Jesse Jones appeared frequently in political cartoons in newspapers throughout the nation
Houston Chronicle—March 20, 2020
A government infrastructure bank modeled on the Reconstruction Finance Corporation can with no new debt or taxes rebuild, modernize and fortify the nation and create millions of new jobs.
Jesse Jones inspecting the San Francisco Bay Bridge, a Reconstruction Finance Corporation infrastructure project
Houston Chronicle—September 16, 2017
Through judicious lending instead of spending, Jesse Jones, who was chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, showed how government can restore and save nations and make money for the U.S. Treasury and its taxpayers at the same time.
The Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts
Houston Chronicle—October 13, 2016
The 1966 opening of Jones Hall galvanized the performing arts in Houston and epitomized the city’s evolution from a provincial boomtown into a sophisticated urban center.
The commemorative book celebrating the opening and influence of Jones Hall
Friends of Jones Hall—October 6, 2016
The 100-page book produced in collaboration with CORE Design Studio celebrates the evolution of the Houston Ballet, the Houston Grand Opera, the Houston Symphony and the Society for the Performing Arts and shows how the 1966 opening of Jones Hall influenced their success and transformed Houston.
See the accompanying film Fenberg and Carrithers Studio produced as part of the anniversary celebration.
The program notes celebrating 19th– and 20th-century Jewish classical music
Congregation Emanu El—August 30, 2015
Read Fenberg's program notes about the beauty and power of 19th- and early 20th-century Jewish classical music composed for cantor, choir and organ—a body of exquisite sacred music that is vanishing as many congregations turn to more contemporary music.
See the program Fenberg produced to showcase the powerful music.
World War II Boeing airplane plant financed by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Houston Chronicle—October 23, 2011
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation under Jesse Jones’s leadership saved the United States economy during the Great Depression, militarized industry in time to win World War II and showed government can improve life and make money at the same time.
John and Audrey Jones Beck
Houston History Magazine—Fall 2006
Learn how John and Audrey Jones Beck assembled an encyclopedic collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist masterpieces and gave them to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the people of Houston.
World War II photographer L. Bennett Fenberg with his nephew Steven Fenberg
Houston History Magazine—Fall 2005
As a World War II photographer, L. Bennett Fenberg filmed the iconic explosion of the swastika above the Nuremberg Stadium and recounts the challenges he encountered on European battlefields.
See the film of the swastika explosion.
Chevron’s 160-acre uranium mill tailings pond
In 1989, Fenberg and photographer Sharon Stewart embarked on the Toxic Tour of Texas to document the challenges and successes grassroots activists had changing the hazardous waste practices of industry and government. Stewart expanded the Tour and through her diligence it was used in legislative testimony and exhibited at the Texas State Capitol, the General Land Office and in galleries, libraries and museums across the state and nation. The Tour was featured as cover stories in the Houston Post, Houston Chronicle Sunday Magazine, Texas Observer and Z Magazine. The Toxic Tour of Texas is now part of the Water in the West Project and Archive at the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, and continues to be published, collected and exhibited.
Visit www.sharonstewartphotography.net to see more of her work.
