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.
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| 1440 Keys Radio Station in 1977 |
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| Alamo Loan & the Ritz Theater in 1977 |
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| Amusu Theatre in 1975 |
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| Barnacle Bill’s in 1978 |
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| Big Cars from Corpus Christi, Texas in August, 1978 |
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| Big John’s Hitching Post in 1978 |
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| Carnival scene in Corpus Christi, Texas, 1979 |
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| Centre Theater in 1978 |
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| City limits on on Navigation Blvd., on the north side of the ship channel, near the cement plant and grain elevator in 1978 |
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| Corpus Christi City Bus on Schatzell St. next to the old library, 1978 |
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| Elizabeth’s Cocktails taken through the windshield of car on a rainy day in 1977 |
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| Ken-Mar Gas Station in July, 1979 |
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| Lane’s Building (at the corner of N. Chaparral and Peoples St.) in 1978 |
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| Looking north from Williams St., 1977 |
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| N. Chaparral St. looking south in 1978 |
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| N. Chaparral St. near the Centre Theater in 1978 |
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| Part of the Corpus Christi skyline, 1978 |
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| Pedestrians on the street at 400 block N. Chaparral, 1977 |
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| Shopping in Downtown Corpus Christi, 1978 |
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| Texan Grocery in July, 1979 |
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| The Bwana Club in 1978 |
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| The Majestic Hotel in 1977 |
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| The north side of the Majestic Hotel building which faced I-37, 1977 |
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| The Sandbar Club (at 408 Taylor, across the street from the Ritz Theater parking lot), 1978 |
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| The Sun Theatre and the Sho-Bar (in the 600 block of N. Chaparral next to the Kress building) in 1979 |
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| Top Cat (on S. Staples at Booty St., near Six Points) in August 1978 |
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| Tower Theater (near Six Points at 1645 S. Alameda) in 1978 |
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| 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 |
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| White Rabbit Disco in 1979 |
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| Williams Street (looking west from Water Street towards the bluff), in 1978 |