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[Group With Boat During Flood]

Description: Photograph of a large group of men and Dr. Winter with a rescue boat in front of his office, during the Port Arthur flood of 1915. They are standing around the boat in water that is almost waist deep. Writing in the bottom left corner reads, "Rescue boat, Port Arthur Flood, Aug 19-17, 1915." The bottom right corner says D&H Photo.
Date: 1915

[Group with Large Fish]

Description: Photograph of a group of people and a child with large fish. Two women on the right side of the photograph are holding a fish up by its gills. There are other people beside them holding smaller fish. A man wearing a hat stands in the center of the image and looks towards the camera with his hands on his hips. A young boy wearing a hat has his hands in his pockets and faces the camera. There are two cars in the background.
Date: unknown

[Gulf Pipe-Fitters Social Club]

Description: Photograph of the Gulf Pipe-Fitters Social Club outside of the Silver Slipper Nite Club. There are children, adults, and elderly lined up in the group. Some children are standing up on the columns of the porch on the building. The caption in the lower-right corner reads, "Gulf Pipe-Fitters Social Club Picnic Aug. 6, 1938."
Date: August 6, 1938

[Gulf Refinery]

Description: Photograph of a large refinery on the side of a road. There is one man on a bicycle and two men walking down the road. There are multiple smokestacks on the refinery and dark black smoke is billowing out of two of them. The back of the photograph is a postcard.
Date: 1925

[Hearse in Funeral Procession]

Description: Photograph of a Pipkin & Brulin Co. hearse in the funeral procession for the people killed in the Gulf Tanker "Venezuela" explosion. A large crowd is visible surrounding the procession, and men in uniforms stand in lines to the side of the hearse.
Date: 1926
Creator: Trost Studio

[Home of Pioneer John Walter Carr]

Description: Photograph of a woman and two children standing on a covered porch. The woman is wearing a long black skirt and a white blouse. Two girls wearing white dresses are standing to her side. There is a wooden walkway on the side and front of the porch, and other houses can be seen in the background.
Date: 1904

[Horses and float in parade]

Description: Postcard of a float in a parade from behind, with horses and multiple people walking alongside. There are women sitting in the float, which is drawn by horses and covered in decorations. There is a large mast or pole on the float that has a sail attached to it. Small children wearing hats are walking behind the float carrying flags, and people observe from porches on houses in the background.
Date: 1923

[Horses Hitched to Wagon]

Description: Postcard of horses facing left hitched to a wagon. A man is bending down in front of the horses attaching them to the hitch, and another man is standing behind the wagon. The back of the postcard is stamped by Trost Studio.
Date: unknown
Creator: Trost Studio

[House During Flood]

Description: Photograph of a neighborhood street during the flood in Port Arthur in 1915. A man and woman are on the porch of the house in the foreground, and one man is standing in water that is waist deep. They are identified as, from left to right, Mrs. L. D. Hickman, Tom Wright, and E. E. Stuckey. Other houses can be seen down the street, and there is a man on the roof of one of them.
Date: August 27, 1915

[Interior of Motorcycle Shop]

Description: Photograph of the interior of Fred Miller's Motorcycle Shop. Four men are standing behind the counter, and one man is leaning on a motorcycle and holding the handlebars. There are shelves on the walls with tires and supplies, and tricycles are mounted from the ceiling in the background. Handwriting at the top of the photograph reads, "Fred Miller Shop - Ernest Brooks third from left. Pt. Arthur 1924."
Date: 1924

[Interior of Newport Bar]

Description: Photograph of the interior of Newport Bar with a group of men lined up at the counter. The men are wearing suits and hats; some are holding drinks and some are holding cigars. There is one man on the left side of the photograph with his back facing the camera. There are a large number of birds on a shelf that goes along the walls of the whole room, and large fish mounted behind the bar.
Date: unknown

[Interior of Newport Bar and Cafe]

Description: Photograph of the interior of Newport Bar and Cafe, owned by Gus and Alice Migurski. There is a bar counter with bar stools on the left side of the photograph, and two people standing near another counter and what appears to be a cash register on the right side of the photograph. There are large windows on the right wall, and tables and chairs with one man sitting down in the back of the room. There is a woman standing in a white dress in the far background, and large fish decorate the wall. Th… more
Date: unknown

[John Gate's Residence]

Description: Photograph of a house identified as John Gate's residence. The house is at the end of a driveway with a variety of trees around it. Writing on the back of the photograph reveals that it was used as a hospital until St. Mary's was built on 9th Avenue.
Date: unknown

[Large Group in Front of Boarding House]

Description: Photograph of a large group of people standing in front of a building identified as the 5th St. Boarding House. The majority of the group is posing in front of the building, but eight people are standing on the second story balcony. A few children stand near the front on the left side of the image. The photograph is mounted on a board, and handwriting on the back reads, "5th Street Boarding House, 1920."
Date: 1920

[Life Saving Station at Lake]

Description: Photograph of a life guard station at Sabine Lake. The station has a sign on the front that reads, "U.S. Life Saving Station." A small building is near the station and a dock on the right. There are two poles with many different flags flying on them. There is a handwritten note on the back that identifies the station and dates it at about 1900.
Date: 1900
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