The Seagull, Yearbook of Port Arthur High School, 1930 (open access)

The Seagull, Yearbook of Port Arthur High School, 1930

Yearbook for Port Arthur High School in Port Arthur, Texas includes photographs of and information about the school, student body, teachers, and organizations.
Date: 1930
Creator: Port Arthur High School
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ball Family Residence]

Photograph of the front and side of a single-story wooden house with a hipped roof that has extremely large hipped-roof dormer-style extensions on both visible sides that include small, railed balconies. There are a number of decorative elements including rounded rafters that extend below the eaves and caps on the roof ridges. Small trees are planted along the sidewalk and the neighboring house is partially visible at left. Text at the top of the photograph says "Munger T. Ball home 346 Marshall Avenue before 1930."
Date: [..1930]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Bumblebee, Yearbook of Lincoln High School, 1933 (open access)

The Bumblebee, Yearbook of Lincoln High School, 1933

Yearbook for Lincoln High School in Port Arthur, Texas includes photographs of and information about the school, student body, teachers, and organizations.
Date: 1933
Creator: Lincoln High School
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Clayton and Thompson Funeral Car]

Photograph of a man identified as Bill Pearce standing beside a Clayton and Thompson Funeral car. The door of the car is partially open, and the man has one leg propped in the doorway. The car says "Clayton & Thompson[,] Phone 2500" on the side. In the background, there is a garage. Pearce lived in Dallas, Texas in 1981.
Date: 1938
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Clayton and Thompson Funeral Home]

Photograph of a building identified as Clayton and Thompson Funeral Home on 2105 Procter Street. Columns decorate the front of the funeral home, and a canopy covers the walkway from the door to the street. Trees and bushes surround the funeral home. Cars are parked along its curb, and a sign on the corner of the yard says "Clayton & Thompson Funeral Home[,] Phone 2500."
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Clayton and Thompson Funeral Cars]

Photograph of two Clayton and Thompson Funeral cars. The cars are both white and say "Clayton Thompson Dial 5551" on the sides. In the background, there are trees and a wooden building.
Date: 1939
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sabine Hotel]

Photograph of a brick building identified as Sabine Hotel on 600 Procter Street. The building is several stories high, and a sign extended from the side says "Hotel Vaughan." Cars are parked are parked along its curb. Text at the bottom of the photograph says "1-30 1930" and "No 1182 1-30-P.AWK." Text below the photograph says "Sabine Hotel." The hotel was built in 1928.
Date: January 30, 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Plaza Hotel]

Photograph of a building identified as the Plaza Hotel. The building is three stories high, and the bottom floor is decorated with arches. In the background, there are other buildings; a tall building in the top right corner is identified as Webster Building. In the foreground, there is a view of Pleasure Pier Bridge.
Date: 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Windsor Hotel]

Photograph of a building identified as Windsor Hotel in Sabine Pass, Texas. The building is three stories high and an awning extends from the entrance. Outside the hotel, there is a parked car and a fence that surrounds a yard. Text at the top of the photograph says "torn down 1939," and text at the bottom of the photograph says "Windsor Hotel - Sabine Pass." The hotel had fifty rooms and was built by the Kountze brothers in 1896. It was considered "hotel perfection" at the time, but was later abandoned in 1920.
Date: 1939
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Loukas Brothers Confectionery and Cafe]

Photograph of a group of one woman and four men in Loukas Brothers Confectionery and Cafe on 249 Procter Street. Three of the men behind the bar are identified as John D. Loukas (founder), Fred D. Loukas, and Lawrence Lyons (Cook). One man is sitting at the bar. Text below the photograph says "Loukas Brothers Confectionery and Cafe Circa 1935."
Date: 1935~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[First Port Arthur City Hall]

Photograph of a wooden building identified as the first Port Arthur City Hall on Lakeshore Drive and Dallas Avenue. On the front of the building, there are stairs leading to a door. To the right of the door, there is a larger set of double doors. Pieces of wood are falling off of the building. In the foreground, there is a set of train tracks and debris. Text on the top left of the photograph says "City Hall - 1930," and text on the bottom right says "First Port Arthur City Hall 11-28-30."
Date: November 28, 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dayton Tires and Shepard Rubber Company]

