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[Cavoilcade Parade]

Description: Photograph of several women in large fluffy dresses sitting on a float during the Cavoilcade Parade in Port Arthur, Texas. A crowd stands on both sides of the street, and buildings are visible in the background.
Date: unknown

[Men on Stage]

Description: Photograph of several men, including Kay Kyser, Mayor H. L. "Buzz" Crow, and Mayor Curtis Trahan, standing on a stage in Port Arthur, Texas. Mayor Crow hands a benefit check to Mayor Trahan. A band is visible in the background.
Date: 1947

[Granger's Restaurant at Sabine Pass]

Description: Photograph of Granger's Restaurant exterior view with fish shaped sign reading "Granger's" and another sign which reads "Granger's, fish-oysters", "seafood". Four cars are parked up close the restaurant and the awnings over the windows are drawn in. Handwritten on the reverse of the photo: " 1939, Famous Granger's at Sabine Pass, Burned to Ground"
Date: 1939

[Sabine Pass Battle Commemorative Marker]

Description: Photograph of commemorative marker for Sabine Pass Civil War battle outside of Granger's seafood restaurant with a man in tie, slacks, and shirtsleeves reading the sign. The marker reads in part: "Commemorating the Feat of Dick Dowling and his forty two Irish patriots, Sabine Pass, Texas, 1861 C.S.A. 1865, September the 8th 1863, an army of fifteen...... "
Date: unknown

[First CavOilCade Dinner]

Description: Photograph of rows of dinners seated and eating with a head table in the background. On the curtain behind reads "We Appreciate Your Faith in Port Arthur". Handwritten on the reverse of the photograph: "1st celebration of CavOilCade" "Oct. 14, 1952 - dinner to salute oil industry. Became CavOilCade in 1953." "Valuable, return picture to: Lyle Vickers, 300 Plaza Circle, Port Arthur, TX."
Date: October 14, 1952

[Two Photographs]

Description: Two photographs taken in Port Arthur, Texas. In the top photo, two young girls stand in front of plants by a picket fence. The bottom photo shows a bench in front of several tombstones and plants in a cemetery.
Date: unknown

[Photographs in Port Arthur]

Description: Two photographs taken in Port Arthur, Texas. In the top photo, a woman wearing a headband and a man wearing a hat and an eye patch sit in front of a group of trees. In the bottom photo, a young child in heavy winter clothing stands by a brick wall on the porch of a house.
Date: unknown

[Three Photographs]

Description: Three photographs taken in Port Arthur, Texas. In the top photo, a man holds two children on his hips, in front of a mountain. A horse is visible in the background. The bottom left photo shows a waterfall feeding into a river, and the bottom right photo shows a woman standing in front of a flowering plant by a house.
Date: unknown
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