[Postcard of Electric Park at Night]

Postcard of Electric Park lit up a night. Several rides, including the carousel, are visible. Text on the left side of the front of the card reads "The Scene of that 'Eventful" (?) night. Do you remember it?" The card is addressed to Miss Josephine Forsgard of Houston, Texas. Text on the bottom right of the card reads "Galveston Trube Photo"
Date: September 20, 1906
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Harbor at Galveston]

Postcard of a harbor in Galveston where two boats are moored. Debris litters the concrete on the edge of the harbor, and several large industrial structures rise up in the distance. Handwritten print on the front of the postcard reads "this is not snow— just shell. Not egg shell either." Cursive handwriting at the bottom reads "Just a little different from the fleet of Waco." The card is addressed to Miss Jennie Forsgard of Waco.
Date: November 2, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of the Sealy Residence]

Postcard of George Sealy's mansion taken from outside the front gate. Text Text on the upper left-hand margin reads: "*Where Mr Joe Wren lives." Text toward the bottom of the photograph reads "Sealy Residence, 25th & Broadway. Galveston." Text on the bottom margin reads "Please take note that there is a 'sidewalk' here, not steps. Many thanks for the postals." Text on the right margin reads "Give my best to tall. S.C.F. 11-30-08." Text on the back of the card reads "It's 'a good thing,' I was not in Waco when 'my friend' was 'put out of the way,' what a time there would have been!" This text is accompanied by a drawing of an older woman with glasses, a tight bun and a long dark dress. The card is addressed to Miss Annie Forsgard.
Date: November 30, 1908
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Directory of the City of Galveston 1921 (open access)

Directory of the City of Galveston 1921

Directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the text contains "Miscellaneous Directory of State, County and City Governments, Postoffices in Texas, Educational Institutions, Churches, Secret and Benevolent Societies, Etc., a Street Guide and Householders' Directory, an Alphabetically Arranged List of Business Houses and Private Citizens, Giving Full Names, Occupation or Pursuit and Address, Also a Complete CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY."
Date: 1921
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Directory of the City of Galveston 1923 (open access)

Directory of the City of Galveston 1923

Directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the text contains "a Miscellaneous Directory of State, County, and City Governments, Postoffices in Texas, Educational Institutions, Churches, Secret and Benevolent Societies, Etc., a Street Guide, and Householders' Directory, an Alphabetically Arranged List of Business Houses and Private Citizens, Giving Full Names, Occupation or Pursuit and Address. Also a complete CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY."
Date: 1923
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Directory of the City of Galveston 1924-1925 (open access)

Directory of the City of Galveston 1924-1925

Directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the text contains "a Miscellaneous Directory of State, County an City Governments, Postoffices in Texas, Educational Institutions, Churches, Secret and Benevolent Societies, Etc., a Street Guide and Householders' Directory, an Alphabetically Arranged List of Business Houses and Private Citizens, Giving Full Names, Occupation or Pursuit and Address. Also a Complete CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY."
Date: 1924/1925
Creator: Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of First Presbyterian Church in Galveston]

Postcard of First Presbyterian Church in Galveston. Two cars and a horse and buggy are parked alongside the church's front and right side. Text written in the bottom and left-hand margin reads "I actually saw the inside of one of these kind of buildings while in Houston- Sunday- was I awake? S.C.F." The card is addressed to Miss Ellen Forsgard of Waco, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of the Breakers Bath House]

Postcard of the Breakers bath house in Galveston taken from Seawall Boulevard. Text towards the bottom of the photograph reads "This is not "Bates Specialty." with an arrow pointing toward a car parked along the boulevard. Text on the bottom margin of the front of the card reads "This is where I took Uncle Gus to see the seawall. -Shirley" Text on the right margin reads "love to all." The card is addressed to Miss Annie Forsgard of Waco.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lewis Sisters Playing with Battleship Guns]

Photograph of David Lewis's sisters looking at the guns of the Battleship Texas in La Marque, Texas.
Date: August 21, 1971
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Docked Ocean Ship]

Photograph of the prow view of a deep-sea ocean ship moored to the docks of a large industrial warehouse. Automobiles are parked on the dock in between the ship and the warehouse. The left side of the photograph features a white multi-story building with large windows. Behind the ocean ship are additional ocean shipping vessels of unknown origin. In the far background of the photograph there is a large bridge that spans the shipping lane.
Date: June 1983
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hendley Market in Galveston, Texas]

Photograph of faded red brick building recognized as Hendley Market in Galveston, Texas. This building features concrete columns at the base of the photograph along with concrete inlaid as decoration throughout the building’s façade. An American flag wrapped around a pole, an unfurled Texas flag, and an unknown red-and-white sign hang near the second floor of the building. A white sign with black text that reads, “Hendley Market” hangs above a set of doors on the first floor. The asphalt street and concrete sidewalk are visible at the bottom of the photograph along with two (2) cars: a baby blue coupe and a gray panel van. Road signs have been placed on metal poles along with a streetlamp.
Date: June 1983
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Multi-Colored Building Façades in Galveston, Texas]

