Sugar Land Heritage Foundation Collection - Historical Marker Dedication Ceremony for Texas’s First Sugar Refinery (1952)

Duration: 0:03:47

Year Published: 1952

Sound: silent

Description: This 1952 home movie captures the dedication ceremony for a historical marker honoring the state’s first sugar refinery in Sugar Land. The Texas Society of Daughters of the American Colonists host the event, which includes various speeches and presentations. The footage includes shots of the Imperial Sugar Company factory as well as illustrations and old photographs of the facility’s history.