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Cracking Plant for West Texas Crude

Description: Photograph of equipment driving pilings for a structural foundation. The two pile drivers can be seen midfield to the left of a pile of wood. Small houses and a refinery are visible in the background, while the foreground is dominated by a canal and pipework. The reverse side of the photo has a typed description stating the foundation is for "four 78' x 40' x 10" tanks that to be built in reservoir tract by Riter-Conley."
Date: April 16, 1929
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Crowd Around Two Women]

Description: Photograph of two women with flowers and banners standing on the Pleasure Pier Bridge surrounded by a large crowd in Port Arthur, Texas. Buildings are visible beyond the crowd, and a motorcycle is parked in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Crowd at Airport]

Description: Photograph of a large crowd of men and women at an airport in Port Arthur, Texas, waiting for Mickey Rooney to arrive. He was in town for a show benefiting Texas City after a natural disaster.
Date: 1947
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Crowd on Street]

Description: Photograph of a large crowd of people standing on a street during a parade in Port Arthur, Texas. Several of them carry American flags, and buildings are visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Crowd Seated in Front of Building]

Description: Photograph of a large crowd seated in front of a building in Port Arthur, Texas. A group of men, women, and a child stand at a microphone in front of the building's door, and a piano is set up to the right. Signs on both sides of the door reads "Business & Professional Women's Club".
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[The Cumberland Telephone Company]

Description: Photograph of several women sitting at a switch board at the Cumberland Telephone Company in Port Arthur, Texas. The women at the switch board are identified, from left to right, as Daisy Neal, an unidentified woman, Lillian Frost, and Flora Tucker. The woman at the desk to the left is Mrs. Stanley, and the man standing in the background is Mr. Toples.
Date: 1914
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Dancing on Raised Stage]

Description: Photograph of men and women dancing on a raised stage in front of a building in Port Arthur, Texas. People hang out of the windows on the building in the background, and a woman stands in front of the stage to the left.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Decorated Oil Platform]

Description: Photograph of an oil platform in the ocean decorated with streamers and semi-circular banners. A rectangular banner reads "Hughen School for Crippled Children", and a man sits at a piano to the right. Several other people stand on the platform.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Decorated Truck]

Description: Photograph of a decorated truck used as a float during a parade in Port Arthur, Texas. The sign on the side of the truck reads: "PROGRESS - Made Possible By Your Support. Chamber of Commerce". A building is visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast
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