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Debris and Men After Tornado

Description: Photograph of the ground covered with debris after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. The debris includes wooden boards, pieces of metal, and tires. There are three men in hats standing on the right side of the frame. In the background is an old car and a wooden building.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Debris and Vehicles After Tornado

Description: Photograph of a road with old cars and trucks traveling on it after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. In the background are bare trees, a car, and debris. In the foreground is a partial view of a vehicle and debris.
Date: April 9, 1947
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Debris from Higgins Tornado

Description: View of wooden planks and other debris from tornado destruction from dirt road.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: Russell Minton
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Debris in Ditch After Tornado

Description: Photograph of a dirt ditch filled with a pile of debris after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. The pile contains big pieces of bent metal and wooden boards.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McMurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Debris on Road AFter Tornado

Description: Photograph of a dirt road with scattered debris on it after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. On the left side of the frame is the road, on the right side is a fenced off field. In the foreground is the hood of an old truck.
Date: April 9, 1947
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Destroyed Building After Tornado

Description: Photograph of a gutted building after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. The building is leaning towards the right side of the frame and half of the house closest to the viewer consists of piles of cinder-blocks and still-standing wooden beams. The ground is covered in debris which includes a ladder.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Destroyed Building and Piles of Debris

Description: Photograph of a demolished building after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. The ground is covered in wooden planks and beams, chairs, tires, bricks and tables. In the back are empty shelves standing upright. On the right side of the frame is a broken cinder-block wall.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McMurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

[Destruction from the Higgins Tornado]

Description: Photograph of a view from dirt road of an overturned automobile, bare trees and scattered debris from tornado destruction.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: Russell Minton
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

[Destruction From the Higgins Tornado]

Description: Photograph of large, overturned farm equipment in front of building. There is a dirt road in foreground with strewn and splintered wooden planks.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: Russell Minton
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Dog and Duck Under Bush After Tornado

Description: Photograph of a dog and a duck underneath a bush after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. There is debris scattered all over the ground. In the background are leaning telephone poles.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McMurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Fallen Buildings and Debris After Tornado

Description: Photograph of several people standing amongst a large pile of debris that includes wooden boards, pipes, and scrap metal after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. In the background is a badly damaged building. On the right side of the frame is a road with vehicles and in the foreground on the right side of the frame is an old truck.
Date: April 9, 1947
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Fallen Buildings and Debris After Tornado

Description: Photograph of a row of fallen and damaged stores after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. There is a large pile of debris in front of the buildings. A group of people are standing and sifting through the debris. There is a parked car on the right side of the frame.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Fallen House After Tornado

Description: Photograph of a house that has fallen after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. The house is white and two-story. It has been blown off it's cement foundation and is broken in half. In the foreground is debris and in the background is another building and trees.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Fallen Houses After Tornado

Description: Photograph of two or three fallen houses after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. The houses were two stories tall. In the foreground is a street and two driveways.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Fallen Silo After Tornado

Description: Photograph of a fallen silo after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. There is a man wearing a leather jacket and hat looking at the silo. On the ground is debris.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McMurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Fallen Silo After Tornado

Description: Photograph of a fallen silo after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. There are two metal posts standing diagonally on the left side of the frame. Behind the fallen silo are two standing silos and a building. In the far background on the right side of the frame is an oil pump.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McMurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

[First Christian Church Groundbreaking Ceremony]

Description: Photograph of the groundbreaking ceremony for the First Christian Church. Members of the Children's Division, under the supervision of Mrs. Shirley Trahan, Superintendent, (in photo helping child at podium) brought small bricks to the platform, symbolizing the part the children played in the growth of the church. John M. Hughes, Minister, is standing behind the podium.
Date: October 9, 1955
Creator: J.C. Watkins Photography
Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[First Christian Church Groundbreaking Ceremony 1955]

Description: Photograph of the First Christian Church groundbreaking ceremony. Seven persons, using gilded spades, are turning the soil in front of the platform, which stood on the site of the proposed chancel. Participating - left to right: Patsy Smith, representing the Children's Division of the church school; Mrs. John H. McDonald and C.E. Perry, two charter members of the fifty-three year old congregation; John M. Hughes, Minister; E.M. Reeder, Chairman of the Board; W. Glynn Lowther, Chairman of the … more
Date: October 9, 1955
Creator: J.C. Watkins Photography
Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

[First Christian Church Groundbreaking Ceremony 1955]

Description: Photograph of the First Christian Church groundbreaking ceremony. The future members of the church are standing in the lot where the church is to be built. They are lined along the perimeter of where the church will stand.
Date: October 9, 1955
Creator: J.C. Watkins Photography
Partner: First Christian Church of Port Arthur

Gene Ravel, Jaycee of the Month

Description: Photographic portrait of man wearing a suit and tie. In the 1947 Austin City Directory Gene Ravel is listed as a salesman for Alamo Products Company.
Date: April 9, 1948
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Group of Men and Debris After Tornado

Description: Photograph of large piles of debris covering the ground after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. There are three men talking to each other on the left side of the frame. In the center is another group of men all looking the same direction. All the men wear jackets and hat and are in front of a partially standing wall. The debris includes large pieces of metal siding, bricks, and fencing.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

[Man Standing with Damaged Trucks After Tornado]

Description: Photograph of a man wearing a leather jacket and hat standing in-between two damaged trucks after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. The truck in the foreground has its windows blown out and the hood is dented with bricks. Behind the man is a truck who's roof is caved in. On the right side of the frame next to the center truck is a long wooden beam; behind the beam is another truck.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McMurry, J. W.
Partner: Wolf Creek Heritage Museum

Missouri-Pacific Lines - Depot Opening

Description: Two men standing by railroad tracks. Tips Engine Works is in background.
Date: August 9, 1948
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Original Depot on Congress

Description: A photograph of the exterior view of the original depot on Congress St. on the day the new Missouri Pacific Depot opened at 3rd and Congress Ave. Only one car is parked in front of the building.
Date: August 9, 1949
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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