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[Tanner Tires in Downtown Port Arthur]

Photograph of Tanner's Tire Store in downtown Port Arthur, TX. Two pedestrians are crossing the street. In the distance, other important Port Arthur buildings are visible.

Date: unknown

Creator: Everett, James

Item Type: Photograph

[Teet's Club]

Photograph of Teet's Club in downtown Port Arthur, TX. The club has signs advertising liquor and beer. The building is two stories with white walls. The front is a double door, with octagonal windows on both sides. All the windows have neon lights advertising various services and drinks the club offers.

Date: unknown

Creator: Everett, James

Item Type: Photograph

[Texaco Service Station]

Photograph of a Texaco Service Station on the southeast corner of Procter Street and Beaumont Avenue. There are gas pumps and a car under an awning. A round sign at the corner of the station says "Texaco," and has a star-shaped logo with a "T" in the star. In the background, there are other businesses.

Date: 1938

Creator: Everett, James

Item Type: Photograph

[Texas Company Employee Picnic]

Photograph of Pleasure Pier in Port Arthur, TX. A large number of people are in the amusement park for Texaco's annual employee picnic. A single road leads from the amusement park to the city beyond. A prominent feature is the large roller coaster on the left. Cars are parked in large lots to either side of the amusements and also along the street leading to town.

Date: unknown

Creator: Everett, James

Item Type: Photograph

[Thomas Edison Junior High]

Photograph of an aerial view of Thomas Edison Junior High on 3400 Tenth Street. The building is surrounded by fields. In the foreground and background, there are houses. Thomas Edison Junior High was built in 1929, and later changed to Thomas Jefferson High School in 1933. A new high school was built on Jefferson Drive in 1959, so it was changed back to Thomas Edison Junior High.

Date: unknown

Creator: Everett, James

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.903671 -93.919704

[Thomas Jefferson High School]

Photograph of an exterior view of a brick building identified as Thomas Jefferson High School. Trees and bushes surround the building. Text below the photograph says "abt 1948 Thomas Jefferson High School."

Date: 1948

Creator: Everett, James

Item Type: Photograph

[Tombstone of Child]

Photograph of the headstone of the child with the first birth and first death in Port Arthur, TX. It is located on DeQueen Blvd. at the intersection of Lakeshore Drive. The grave site is surrounded by foliage. A cactus is growing on the grave. A small, wooden fence is around the stone and grave. The stone reads, "Arthur Stilwell/Smith/Born Mary 1896/Died May 1896/First Birth/First Death/in/Port Arthur."

Date: unknown

Creator: Everett, James

Item Type: Photograph

[Townsend Dairy and Ice Cream Company]

Photograph of an exterior view of Townsend Dairy and Ice Cream Company. A sign above a row of windows on the building says "Townsend Ice Cream Company." In the foreground, there are cars parked along the curb.

Date: 1950

Creator: Everett, James

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.887814 -93.919146

[Townsend Quality Milk]

Photograph of an exterior view of Townsend Quality Milk on 2545 Procter Street. A decorative glass panel on the corner of the building says "Townsend" at the top. Townsend Quality Milk was the home of the famous Roscoe Bar, a vanilla ice cream dipped in chocolate on a stick. About one in five bars would have the word "Free" printed on the stick. This treat was popular with grade school children.

Date: 1950

Creator: Everett, James

Item Type: Photograph

[View from Sabine Hotel]

Photograph of a view the top of Sabine Hotel on Fifth Street. In the foreground, there are buildings and streets. In the background, Sabine Lake and Louisiana are visible.

Date: unknown

Creator: Everett, James

Item Type: Photograph

[W. T. Grant Company]

Photograph of W. T. Grant Company on 701 Procter Street. The display windows are filled with products and signs. Some of the signs say "Air Conditioned" and "44 [cents]." Text above the entrances says "W. T. Grant Co." Columns in front of the entrances say "Grants."

Date: August 1951

Creator: Everett, James

Item Type: Photograph

[Wallings Dairy Farm]

Photograph of wooden buildings identified as Wallings Dairy Farm, located on the north side of State Highway 365 in Nederland, Texas. There are two silos in front of a wooden building. To the right of the silos, there is a wooden house with a car parked in front of it. Several cows are spread out through the grounds. In the foreground, there is a wire fence.

Date: 1944

Creator: Everett, James

Item Type: Photograph

[Windsor Hotel]

Photograph of the Windsor Hotel in Sabine Pass, Texas. The building is three stories high, and a fence surrounds it. A car is parked outside the fence. Text below the photograph says "Windsor Hotel Sabine Pass."

Date: 1939

Creator: Everett, James

Item Type: Photograph

[Young Men's Christian Association Building]

Photograph of an exterior view of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) building on Lakeshore Drive at Pleasure Island Bridge. Several bicycles are parked in a front yard. Two cars are parked at the curb. In the foreground, there are other cars parked beside a curb. In the background, there is a building identified as Mary Gates Memorial Hospital.

Date: 1940

Creator: Everett, James

Item Type: Photograph

[Aerial Photograph of Port Arthur]

Photograph of Port Arthur, TX. It is a light, partly cloudy day. The Sabine-Neches Canal is to the bottom-right of the city.

Date: unknown

Creator: Everett, James E.

Item Type: Photograph

[Longhorn Cafe]

Photograph of an exterior view of The Longhorn Cafe on the 3800 block of Sixteenth Street. Neon signs on the building say, "The Longhorn Cafe," "Fine Foods Curb Service," and "Dining Room." Several cars are parked under a carport next to the building. In the background, there are trees and houses.

Date: 1952~

Creator: Everett, James E.

Item Type: Photograph

[Pistol Range for Port Arthur Police]

Photograph of an aerial view of a new pistol range for the Port Arthur Police Department at Spoilbank on Pleasure Pier. A road leads to two buildings, and an uneven grid is marked in front of them. In the background, there is a view of Port Arthur. Text at the top of the photograph says "New Police Pistol Range 1951." The range was modeled after a Federal Bureau of Investigation (F. B. I.) Practical Pistol Course in Quantico, Virginia. There are four pistol lanes, three small-bore rifle la… more

Date: September 1951

Creator: Gulf Coast Publishers

Item Type: Photograph

[Port Arthur Water Plant]

Photograph of an exterior view of a Port Arthur Water Plant. The building is one story tall, and there are bushes on each side of the entry stairs. The building was constructed in 1926, and was updated in the 1950s; it currently serves 60,000 citizens daily.

Date: unknown

Creator: Hunt, C. F.

Item Type: Photograph

[Adams Building Banquet]

Photograph of a group of men and women sitting at long tables at a banquet for tenants of the Adams Building. There are plates of food, filled drinking glasses, and silverware on the tables. A handwritten arrow and text that says "me!!" is above a woman in the foreground. In the background, there are two windows.

Date: unknown