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[Reception for Oil Officials]

Photograph of a large group of men in suits mingling at a reception for oil refinery company officials held at the Port Arthur Club in the Goodhue Hotel in Port Arthur, Texas. The reception was sponsored by Port Arthur's Chamber of Commerce.

Date: 1952

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[River in Port Arthur]

Photograph of a bridge over a river running through Port Arthur, Texas. There are buildings on the opposite shore.

Date: August 1951

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Sabine Pass Cameron Parish Lighthouse]

Photograph of Sabine Pass Cameron Parish Lighthouse taken from across the pass. Handwritten on the reverse of the photograph: "Chamber of Commerce, (Photo by Stan Fitzner), May, 1952" "Cameron Parish Lighthouse"

Date: May 1952

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[States Marine Lines Ship]

Photograph of a States Marine Lines ship in the Gulf of Mexico in Port Arthur, Texas. A lighthouse is visible on the shore to the right.

Date: January 7, 1955

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

Texaco Main Gate 1953

Photograph of the main gate of Texaco in 1953. The gate is attended by a single guard. To the left of the gate is a building bearing a large sign declaring that there has been 1,594,538 man hours since the last "lost time injury." There is also a sign requesting that no reading material be carried inside, and other sign on the gate that requests that no matches be carried inside. Two boxes written with the words "Red Head Matches" stand in front of the building.

Date: 1953

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Thomas W. Hughen School for Crippled Children]

Photograph of the exterior of the Thomas W. Hughen School for Crippled Children building in Port Arthur, Texas. A dirt road runs up to the front door, and there are a few scraggly trees in front of the building.

Date: February 12, 1958

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Three Men Holding Number "1"]

Photograph of three men, identified as C. M. Scott, Elmer Hielsen, and R. M. Lloyd, holding a cut-out of the number "1". They stand in front of shelves filled with boxes.

Date: 1956

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[View of Pleasure Pier]

Photograph of Port Arthur's Pleasure Pier, viewed from far away. A roller coaster, a Ferris wheel, and a crowd of people are visible on the grounds, and Lake Sabine is in the background.

Date: 1951

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[View of the Plant]

Photograph of the Port Neches Works Plant, looking north. Multiple round structures and a series of buildings cover the grounds, and there is a road and railroad tracks to the west. The upper left hand corner reads "Port Neches Works, looking north 1952." Handwriting on the back and an accompanying card (with the Texaco logo on the bottom) label the photograph "View of the Plant looking north."

Date: 1952

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Woman Sitting on Small Car]

Photograph of a woman in a long dress with flowers in her hair sitting on a small car driven by a young boy in a cowboy hat, during a parade in Port Arthur, Texas. A man walks beside them, and a crowd of people stand in front of the building in the background.

Date: 1953

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Woman With Texaco Products]

Photograph of a woman wearing a white shirt advertising Texaco products. She is standing behind a table that has multiple cans of different varieties of motor oil, capella oil, havoline, and other gasoline products.

Date: July 26, 1958

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Women at Party]

Photograph of a large group of women in fancy dresses posing around a table at an employee party and dance for the Pleasure Pier Company in Port Arthur, Texas.

Date: 1950

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

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