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[Photograph of People Playing in Water]

Description: Photograph of a group seven people playing in a body of water. They are wearing bathing clothes from the turn of the twentieth century. Three young boys are playing to the left. A woman is standing next to a woman bent over, and the two women on the right are holding hands and facing each other. Boats can be seen in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Photograph of Port Arthur High School Students, 1908-1909]

Description: Photograph of freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior students of Port Arthur High School, 1908-1909. Principal Dilley is identified as standing to the far right. Superintendent J. H. Bright is standing at the far left behind a woman named Mary E. Donaldson. The students are arranged in three rows in front of a brick building with four tall windows behind them.
Date: 1908~
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Photograph of Russ Morgan's Orchestra]

Description: Photograph of Russ Morgan and his orchestra performing at the Pleasure Pier in Port Arthur, Texas. Morgan is holding a trombone and stands besides a formally dressed man and a woman on the left side of the photo. The orchestra is arranged in three rows, positioned behind podiums and holding their instruments. Centered above them is a sign spelling out "Russ Morgan."
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Photograph of Sam the Man and the Unyted Crusade]

Description: Photograph of a music band called "Sam the Man and the Unyted Crusade autographed by James "Big Sambo" Young. The autograph reads "For Tim Knight Best Wishes Big Sambo." There are four men in the photo. The first on the left is a white male in a blazer posing with his right foot propped up on a foot stool and holding a six string acoustic guitar in his arms. Next is a bearded white man kneeling over a snare drum and holding a pair of drumsticks as if playing the instrument. The third, James "Bi… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Photograph of Snow in Port Arthur, Texas, February 1960]

Description: Photograph of snow in a yard and street in Port Arthur, Texas. A clothesline pole and chain link fence separate the snow covered yard from the equally snowy street. Cars passing by have created a bare spot in the road. Bare trees, power lines, and houses are in the background. The other side of the photo indicates that this address is 1645 Fifth Street in Port Arthur.
Date: February 1960
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Photograph of Students and Teacher in Front of the Farm School, 1906]

Description: Photograph of students and their teacher standing in front of Tyrrell School, known then as the Farm School in 1906. The gabled schoolhouse itself is a clapboard structure raised up off of the ground, with a short and broad stairway leading up to a porch. Two tall windows flank the centered door which itself is topped with a smaller window. A smaller structure can be seen in the background to the right. Standing on the porch from left to right: Alexie Bledsoe; Grace Hamilton; Jesse Hamilton; S… more
Date: 1906
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Photograph of Sunbonnet Sue Operetta]

Description: Photograph of Sunbonnet Sue Operetta cast at Tyrell Elementary School. Rows of students are lined up and wearing mostly agricultural costumes. Janis Joplin is the fifth child from the right. Behind the children, there is a backdrop of a night scene set along the stage curtain. A mixed group of adults and children are seated before the stage.
Date: 1954-05~
Creator: Rice Studio
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Photograph of Tex Ritter]

Description: Photograph of Tex Ritter wearing a checkered ribbon necktie, light long sleeved shirt, dark pants, and a leather gun belt. The logo for Capital Records appears in the lower left of the photo. "Tex Ritter" is printed on the lower center area. "Autrey Hollywood" is written on the bottom right of the photo.
Date: unknown
Creator: Autrey Hollywood
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Photograph of Tex Ritter in Concert]

Description: Tex Ritter performing onstage with a band. He is on the left of the photograph playing a guitar and standing in front of a microphone. A man wearing glasses plays drums behind Ritter. On the right side of the photo, a man with a fiddle stands in front of another bespectacled man. The background of the stage is painted in the image of a downtown business scene.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Photograph of Tex Ritter Performing]

Description: Photograph of Tex Ritter performing at the 47th anniversary of the Grand Ole Opry. He is at a microphone with his guitar hanging from his shoulders. "WSM's Grand Ole Opry 47th Anniversary" and "WSM Photo By Les Leverett" are written in the lower right.
Date: unknown
Creator: Les Leverett
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Photograph of the Boogie Kings]

Description: Photograph of the musical group Boogie Kings. The nine men in white blazers and black pants pose with their instruments in two rows, with four of the men standing above the five other sitting or crouching members. "Boogie Kings" is printed over the lower center member. The bottom left portion of the photograph has been printed with the words "World Famous "Blue-Eyed Soul Show." A phone number is printed in the middle of the bottom, and an address is given at the bottom right.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast
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