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[First Christian Church Groundbreaking Ceremony 1955]
Photograph of the First Christian Church groundbreaking ceremony. Aerial view of the church members standing shoulder-to-shoulder, outlining the shape of the new worship structure.
Date:
October 9, 1955
Creator:
J.C. Watkins Photography
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Presentation to Glynn Lowther]
Photograph of the presentation to Glynn Lowther, Building Committee Chairman for the First Christian Church. Left to right: C.E. Perry, Charter Member; Elbert M. Reeder, elder and Chairman of the Board during construction of the sanctuary; Glynn Lowther; the Reverent John H. Hughes, Minister; and Mrs. John McDonald, Charter Member.
Date:
October 8, 1955
Creator:
J.C. Watkins Photography
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[CavOILcade Parade Float]
Photograph of the princess float for the CavOILcade Parade. The float consists of a girl, a boy, and a woman wearing a gown, tiara, and sash sitting on a white ramp. They are sitting in front of a structure made of columns with a gold crown shape on the front. In the background, two car floats are following, and there is a crowd of people watching the parade.
Date:
October 26, 1974
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Circle 4 Club Actors]
Photograph of two men identified as John Garner (Cowboy John) and Smiley Burnette. Garner was one of the hosts of The Circle 4 Club, a children's television program in the Beaumont/Port Arthur area of Southeast Texas. Garner is wearing a cowboy hat and bracelet, and Burnette is wearing a hat and bandanna. The television program played on Saturday mornings.
Date:
October 2, 1962
Creator:
Cricchio Studio
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[CavOILcade Parade Float]
Photograph of a float at the CavOILcade Parade. The float consists of four older boys wearing yellow shirts and black cowboy hats, sitting around a red and yellow bee mascot in the back of a yellow Chevrolet truck. The truck is decorated with red and gold streamers. In the background, there are people watching the float.
Date:
October 26, 1974
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[CavOILcade Parade]
Photograph of the princesses float for the CavOILcade Parade. One woman is sitting under an arch at the top of the float, and nineteen other women are sitting on the edges of the float. Other parades floats are behind the princesses float. In the background, there is a crowd of people watching the parade.
Date:
October 26, 1974
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lincoln High School Cheerleaders]
Photograph of a parade float consisting of a group of Lincoln High School cheerleaders sitting on top of a car at the CavOILcade parade. The girls are wearing yellow cheerleader uniforms, and some have yellow and purple ribbons tied in their hair. The girls are also holding yellow and purple pom-poms in their laps. A small child is standing up through the window of the car. In the background, there is a man dressed as a clown, and a crowd watching the parade.
Date:
October 26, 1974
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
An Account of the Early History of Surgery in Texas
Text of the presidential address given at the Texas Surgical Society meeting held in Fort Worth on October 16, 1932. It discusses the early history of surgery in Texas, including the development of the specialty, early surgical procedures, the first medical associations and organizations, and discussions of notable Texas surgeons.
Date:
October 1932
Creator:
Singleton, Albert Olin, 1882-1947
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Propelling Boats.
Patent for a means for propelling boats that uses pneumatic pressure and does not use propellers and screws. The invention has increased propulsion.
Date:
October 16, 1894
Creator:
Higgins, Pattillo
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dredging Apparatus.
Patent for an improved dredging apparatus that plows or scoops, and has "an endless traveling elevator, the latter, being arranged in a rigid frame that is supported at a suitable angle, and the scoop being hinged to the lower end of said frame so that it works horizontally, or practically so" (lines 9-14).
Date:
October 30, 1894
Creator:
Hyatt, Frank A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mitchell Auto Supply and Gas Service Station]
Photograph of Mitchell Auto Supply and Gulf gas service station with a car in front and bays open showing a car being worked on.
Date:
[1945-10-01,1946-10-01]
Creator:
Everett, James
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Turning Sod for Country Club]
Photograph of a group of people turning dirt for the first country club building in Port Arthur, Texas. Trees are visible in the background.
Date:
October 1916
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Pleasure Pier Bridge]
Photograph of a boat in the water in front of the Pleasure Pier Bridge in Port Arthur, Texas. A wooden house is visible on the shore to the right.
Date:
October 2, 1930
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[CavOilCade Party for Queen]
Photograph of young couple with the boy in tuxedo escorting a girl wearing a full-length gown with long white gloves and corsage carrying a wrapped gift while onlookers watch and applaud.
Date:
October 1964
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[First CavOilCade Dinner]
Photograph of rows of dinners seated and eating with a head table in the background. On the curtain behind reads "We Appreciate Your Faith in Port Arthur". Handwritten on the reverse of the photograph: "1st celebration of CavOilCade" "Oct. 14, 1952 - dinner to salute oil industry. Became CavOilCade in 1953." "Valuable, return picture to: Lyle Vickers, 300 Plaza Circle, Port Arthur, TX."
Date:
October 14, 1952
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Neches Valley News (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 26, 1872
Weekly newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 26, 1872
Creator:
O'Brien, G. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John B. Connally to John J. Herrera - 1963-10-25]
Letter from Governor John B. Connally giving John J. Herrera his regrets that it would not be possible for him to attend the February State LULAC Convention.
Date:
October 25, 1963
Creator:
Connally, John Bowden, 1917-1993
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Program for the Reception and Appreciation Dinner of Roberto Ornelas, National President of LULAC]
Program for the reception and appreciation dinner honoring Roberto Ornelas, National President of the League of United Latin American Citizens. The appreciation dinner was held on October 1, 1967 at 4:00 pm at the Royal Manor in Beaumont, Texas. The program includes the LULAC Code and all committee members for the event. John J. Herrera spoke at the dinner as did other past LULAC National Presidents and two Congressmen.
Date:
October 1, 1967
Creator:
League of United Latin American Citizens
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Las Sabinas, Volume 1, Number 4, October 1975
Quarterly publication of the Orange County Historical Society discussing the history of the area and genealogy of residents through essays; oral histories; newspaper articles; letters; records of births, marriages, and deaths; photographs; cemetery records; court proceedings and public records; family Bible entries; and other historical documents.
Date:
October 1975
Creator:
Orange County Historical Society (Tex.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Las Sabinas, Volume 2, Number 4, October 1976
Quarterly publication of the Orange County Historical Society discussing the history of the area and genealogy of residents through essays; oral histories; newspaper articles; letters; records of births, marriages, and deaths; photographs; cemetery records; court proceedings and public records; family Bible entries; and other historical documents.
Date:
October 1976
Creator:
Orange County Historical Society (Tex.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Las Sabinas, Volume 3, Number 4, July 1977
Quarterly publication of the Orange County Historical Society discussing the history of the area and genealogy of residents through essays; oral histories; newspaper articles; letters; records of births, marriages, and deaths; photographs; cemetery records; court proceedings and public records; family Bible entries; and other historical documents.
Date:
October 1977
Creator:
Orange County Historical Society (Tex.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Las Sabinas, Volume 15, Number 4, October 1989
Quarterly publication of the Orange County Historical Society discussing the history of the area and genealogy of residents through essays; oral histories; newspaper articles; letters; records of births, marriages, and deaths; photographs; cemetery records; court proceedings and public records; family Bible entries; and other historical documents.
Date:
October 1989
Creator:
Orange County Historical Society (Tex.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 152, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 6, 1898
Daily newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 6, 1898
Creator:
Bixler, Mort L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 153, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 1898
Daily newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 13, 1898
Creator:
Bixler, Mort L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History