Sugar Land Heritage Foundation Collection - Snowfall and Sugar Cane Harvest (1949)

Duration: 0:11:34

Year Published: 1949

Sound: silent

Description: This 1949 home movie captures three primary scenes. The first shows a snow-covered Sugar Land. In January 1949, the Houston area received 2.6 inches of snow. The second clip documents the St. Mary Sugar Co-Op in Jeanerette, Louisiana. The facility operated as a sugar refinery for the Imperial Sugar Company. The final segment features the Bellingrath Gardens in Mobile, Alabama.