A Houston family has seen Astros history from the Astrodome to Minute Maid Park as season-ticket holders for 58 years.
An aerial photo taken by Harold Israel, who was the Astros long-time photographer. This is one of many photos kept by Israel’s daughter, Sherri Israel Taxman, at her home on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022 in Houston. Taxman’s father, Harold Israel, was the Astros long-time photographer.“Having been through literally decades of both good and bad, it’s fantastic,” Taxman said. “It’s thrilling. It’s wonderful to get to see this.
A photo of Harold Israel, who was the Astros long-time photographer. It is one of multiple Houston Astros memorabilia in the care of his daughter, Sherri Israel Taxman on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022 in Houston.The original credit goes to Harold Israel, Sherri’s father, who was born in New York, grew up following the Giants, moved to Houston in 1936 and was a lifelong baseball fan.
“He took pictures of Judy Garland — she performed at the Dome,” Taxman said. “All the pictures you’ve seen of the Dome, the Presidential Suite, daddy did all of that stuff.” “It was painful,” said Ian, referring to the down years. “It was not easy writing the checks. We couldn’t give away to customers for a while.”
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