Austin High School Maroons

Photograph of High School football team
Date: December 6, 1939
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oil Rig

Photograph of an oil well in Crockett County, Texas in 1939
Date: 1939
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oil Rig

Photograph of an oil well in Crockett County, Texas in 1939
Date: 1939
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Outside of Hazel Mine

Photograph of the outside of the Hazel Mine near Van Horn, Texas. A couple of cars are parked outside, and men are walking around.
Date: May 1939
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bob King Holding Skull

Photograph of Bob King holding the skull of a Bighorn Sheep at the McAdoo Ranch in Culberson County, Texas in 1939.
Date: 1939
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Textbook Card] (open access)

[Textbook Card]

Textbook card for Hugo C. Stolte, Jr. of Lower Valley School. The card lists Stolte's textbooks. It is signed by Hugo C. Stolte and William Tout.
Date: 1939~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
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

[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

[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

[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

[Downtown Port Arthur]

Photograph of a view of downtown Port Arthur, on the corner of Procter Street and Austin Avenue. Several cars are parked along a street, and a man is walking across it. Businesses line each side of the street. In the background, there are groups of people walking along the sidewalks.
Date: 1939
Creator: Everett, James
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Port Arthur High School Student Band]

Photograph of Port Arthur High School student band. The people are posing in five rows holding musical instruments; they are wearing uniforms and hats. In the background, there is a building with three archways in the front.
Date: 1939
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sabine Storage Company]

Photograph of an exterior view of a brick building identified as Sabine Storage Company on the corner of Fourth Street and Austin Avenue. A sign on the side of the building says "Storage" and "Taxi." Cars and a truck are parked along the curb. In the foreground, old trolley railway tracks are visible on Austin Avenue; the trolley once led to Pleasure Pier.
Date: 1939
Creator: Everett, James
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History