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[Sabine Seafood Fishing Docks]

Description: Photograph of the Sabine Seafood Company in Sabine, TX. The building is attached to a wooden pier on a body of water. Several rows of fishing boats are docked next to the pier. They are covered in nets.
Date: unknown
Creator: Everett, James
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Sabine Seafood Incorporated Docks]

Description: Photograph of Sabine Seafood Incorporated. A dock runs to a building with text on the side that says "Sabine Seafood Inc. Sabine Texas[,] Fish Shrimp Crabs." A group of men are standing outside the front of the building. On the side of the building, there are parked cars. Several boats with hanging nets on them are anchored at the dock. In the background, there is a body of water.
Date: 194?
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Sabine Storage Company]

Description: Photograph of an exterior view of a brick building identified as Sabine Storage Company on the corner of Fourth Street and Austin Avenue. A sign on the side of the building says "Storage" and "Taxi." Cars and a truck are parked along the curb. In the foreground, old trolley railway tracks are visible on Austin Avenue; the trolley once led to Pleasure Pier.
Date: 1939
Creator: Everett, James
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Sailboat Races]

Description: Photograph of sailboat races in Port Arthur, Texas. The races are taking place on a body of water identified as "Sabine Lake." A large group of people is standing on the edge of the pier area watching the boats in the distance.
Date: unknown
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Saint George's Greek Orthodox Church]

Description: Photograph of an exterior view of Saint George's Greek Orthodox Church on 3148 Thomas Boulevard. The front entrance of the church is decorated with columns extending to the top of the building. Text above the columns says "St. George's Greek Orthodox Church." Trees surround the building.
Date: unknown
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Saint James Catholic Church]

Description: Photograph of an exterior view of Saint James Catholic Church on 3503 Gulfway Drive. Several stained glass windows decorate the front of the building, and a steeple extends from the back of the building. The church was built in 1939.
Date: unknown
Creator: Watkins Studio
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Salem's Used Car Lot]

Description: Photograph of Salem's Used Car Lot on 1100 Procter Street. Several cars are parked along a corner of the lot. Signs in the corner of the lot say "Salem's Guaranteed Cars" and "Salem's Dependable Cars." Behind the cars, there is a building with a sign that says "Salem Motor Co." In the background, there is a car on the road.
Date: 1956
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Sanctuary of First United Methodist Church]

Description: Photograph of the sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church in Port Arthur, TX. A set of pipes from the organ are along the back wall. Three rows of chairs are in front of the pipes. Two doors are on either side of the pulpit area. Pews are at the bottom of the picture.
Date: unknown
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Sanspariel Club Tacky Party]

Description: Photograph of a group of couples in the Sabine Hotel in Port Arthur, TX. Many are wearing what appears to be nautical attire. Some have eye patches. Several are also smoking as the picture is taken. Several lights are hung from ceiling fans above. Those named are identified in the attached photocopy.
Date: unknown
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[School Friends Group Photo]

Description: Photograph of a group of adults who attended school together. They are all dressed in formal attire. Three are seated in the front. The other seven are standing in the back. A neutral curtain is hanging behind the group.
Date: unknown
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[The Schooner Restaurant]

Description: Photograph of the Schooner restaurant of Highway 69 in Nederland, TX. A row of cars are parked in front of the restaurant. A group of four people is posed in front of the building. They appear to be the restaurant staff.
Date: unknown
Creator: Everett, James
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Sea Scouts]

Description: Photograph of ten boys and three men known as Sea Scouts (Boy Scouts) posing on a flight of stairs. Eight people are identified as Willie D. Ward, J. W. Williams, Jr., Buck Fore, Fred Rensland, Carl Smith, Albert Ward, Howard Carter, and Tom Powers. Seven of the boys are dressed in sailor uniforms, two boys are wearing shirts, one boy is wearing a suit, and the three men are wearing scout uniforms. Text below the photograph says "Port Arthur Sea Scouts - 1926 Willie D. Ward, J. W. Williams, … more
Date: 1926
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Seawall Along Sabine-Neches Canal]

Description: Photograph of the seawall along the north bank of the Sabine-Neches Canal behind a drainage pump station in Port Arthur, TX. A single man is standing on a platform by the pumping station. The seawall appears to be very eroded. Several large pieces of timber are laying on the eroded wall.
Date: unknown
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Service Garage and Feed Store]

Description: Photograph of a Ford Service Garage in Port Arthur, TX. The building is built of wood. A large garage bay door is open at the front. Above it is an empty sign frame. To the left is a grocery and feed store. A table is outside covered in bags of livestock feed.
Date: unknown
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Ship Accident]

Description: Photograph of a ship accident involving the tanker, Pennsylvania Sun. The ship missed the channel through Pleasure Pier Bridge, and collided with piers. Tug boats are freeing the ship. In the background, there is a body of land and another body of water on the opposite side of it. Text on the top-right corner says "& damaged steel dolphins. Damages $ 91,370."
Date: 1966
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Short Cutter Bar Mower]

Description: Photograph of a man sitting on a Short Cutter Bar Mower attached to a mule. In the background, there is a field and two tanks. A block of text on the bottom right of the photograph says "The Texas Company No. 2012 Date 9-27-2... View Short Cutter Bar Mower."
Date: 1920~
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Silver Hut Drive - In]

Description: Photograph of an exterior view of Silver Hut Drive-In on 3800 Procter Street. There are illegible neon signs on the front of an awning, and a sign at the top of the building that says "Chicken Hand" and "Silver Hut." The drive-in was a popular place for teen-aged people to gather.
Date: 1946
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Smith - May Motor Company]

Description: Photograph of a brick building identified as Smith-May Motor Company on 900 Procter Street. An awning hangs from the building. A sign on the front of the building says, "Smith-May Motor Co." A sign facing the sidewalk says, "Smith - May Motor Co. Buick - Pontiac." One man is walking on the sidewalk and cars are parked along its curb.
Date: 1946~
Creator: Everett, James
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Smith - May Motor Company]

Description: Photograph of three men identified as the owners, Leslie Cloar, Howard Smith, and Roy Cloar, standing in front of a row of cars at Smith-May Motor Company on 949 Procter Street. Behind the cars, there are buildings with signs on them that say "Smith-May Motor Co. Buick Pontiace GMC Trucks," "Serviing Port Arthur Motorists for more than a third of a Century," and "Better Used Cars."
Date: November 19, 1948
Creator: Everett, James
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library
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