Photograph of Dayton Tires and Shepard Rubber Company. The building has two garage doors and stacks of tires in front of it. The left side of the building says "Cars Washed and Greased." A sign that spans the width of the top of the building says "Dayton Tires[,] Shepard Rubber Co. Distributors," and has an illustration of a tire on it. In the foreground, there are several men standing amongst cars. In the background, a taller building says "Port Arthur Paint & Paper Co." and "Sun-Proff Paint" on the side; Port Arthur Paint and Paper Company was owned by Dick and Herbert Schulz.
Date: 1933
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Port Arthur Ice Company]

Photograph of Port Arthur Ice Company on 101 Houston Avenue. A sign on the building says "Port Arthur Ice Co." Three business trucks and two cars are parked in front of the building. The trucks say "Crystal Ice Co." and "Port Arthur Ice Co."
Date: 1933
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Plaza Theatre]

Photograph of an exterior view of a building identified as Plaza Theatre. Several cars are parked in front of the building. Text on the side of another building says "Yakie Supply Co. Auto Parts and Accessories[,] Phone 144."
Date: 1939
Creator: Everett, James
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sabine Canal and Sabine Pass]

Photograph of a group of buildings along Sabine Canal, in Sabine Pass, Texas. The buildings are identified as the home of Doctor Q. T. Adamson (Customs/Marine Doctor), a government administration office, and a government hospital. Text below the photograph says "485."
Date: 1935~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sabine Pass Buildings]

Photograph of a group of buildings along a shoreline at Sabine Pass, Texas. The buildings are identified as Doctor Adamson's home, a government life-saving station, a revenue cutter station, and a quarantine station. The United States Navy occupied the facilities after Pearl Harbor, and is still the site for a United States Coast Guard Station.
Date: 1935~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sabine Pass Lighthouse]

Photograph of Sabine Pass Lighthouse in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, across from Sabine Pass, Texas. The lighthouse is painted with large stripes. On the right side of the lighthouse, there are two wooden buildings. The lighthouse was built in 1856 and decommissioned in 1952.
Date: 1938
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Downtown Port Arthur]

Photograph of downtown Procter Street in Port Arthur, Texas. Several cars are on both sides of the road, and there are cars parked on the sides. In the center of the road, there are rail tracks. Businesses line the street.
Date: 1938~
Creator: Everett, James
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Armistice Day Celebration]

Photograph of a group of men at the Armistice Day celebration at Pleasure Island. The men are standing in a row, and some are wearing military uniforms, and some men are holding American flags. In the background, there is a metal structure. Text at the bottom-right of the photograph says "'Armistice Day' November 11, 1921."
Date: November 11, 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lakeshore Drive Homes]

Photograph of a group of homes on Lakeshore Drive. In the foreground, there is a body of water, with a sign on the shore that says "Cable Crossing."
Date: 1939~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Port Arthur Municipal Rose Garden]

Photograph of Port Arthur Municipal Rose Garden. There are several sections of rose bushes. A hat is sitting on the ground of an aisle. In the background, there are houses. Text on the photograph says "Port Arthur Municipal Rose Garden 12-26-30."
Date: December 26, 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Toys Repaired by Firemen]

Photograph of a display of toys repaired by firemen. The toys are given to underprivileged children at Christmas. In the background, there is a group of people; several men are standing beside each other, and four women are standing to the right side of the room.
Date: 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Port Arthur Police]

Photograph of the Port Arthur Police Department posing in front of a building. Men are posing in two rows; six men in the back row are wearing uniforms. There is a small boy standing on the back row, and a dog sitting in the front row. One man on the front row is identified as J. C. Enright by an arrow and text written under him. Two other men on the front row are identified by arrows and text, but the handwriting is slightly illegible. A man on the back row is identified as Davis by an arrow and text.
Date: 1935~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History