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Mr.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=6.81,8.63"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Fantham, I'd like to begin the interview by getting some background information on you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=8.63,14.58"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Where were you born?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=14.58,17.16"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Chicago, Illinois.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=17.16,19.08"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"In what year?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=19.08,20.18"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Eighteen ninety.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=20.18,21.39"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Eighteen ninety.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=21.39,23.66"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=23.66,23.67"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"September the 12th, 1890.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=23.67,27.75"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I'm repeating here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=27.75,28.1"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"That's 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After moving our store to Rockford, Illinois, for one year, it closed","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=135.35,145.09"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"up, the Fantham and Fantham and Son.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=145.09,150.49"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Back in '14, the Ball and Piano Company offered me a traveling assistant to a regular traveler for Nebraska and South","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=150.49,160.12"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Dakota. Traveler for Iowa wanted me to work with him in 1915.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=160.12,169.83"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I had established myself, in a previous year, reputation.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=169.83,177.03"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Iowa traveler, resigned in 1917 and I was given his position.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=177.03,182.64"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"My reputation was made in success, helping dealers sell paper to banks and borrow to pay for stock.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=182.64,193.38"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"This was my position until I arrived in Houston October 22nd, 1922, to join my brother in real estate, and","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=193.38,203.16"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/35","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"later in oil, while he leases and minerals.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=203.16,207.79"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/36","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Selling and purchasing.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=207.79,212.15"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Is that, that all right?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=212.15,214.37"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"That's fine.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=214.37,216.9"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Now, uh-","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=216.9,218.33"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I wonder if we could go into a little, I wonder if we could get into a little detail about your first activities here in Houston.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=218.33,226.55"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Yes. That there, let me take that film out.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=226.55,230.22"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"The, I, uh.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=230.22,238.25"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"What I'd, I'd like to tell an amusing 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Excuse me, that's wrong.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=794.75,796.79"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/130","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"That's all right.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=796.79,797.96"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/131","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Leak Estate. Mr.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=797.96,801.2"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/132","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Davis for sixty-five thousand dollars down, six hundred and forty acres.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=801.2,813.19"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/133","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Forty acres at a thousand dollars an acre.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=813.19,827.23"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/134","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Night, uh, the last night was alliance of 1928.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=827.23,833.88"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/135","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Two years later, we lost.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=833.88,838.67"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/136","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"That's probably owing to the Depression.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=838.67,841.55"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/137","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Now which property did you lose?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=841.55,843.62"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/138","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Westchester land.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=843.62,844.7"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/139","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Westchester lands?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=844.7,846.95"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/140","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Owing to the Depression. No money, no sales possible.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=846.95,853.52"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/141","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"That's what the situation was.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=853.52,855.59"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/142","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"We couldn't pay our 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Without a problem of title or lawsuit.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=906.13,914.2"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/154","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Sales agreement with lot owners or deeds.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=914.2,924.65"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/155","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"What made in the original transfer of contracts and title.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=924.65,935.15"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/156","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Okay. 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I didn't quite understand what happened here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=947.72,951.44"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/161","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Was the money returned to the people who bought them?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=951.44,954.12"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/162","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"No, no.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=954.12,956.38"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/163","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"They, uh, the people were given an opportunity to pay the balance they owed","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=956.38,966.27"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/164","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"on their contracts, which were in trust in the bank.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=966.27,973.54"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/165","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And they would get a deed from the original, mortgage owner, original land owners,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=973.54,983.98"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/166","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"by paying off the lot. 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That was after the Depression.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=1825.86,1829.79"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/273","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Oh, after the Depression.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=1829.79,1830.8"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/274","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=1830.8,1831.56"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/275","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"There weren't any houses built in the late '20s in, on that land?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=1831.56,1835.68"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/276","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Yeah, there were two","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=1835.68,1836.4"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/277","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Two?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=1836.4,1836.9"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/278","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"we built ourselves.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=1836.9,1837.9"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/279","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Okay.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=1837.9,1838.67"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/280","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"We built, we built one.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=1838.67,1841.22"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/281","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"That's right. 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yeah.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2215.77,2217.38"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/344","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Was he involved in any of your activities?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2217.38,2219.2"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/345","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"No. This involvement of this property was all my brother and my original 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He always had the order book in one hand and a pencil in the other.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2300.46,2308.62"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/365","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"You know what I mean? 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Now that experience was worthwhile for my brother and","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2595.16,2604.77"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/406","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"myself, and he did as much work on the deal as I did.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2604.77,2614.13"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/407","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And, uh, we both worked very hard to accumulate what we did.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2614.13,2625.74"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/408","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But we're just one of the few that were washed out in the 1929, '30  Depression.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2625.74,2634.74"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/409","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"You mentioned the other day to me that as part of your promotional program that you offered a free house.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2634.74,2642.21"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/410","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Yeah. 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E.H.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2718.95,2720.21"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/425","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Fleming on a problem in Southampton development.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2720.21,2724.91"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/426","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Mr. Fleming was confronted with having shell roads in 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Very good deal.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2818.63,2820.78"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/443","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Do you recall how much the average owner had to pay for the paving?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2820.78,2824.66"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/444","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It what?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2824.66,2825.53"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/445","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Do you recall how much the average owner had to pay for the paving of the supplemental contract?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2825.53,2842.5"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/446","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It varied of course.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2842.5,2845.39"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/447","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I, I, I think those streets were all sixty feet in there, I'm not sure, it maybe fifty.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2845.39,2850.79"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/448","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Nowadays they would top at fifty because there wasn't any, where it  was, excitement about automobiles, you know.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2850.79,2861.07"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/449","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But, uh, I think maybe they're sixty, I think they are.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2861.07,2867.7"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/450","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Sixty feet?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2867.7,2868.7"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/451","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I think so. Um, I wish.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2868.7,2876.37"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/452","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Out of a, the [patch] on the contract and there you had your deal,  see.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2876.37,2881.19"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/453","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But before they could got a deed, they had to pay for everything.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2881.19,2888.15"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/454","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"What made you think that, what made you think that the city would expand toward the southwest rather than some other direction?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2888.15,2900.09"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/455","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Well. 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Everything to me pointed for the development that way.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2953.12,2957.97"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/463","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Now, the first, the first thing, our first thing was Windermere.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2957.97,2964.75"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/464","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And we had an idea of Windermere joining Rice Institute was an attraction.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2964.75,2973.86"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/465","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Windermere joining Southampton Development, which sold out real fine, see, and so forth, was a beautiful section in there","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=2973.86,2984.36"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/466","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":". 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But that's what, Freely put all of the, think of it, business experience in real estate.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=3320.19,3330.98"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/524","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"For me, it was a business experience in oil for me.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626#t=3330.98,3335.7"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2509/collection_resources/113620/file/216626/transcript/61438/annotation/525","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Were entirely new deals, but they worked out beautifully, and they were very happy about the whole 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