Photograph of a large crowd of men and women on a road in Port Arthur, Texas, on Armistice Day in 1920. Cars are parked on both sides of the street in front of buildings in the background.

Photograph of aerial view of Port Arthur with boat in the waterway and Lake Sabine in the background. Handwritten on the reverse: "Urban Renewal" "Tenth St., Look East, 7-28-20"

Photograph of young boys in an African American Boy Scouts Troop. The six boys are wearing uniforms and hats, and standing in a line with their hands at their sides. There are houses and telephone poles in the background. The writing at the bottom of the photograph reads, "Port Arthur, Tex. Troop #5 1920."

Portrait photograph of a young woman, identified as Edith Evelyn St. Oswald car. She has dark hair that is pulled back, and is wearing a white top. There is a dark vignette around the edges that frames her from the shoulders up.

Profile photograph of a woman identified as Amelia Harriet Housley Carr. Her hair is pulled back and she is looking towards the right side of the photograph. She is wearing a light colored dress with a wide collar and glasses.

Postcard of a color image of Keith Park in Beaumont, Texas, with many rows of trees, several men sitting on benches (left) and a statue in the middle. Printed on the front of the postcard: "Keith Park, Beaumont, Texas." There is handwritten correspondence on the back of the postcard.

Photograph of several cars and horse-drawn buggies parked in front of stores on the 400 block of Waco Avenue in Port Arthur, Texas. A woman walks across the street to the right.

Photograph of a wooden building identified as Lakeview Hotel on 601 Procter Street. The building is two stories high and text on the top says "Lakeview Hotel." Mrs. Sally Inman is the proprietor.

Photograph of an exterior view of the Elks Theatre building at 400 Fourth Street, near Austin Avenue. Several movie posters are set up under an awning in the front. It is owned and operated by the Elks Club.

Photograph of two men sitting in a fire truck. The truck is a 1915 Cadillac chemical truck, and says "Port Arthur Fire Dept." on the front. The truck was donated by Assistant Chief George Stearns, in memory of his wife. The truck was named "Belle Stearns," and was the first piece of motorized fire equipment for the Department.

Photograph of an exterior view of a Wells Fargo and Company Express building on 234 Procter Street. An awning hangs over the entrance to the building. A sign on the building says "Wells Fargo & Company Express." In the foreground, there are railway tracks parallel to the road. Text at the bottom of the photograph says "Wells-Fargo Express Building."

Photograph of an exterior view of Brinkman Automotive Supply Company. Seven unidentified men are standing in a row outside of the building, and one man is leaning on one of its brick columns. Several cars are parked within the building. Signs on the top of the building say "Brinkman Auto Supply Co." and "Seiberling All-Treads."

Photograph of a group of three men standing and one woman sitting in a Charles Martin Company office at Realty Building. They are identified as W. J. Burch (oil inspector), C. E. Booz (senior manager), Elda LaPoint (secretary), and DeWitt Cudd (clerk). Charles Martin Company consisted of deep oil inspection and a steamship agency. The group is surrounded by desks with papers and typewriters on them. There is a set of filing cabinets to the left of the group, and a clock hanging on the wall towards the right. Text below the photograph says "Pictured left to right are: W. J. Burch, C. E. Booz, Senior Manager, Elda LaPoint, and DeWitt Cudd."

Photograph of six boy scouts wearing uniforms and standing in a row; they are identified as Troop Five. In the background, there are two houses. Text below the photograph says "[Port] Arthur, Tex Troop #5 [,] 1920;" a block of text below that says "0193.01 MGC."

Photograph of a man sitting on a Short Cutter Bar Mower attached to a mule. In the background, there is a field and two tanks. A block of text on the bottom right of the photograph says "The Texas Company No. 2012 Date 9-27-2... View Short Cutter Bar Mower."

Yearbook for Port Arthur High School in Port Arthur, Texas includes photographs of and information about the school, student body, teachers, and organizations.

Patent, including illustrations, for "an improved well drilling rig or apparatus" which provides "a simple, efficient, and practical machine of this kind including revoluble means having a device operatively connected to a walking beam (from which a drilling tool is suspended), so that upon every complete revolution of the revoluble means, the drilling tool or bit will be given two direct drops, each alternating with the lifting movement of the drill bit" (page 1, lines 11-21).

Patent for trailers for attachment to trucks that is strong and compact and will not be distorted by the turning of the trailer relative to the truck.

Patent for a screw-threaded tool joint used for drill pipes on rotary drilling rigs.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in the Utilization of Aluminum Chlorid Residues" (lines 6-7) including instructions and illustrations.

Patent for steam still improvements using an open steel frame for support of the still. This steel frame allows for heating by methods other then steam and easy access to the bottom plates of the still to see if there is leakage.

Patent for mud cleaning mechanism for tractor wheels. The mechanism's objective is to automatically clean from and between the cleats and the ground, and along the rims of tractor wheels while the wheels are in motion. Additional advantages noted are that this mechanism is easily assembled and disassembled, durable and compact, and applicable with multiple styes of tractors.

Patent for an automatic cut off device for oil tanks that indicates the amount of water in an oil tank and will automatically close the discharge opening when all the water has been discarded from the tank.

Patent for pipe coupling in which the ends of pipes have interlocking attachments which can be both dissembled and reinforced for protection against accidental disengagement.