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[House During Flood]

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

Item Type: Photograph

[Refugees Leaving T. T. Co. Plant]

Photograph of several people wading through high waters after a flood to leave the T. T. Co. plant in Port Arthur, Texas. A man drives a wagon pulled by two horses through the water, and a boat follows behind him. There is a train to the right, and buildings in the background.

Date: August 20, 1915

Item Type: Photograph

[Boat in Hotel Lobby]

Photograph of several boys sitting in a boat in the side lobby of the Lake View Hotel in Port Arthur, Texas after a flood.

Date: August 18, 1915

Item Type: Photograph

[Buildings During Flood]

Photograph of high waters at the corner of 7th Street and Shreveport Avenue after a flood in Port Arthur, Texas. Buildings are visible in the background.

Date: August 18, 1915

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.875789 -93.935425

[Flooded Area in Port Arthur]

Photograph of a flooded area between Lake Sabine and the Neches River in Port Arthur, Texas. Several buildings, including the Plaza Hotel, are visible in the background.

Date: August 18, 1915

Item Type: Photograph

[Flooding Outside Post Office]

Photograph of people pushing boats and standing in high flood waters in front of the post office in Port Arthur, Texas. Several people sit in a horse-drawn wagon to the right, and a large group of people stand on the post office's steps.

Date: August 18, 1915

Item Type: Photograph

[Four Men Standing in Flood Water]

Photograph of four men standing in chest high water after a flood, in front of a bakery at the corner of 7th Street and Shreveport Avenue in Port Arthur, Texas.

Date: August 18, 1915

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.875789 -93.935425

[Horse-Drawn Carriage Through Flood Waters]

Photograph of a horse-drawn carriage bearing several people walking through high flood waters in Port Arthur, Texas. Several buildings are visible in the background.

Date: August 18, 1915

Item Type: Photograph

[Horse-Drawn Wagon in Flood]

Photograph of two men sitting on a wagon drawn by a horse through high water during a flood in Port Arthur, Texas. The roofs of buildings are visible in the background.

Date: August 18, 1915

Item Type: Photograph

[House in Flood Waters]

Photograph of several houses in high waters at 7th Street and Shreveport Avenue after a flood in Port Arthur, Texas.

Date: August 18, 1915

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.875789 -93.935425

[Men in Chest High Water]

Photograph of four men wading through chest high water in front of a bakery on Procter Street in Port Arthur, Texas, after a flood.

Date: August 18, 1915

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.873882 -93.932729

[People in Flood Waters]

Photograph of a large group of people standing in flood waters after a hurricane in Port Arthur, Texas. Two boys push a boat to the left, and a carriage is visible to the right. A group of people stand on the steps of the building in the background.

Date: August 18, 1915

Item Type: Photograph

[People in Street After Flood]

Photograph of people standing in high waters in the street after a flood in Port Arthur, Texas. There are several horse-drawn wagons in the street, and people stand on the balconies of some of the buildings in the background.

Date: August 18, 1915

Item Type: Photograph

[Postcard of a Flooded Street in Port Arthur, Texas, August 1915]

Postcard depicting a group of men standing in a flooded street in Port Arthur, Texas. The waters rise over the knees of the men gathered at the intersection of Austin and 5th Street. Two telephone lines and two buildings loom above either side of the street; the building to the right is the Port Arthur post office. Trees and several other buildings can be seen in the background.

Date: August 17, 1915

Creator: D & H Photo

Item Type: Postcard

[Crowd Standing in Flood Waters]

Photograph of a large crowd of people standing in high waters during a flood in Port Arthur, Texas. A man stands on a lamp post in the middle of the street.