30 Wonderful Color Snapshots Show Street Scenes of Corpus Christi, Texas in the 1970s

   

Corpus Christi, colloquially Corpus, is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat of Nueces County, it also extends into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio Counties. Corpus Christi is 130 miles southeast of San Antonio. The city's political boundaries encompass Nueces Bay and Corpus Christi Bay. Its zoned boundaries include small land parcels or water inlets of three neighboring counties. The Port of Corpus Christi is the fifth-largest in the United States. The region is served by the Corpus Christi International Airport.

These photos were taken in the downtown area of Corpus Christi, Texas in the late 1970s by Texas-based photographer Jay Phagan.

 
1440 Keys Radio Station in 1977

 

Alamo Loan & the Ritz Theater in 1977

 

Amusu Theatre in 1975

 

Barnacle Bill's in 1978

 

Big Cars from Corpus Christi, Texas in August, 1978

 

Big John's Hitching Post in 1978

 

Carnival scene in Corpus Christi, Texas, 1979

 

Centre Theater in 1978

 

City limits on on Navigation Blvd., on the north side of the ship channel, near the cement plant and grain elevator in 1978

 

Corpus Christi City Bus on Schatzell St. next to the old library, 1978

 

Elizabeth's Cocktails taken through the windshield of car on a rainy day in 1977

 

Ken-Mar Gas Station in July, 1979

 

Lane's Building (at the corner of N. Chaparral and Peoples St.) in 1978

 

Looking north from Williams St., 1977

 

 
N. Chaparral St. looking south in 1978

 

 
N. Chaparral St. near the Centre Theater in 1978

 

 
Part of the Corpus Christi skyline, 1978

 

 
Pedestrians on the street at 400 block N. Chaparral, 1977

 

 
Shopping in Downtown Corpus Christi, 1978

 

Texan Grocery in July, 1979

 

The Bwana Club in 1978

 

The Majestic Hotel in 1977

 

The north side of the Majestic Hotel building which faced I-37, 1977

 

The Sandbar Club (at 408 Taylor, across the street from the Ritz Theater parking lot), 1978

 

The Sun Theatre and the Sho-Bar (in the 600 block of N. Chaparral next to the Kress building) in 1979

 

Top Cat (on S. Staples at Booty St., near Six Points) in August 1978

 

Tower Theater (near Six Points at 1645 S. Alameda) in 1978

 

View from the Wilson Building looking down on the parking lot on top of a Bank of America drive-through bank
(Mesquite and Schatzell St.), 1979

 

White Rabbit Disco in 1979

 

Williams Street (looking west from Water Street towards the bluff), in 1978


(Photos by Jay Phagan)