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Imperial Hotel

Description: Ida Snearly seated beside some plants with the Imperial Hotel in the background.
Date: 1915~
Partner: Clay County Historical Society

Pauline and Frank Scholt

Description: Photograph of Pauline and Frank Scholt in a horse-drawn carriage crossing a bridge. Three unidentified people are also pictured.
Date: unknown
Partner: Kemah Historical Society

601 Kipp

Description: Photograph of a house at 601 Kipp in Kemah, Texas. The wooden house is constructed with stilts in preparation for high tidal waters. Some flowers are planted to the right of a walkway leading to the porch entrance. A shed is partially visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Kemah Historical Society

Kemah motel, Sylvia D

Description: Photograph of high waters covering part of Kemah, Texas. The water covers a street in the foreground, and covers the lots in front of some buildings and the Sylvia D Motel and Restaurant in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Clear Lake Photography
Partner: Kemah Historical Society

Miss Sellar's Class

Description: Photograph of Miss Sellar and her class. Miss Sellar stands to the right of the unidentified children whom are sitting and standing on a bench outside of the schoolhouse in Kemah, Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Kemah Historical Society

Ms. Rice and class

Description: Photograph of Ms. Rice and her class in 1946 in Kemah, Texas. Ms. Rice and 21 unidentified children pose on the steps of a wooden building.
Date: 1946~
Partner: Kemah Historical Society

School fence

Description: Photograph of nine unidentified children sitting on a wooden fence in front of a white wooden school building in Kemah, Texas.
Date: 1945~
Partner: Kemah Historical Society

Louise Giddens and school kids

Description: Photograph of Rose Kipp, Ella Rentz, Emma Gordon, Dorothy White, and several unidentified children. This is a picture of the school children at the school that John Henry Kipp, Sr. started. The teacher, Louise Giddens, is the tallest woman in the picture. The girl next to the teacher is Ella Kipp the oldest of John Henry Kipp, Jr's children and the boy on the other side of the teacher is Henry Kipp. The girl next to Henry is Elva or Elvie Kipp. The girl in front of Elvie and Henry is Leota … more
Date: 1911~/1912~
Partner: Kemah Historical Society

Kemah city officials

Description: Photograph of six unidentified men and three unidentified women who are Kemah city officials. The man on the far left of the group has a badge clipped to his shirt and a revolver on his hip.
Date: unknown
Partner: Kemah Historical Society

Single Draw Bridge

Description: Photograph of a few cars on a single draw bridge in Kemah, Texas. A body of water is visible beneath the bridge.
Date: unknown
Partner: Kemah Historical Society

Rocket Lounge, Ben Blackledge, Mayor for 27 years

Description: Photograph of Ben Blackledge, the mayor of Kemah, Texas for 27 years, and the interior of Rocket Lounge. Three men sit on stools at the bar counter, and a man stands behind the bar. Cigars and beer are vended behind the bar, and several tables, chairs, and booths are placed throughout the lounge. A table shuffleboard is also visible.
Date: unknown
Partner: Kemah Historical Society

Rocket Lounge

Description: Photograph of four unidentified people and the interior of Rocket Lounge of Kemah, Texas. A smiling man stands behind the bar counter, and a man faces the rear of the lounge with a cigar in his hand. In the background, a man with a hat plays a bowling arcade game. Another unidentified person sits at a table with two pitchers and an ash tray. Several stools are places in front of the bar counter, and tables and chairs are placed throughout the rest of the room. Restrooms and jukeboxes are also v… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Kemah Historical Society

Sportsman's Restaurant

Description: Photograph of Sportsman's Restaurant in Kemah, Texas. Water has risen to the door of the one-story brick building. A sign advertising "Fine Foods" is affixed above the entrance. An American flag is visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Kemah Historical Society

Joe Lee's Restaurant

Description: Photograph of Joe Lee's Seafood Restaurant in Kemah, Texas. The restaurant is on stilts, and the sign above the restaurant shows signs of damage. Several buildings in the background also show signs of damage. The ground beneath the restaurant is covered by shallow brown water and debris. A boat is also partially visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Kemah Historical Society

Sylvia D Lounge

Description: Photograph of the Sylvia D Lounge. A covered walkway leads to the entrance of the two-story wooden building. A few lawn chairs, and two tables are located around a swimming pool in front of the lounge. Some cars are parked in the parking lot next to the lounge, and other businesses are partially visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Kemah Historical Society

6th St and Hwy 146, FM 2094

Description: Photograph of 6th Street, Highway 146, FM 2094, and the surrounding area of Kemah, Texas from an aerial viewpoint. Many automobiles, businesses, and residences are visible.
Date: unknown
Partner: Kemah Historical Society

Texas Ave

Description: Photograph of a portion of the business area in Kemah, Texas along Clear Creek during a typical high tide. Water from Clear Creek has filled several parking lots and has crossed the street in areas. Several cars are parked at various businesses. A motel, seafood restaurant, tire shop, grocery store, and auto parts store are pictured.
Date: April 20, 1973
Creator: Clear Lake Photography
Partner: Kemah Historical Society

Texas Ave at high tide

Description: Photograph of a portion of the business area in Kemah, Texas along Clear Creek during a typical high tide. Several cars are parked in the lot of a lounge and pharmacy on Texas Ave. The water from Clear Creek has filled the parking lot and has reached the street.
Date: April 20, 1973
Creator: Clear Lake Photography
Partner: Kemah Historical Society

[Madison Gas Station/Store - 109 South Main Street]

Description: Photograph of a brick one story building with red painted letters, some of which read Radiator and Service, and a porte-cochère, under which a car is parked. A metal fence with gate and sign reading Please No Parking in the Drive Way encloses an overgrown grass area and rusted structure next to the building. The concrete / gravel driveway is in poor repair with large potholes and puddles.
Date: 1976
Partner: Val Verde County Historical Commission

[Railroad House - 114 East Martin Street]

Description: Photograph of a one story building with a partially covered driveway and a covered front porch including brick details above the doors and windows. A car is parked under the covered driveway, and the front yard has a small circular border around a small plant, front walkway from the street to the front doors, and lush plants and tall vase / planter obscuring the front porch.
Date: 1976
Partner: Val Verde County Historical Commission

[Railroad House - 112 East Martin Street]

Description: Photograph of one story building with a covered porch, maroon trim, two separate front doors, and brick details along the wall above the windows and doors. The front yard is well kept with flowers lining the front walk way and a tiny white fence bordering the lush garden space along the front porch.
Date: 1976
Partner: Val Verde County Historical Commission

[Railroad House - 110 East Martin Street]

Description: Photograph of a building's front entrance with teal trim, covered awning over the front door supported by wrought iron beams, and a wall mounted mailbox. Bushes and a chain link fence are across the foreground.
Date: 1976
Partner: Val Verde County Historical Commission

[Dietert Home - 208 East Martin Street]

Description: Photograph of a one story building including a bay window addition with brick detail on the corners and a covered porch with a large plywood sheet against the wall and fabric draped on the banister. A blue car is parked in front of the porch, and a two story house is partially visible behind the home. The foreground shows a tree, utility pole, and concrete slab with curb in the yard next to the street curb.
Date: 1976
Partner: Val Verde County Historical Commission
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