Photograph of Dr. Chauncey D. Leake speaking at a microphone next to the Ashbel Smith Building at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. The bust-memorial to Ashbel Smith is visible to his left, with the building behind. Seated to his right and behind him are Mrs. Ann Brindley, Rabbi H. Cohen, an unidentified man, and J. Paderewski.

Photograph of UTMB Commencement Exercises on June 3rd, 1955. At center, Dr. Chauncey D. Leake shakes hands with student Melvyn Schriber on an auditorium stage, while a man stands behind them at a table with rolled diplomas on it. D. Bailey Calvin stands at a microphone in the background, while at least 26 other faculty and guests are seated onstage, and at least six students wait in line at the stage's edge. All except three are wearing graduation robes. A young girl is visible in a gallery at top-left, and a piano is in front of the stage at bottom-left. On the photo's reverse is an address, taped over which is a descriptive note.

Photograph of Dr. Chauncey D. Leake (center) and two men on either side of him.

Photograph of an unidentified person walking on the Galveston beach in front of a large, two-story, wood-paneled building raised up on stilts. The building L-shaped and has a gabled roof, with a square tower at the corner where the wings meet and a flag flying from the end visible at left. There are advertising signs hung on the side of the building.

Photograph of two men including Dr. George Butte (left) standing on a sidewalk next to a carved stone pillar. Part of a large, two-story building on stilts is visible on the beach at right, which has an advertising banner hung on the wall. A third person is visible in the background at left, walking near another building.

Photograph of four women and three men standing in a group on the beach at Galveston. Two of the women are standing together at right, with one of the men crouching behind them; the others are standing a loose line on the sand. A single-story side-gabled building is partially visible behind them at right and there are grasses and plants growing around the building and along the edge of the sand at left.

Photograph of three people posing in a large window-like opening in a partially-closed stone structure. The two women, Elizabeth Kirkpatrick (right) and Margaret Stephenson (left) are seated on the ledge, with Felix Butte standing behind them, in the center.