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[Two Children on Chair]

Description: Portrait photograph of a young boy and girl on a wooden chair. They are both in white outfits, and the boy is standing and smiling towards the camera. The girl has a large white bow in her hair and is sitting on the arm of the chair.
Date: 1910
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Two Girls at March]

Description: Photograph of two girls at a march in downtown Port Arthur. Their arms are linked and they are looking at the camera smiling. There is another girl next to them looking away from the camera. Other marchers can be seen in the background.
Date: 1970~
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Two Men in Ku Klux Klan Hoods]

Description: Photograph of two men wearing Ku Klux Klan hoods. The man closest to the camera is holding a large shotgun and has his face covered. The other man is leaning against the hood of a car in the background, and his face is not covered.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Two Women and Dog]

Description: Photograph of two women identified as Edith and Amelia Carr. They are seated outside with a dog, and there are large plants behind them. Handwriting on the back of the photograph states that they are at 300 5th Street.
Date: 1921
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Two Women and Man Fishing]

Description: Photograph of two women and one man sitting on a pier eating and fishing. The man and the woman behind him are holding up their drinks and smiling; they are both wearing hats. The other woman is wearing a white bonnet and dotted blouse. More people are visible further down the pier in the background. The back of the photograph is a postcard.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Two Young Girls in Dresses]

Description: Photograph of two young girls in white dresses, identified as Amelia and Edith Carr. They are standing with their hands at their sides on a fur rug. Both are wearing white bows in their hair and looking towards the camera.
Date: 1906
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[View of Cannon Float in a Parade]

Description: Photograph of a float with a cannon on it. There are people walking alongside the float, between crowds on either side of the road. Farther down the road ahead of the float, there is a group of people walking in straight lines wearing hats and white shirts. People are watching from the balconies of buildings in the background.
Date: 1923
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[View of Funeral Procession]

Description: Photograph of a large crowd at a funeral procession, held for 29 people that were killed in the Gulf Tanker "Venezuela" explosion. The view is from above, and shows crowds of people on both sides of the street that the procession is going down. There are parked automobiles in the foreground, and hearses and medical cars driving in the procession. The bottom right corner has a stamp from Trost Studio.
Date: unknown
Creator: Trost Studio
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[View of Parade]

Description: Photograph of a parade from above. There is a float with a large globe on it with three people pushing it from behind. There are crowds of people on either side of the street.
Date: 1923
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[View of parade crowd]

Description: Postcard of a parade crowd on Proctor St. in Port Arthur. There is a large group of people on both sides of the street, and spectators are looking on from above in building windows. American flags are hanging down across the street. There is a man on a horse in the bottom-left corner of the photograph. The men are dressed in suits and hats and the women are in dresses, and many people are carrying umbrellas.
Date: 1923
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[View of Parade from Above]

Description: Photograph of a parade from above. There is one white float with a woman standing on it, wearing what appears to be a Statue of Liberty costume, proceeding between crowds of people and down a street with buildings on either side. The crowds continue into the distance in the background. The back of the photograph is a postcard.
Date: 1923
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[View of Plaza Hotel]

Description: Postcard of the Plaza Hotel on Lakeshore Drive, dated early 1900s. The photograph was take from in front of Pleasure Pier Bridge. There are telephone poles and wires across the street, and houses can be seen in the distance.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[View of Port Arthur From Rooftop]

Description: Photograph of a view of Port Arthur, taken from the roof of a hotel. A river on the right side of the photograph and various different buildings can be seen. Writing on the back of the photograph reads, "View of Port Arthur from Goodhue Hotel roof, taken by Dad. November 1946."
Date: 1946
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[View of Ship Passing Through Drawbridge]

Description: Photograph of a town on the edge of a river with a ship passing through a bridge, identified as Pleasure Pier drawbridge. Cars are waiting for the ship to pass on either side of the bridge. There is what appears to be a factory in the distance with multiple smokestacks. A stamp on the back of the photograph identifies the photographer as J. C. Watkins.
Date: November 19, 1952
Creator: Watkins, J. C.
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[View of Spindletop]

Description: Photograph of a view of oil wells at Spindletop. Multiple oil wells can be seen that continue off into the distance. Writing on the back of the photograph, which is a postcard, reads, "Spindletop 1925."
Date: 1925
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Wagon Pulled by Horses]

Description: Photograph of a group of people underneath a cover on a wagon pulled by horses. There are two young girls in white dresses standing on the rear of the wagon, and two men sitting with four other children near the front. There is a sign on the side of the wagon that reads, "Victors Victrolas and Victor Records," and has two pictures of a white dog on each side.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Walker House]

Description: Photograph of a building on a road that reads "Walker House" on the side. There are two people in motion in the foreground, and two visible people on the balcony of the house that are identified (from left to right) as John Carr and John Walker. There are other buildings in the background, and one reads, "Real Estate" on the side. The back of the photograph has writing that places the house on 5th St. and Waco Ave., and dates it around 1900.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast
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