree from McMurray 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Pasadena.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112836/file/215442#t=68.01,74.61"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112836/file/215442/transcript/71079/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I really, until I came here, I was about 27 years of age, I believe.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112836/file/215442#t=74.61,82.43"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/112836/file/215442/transcript/71079/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I wasn't too concerned about politics or anything else, concerned about 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