Rescuing Texas History, 2007 - 21 Matching Results
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- [Attendant at a Humble Gas Station]
- Photograph of a Humble gas station attendant standing next to a gas pump around 1950. His uniform has a "Humble" patch on the shirt.
- Bridge Between Port Arthur and Orange, Texas
- Photographic postcard of the cantilever bridge crossing the Neches River in Southeast Texas. It connects Port Arthur with Bridge City in Orange County. It is the highest bridge in Texas and is now known as the Rainbow Bridge. The card was mailed Dec 10, 1950 from Orange, Texas.
- [Classroom at Tilley School]
- Photograph of two students in a classroom at the Tilley School in Orange, Texas. They are pointing to a poster of book covers of American biographies. Looking on are Principal Myrtle Richardson ans teacher Mary Lynn Weir.
- [Entrance ot DuPont Sabine River Works - Orange, Texas
- Photographic postcard picturing the entrance to the DuPont Sabine River Works, a power and chemical plant in Orange, Texas. Outside the entrance is a tall flag pole and a landscaped parking area full of automobiles.
- [IOOF Hall in Orange, Texas]
- Photograph of the IOOF Hall the corner of Main and Fourth Streets. Beneath the club is a Toyland store. Automobiles are parked on the curbs.
- [National Guard Armory]
- Photograph of the entrance to the National Guard Armory at Fourteenth and Cypress Streets. It was used as the USO headquarters during World War II. A flag pole stands in the courtyard area.
- Orange Leader Editor Cullen Browning in a small office
- Cullen Browning, editor of the The Orange Leader sits in a small make-shift office at 503-505 Front Ave. Another worker named Ken Freuden can be seen in the back of the room. This was around 1950, when the original office was undergoing renovation.
- [Remodeling Job at 503 Front Street]
- Photograph of a remodeling job at 503 Front Street in 1950. A man is standing on a desk, lifting a board, while a woman types at a desk next to him. They both wear hardhats. The man wears a nail bag with '"Harding & Lawler Building Materials" written on it.
- [Sabine River Authority Offices Drawing]
- Photograph of an architectural drawing of the Sabine River Authority Office Building, Canal Division, in Orange, Texas. The drawing is by Dimitri Demopulos. The building was designed by Golemon & Rolfe A.I.A. Architects and Engineers.
- [Street scene]
- Photograph of street scene in Orange. The view is from 5th Street looking south from Green St.
- [E.W. Brown Home after the Fire]
- Photograph of the E.W. Brown III home after the fire in the early 1950s. It was on the corner of Elm and Ninth Street. It had been the Levingston residence earlier.
- The Whangdoodle Cafe]
- Photograph of a woman standing outside of the Wangdoodle Cafe. There is a neon sign above the door.
- [Orange Tigers "B" Squad, 1951]
- Photograph of the Orange Tigers Football "B" Squad. They are in front of a building with "Orange High School Tigers" written on it.
- [Siesta Motel on MacArthur Drive in the 1950s]
- Photograph of the Siesta Motel on MacArthur Drive in Orange, Texas during the 1950s.
- [Caution - Bad Bridge]
- Photograph of a sign reading, "Caution Bad Bridge 1000ft. Drive Slow" The sign is standing in water from the flood of the Sabine River in 1953.
- [Photograph of Flood, Green Avenue at River]
- Photograph of the 1953 flood in Orange, Texas. This photo shows a couple of billboards advertising beer on Green Avenue. The signs are standing in water.
- [Photograph of Flooded Street]
- Photograph of flooding at Green Avenue and Front Street. Men are standing in knee-deep water in an empty lot surrounded by sandbags. Behind them is a Sinclair Filling Station.
- [Photograph of Flooding on East Side of the Sabine River]
- Photograph of flooding along the East side of the Sabine River. A camper is submerged in the water. There is a lot of mud outside of the Show Boat landing.
- [Mary Lynn Weir and Mrs. John T. King]
- Photograph of principal of the Tilley School, Mary Lynn Weir presents a Life Membership to the Texas PTA to Mrs. John T. King.
- [Tugboat]
- Photograph of the tugboat named "Captain Chris Harms" or Harm's Marine Service, Orange, Texas. The print has some painting and cropping instructions on it.
- [Stark Mansion viewed from Main Street in 1959]
- Photograph of the Stark mansion viewed from Main Street in 1959. It is a three-story house with ornate architectural elements.