Photograph of a variety of multi-colored building façades with ornate columns constructed neatly along the Strand in Galveston, Texas. Cars and vans line the street parked along the curb this Texan town. Above the door frame of the bright blue building on the left-hand portion of the photograph is a sign that reads, “Estrada’s Inc. Wholesale Liquor Dealer”. The buildings from the left to the corner have been identified as the Clara Lang Bldg. (2109 Strand), J.S. Brown & Co. Bldg. (2111 Strand), Opperman Bldg. (2115 Strand), Marx & Kempner Bldg (2117-2119 Strand), Mrs. Clara Lang Bldg (2121 Strand), and the First National Bank Bldg. (2127 Strand). The two Clara Lang Buildings are different.
Date: June 1983
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Multi-Story Building in Galveston, Texas]

Photograph of a white multi-story building on the corner of four-way intersection. This building features black decorative accents above the tall windows that line the second and third floor of this corner building. A decorative cornice is prominently featured at the top of the building with pointed accents. The base of this building features large windows framed with large decorative black columns. On either side of the building’s faces are additional multi-story buildings with vastly different architectural stylings. Cars of different colors have been parked along the curb of this commercial area.
Date: June 1983
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Red and White Brick Building in Galveston, Texas]

Photograph of a red brick multi-story building with white decorative accents adorned thought the front façade of the building. The building has been identified as the Stewart Title Building on 222 Kempner St. In the foreground of the photograph are power lines, miscellaneous cables, and a gas streetlamp that has been converted to electricity. The left side of the photograph features a dark brown building with a sign that reads “Fine Latin American Imports 212 Kempner” in blue font. It has been identified as Trueheart-Adriance Building.
Date: June 1983
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Southeast Corner of Kempner St. & The Strand]

Photograph of the south 2100 block of The Strand, looking east from the intersection at Kempner Street. There are several multi-story commercial buildings along both streets, most of which are dark-colored brick with lighter stone accents and decorative elements; a taller skyscraper is also visible above the buildings in the background. Cars are parked along the side of the street and people are crossing at the intersection.
Date: June 1983
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Southwest Corner of Hendley Market]

Photograph of faded red brick building recognized as Hendley Market in Galveston, Texas. This building features concrete columns at the base of the photograph along with concrete inlaid as decoration throughout the building’s façade. An American flag wrapped around a pole, an unfurled Texas flag, and an unknown red-and-white sign hang near the second floor of the building. A white sign with black text that reads, “Hendley Market” hangs above a set of doors on the first floor.
Date: June 1983
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Street in Front of Old Strand Emporium]

Photograph of the buildings lining the south side of Avenue B ("The Strand") in Galveston, taken near a building with a sign for the Old Strand Emporium. On the right side of the photograph people are walking under a blue canopy in front of the Emporium building. Cars are parked on either side of the street and a bus decorated to look like a trolley is passing on the street.
Date: June 1983
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Street-View of Galveston Buildings]

Photograph looking southwest down The Strand toward the intersection at Moody Avenue. Near the center of the image, a four-story white building with blue trim is on the opposite corner of the intersection and has the text "Commerce Building" along the top. Other buildings are partially visible along the sides and at the end of the street. On the right side of the image there is a parking lot lined with trees and people are seated on benches along the sidewalk and walking along the street; other cars are parked along either side of The Strand.
Date: June 1983
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tall Ship “Elissa”]

Photograph of the three (3) mast tall ship, the “Elissa” docked at the Galveston Historical Seaport in Galveston, Texas. Near the prow of the ship are three (3) individuals near the prow of the tall ship. Two (2) of these individuals standing next to each other with one wearing a green shirt and a baseball cap while the other is wearing a red shirt with white shorts. The third individual is wearing a white tee-shirt with a white baseball cap. The background of this photograph features various marine warehouses partially obscuring the base of a multi-story building with large windows.
Date: June 1983
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Cargo Ships]

Photograph of three (3) cargo ships floating docked near industrial warehouses. The closest of these ships features a stark white bridge with two (2) black, white, red, and yellow smokestacks. The second cargo vessel features three (3) large single arm cranes. The third cargo vessel features a gray coloring with large container cranes build into the ships hull. The background of the photograph features short waterfront warehouses.
Date: June 1983
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1600 North Avenue K from 16th Street]

Photograph of the north side of the 1600 block of Avenue K, viewed from the southeast corner of 17th Street. The homes on the block are almost entirely obscured by trees, but there appear to be several multi-story homes. Cars are parked along the edge of the street and a stop sign is visible at the far end.
Date: 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1600 North Avenue K from 17th Street]

Photograph of the north side of the 1600 block of Avenue K, taken near 17th Street from the west. A multi-story home with a large porch is partially visible near the corner and another large home is visible about halfway down the block; other homes are obscured by trees. There are cars parked along the curb.
Date: 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1600 North Avenue L from 16th Street]

Photograph of the north side of the 1600 block of Avenue L, looking west from 16th Street. The first three houses are all a similar style: two-story white homes with two-story covered porches that have decorative posts and decorative pedestals in the gable ends facing the street. Another two-story home is partially visible behind them, at left; there are trees and bushes obscuring the rest of the block. A woman is standing on the porch of the second house and there are cars parked along the curb.
Date: 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1600 North Avenue L from 17th Street]

Photograph of the north side of the 1600 block of Avenue L, looking east from 17th Street. There is a two-story home with a hipped roof on the end of the block and several porches are partially visible to the right; most of the houses are obscured by trees. There is a stop sign near the corner and telephone poles along the opposite side of the street; cars are parked along the curb on both sides of the street.
Date: 1993
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History