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[Ad for Jaycee Fishing Pier]
Photograph of a long pier with rocks on either side of it, jutting out into the ocean. The text at the top of the photo reads, "Jaycee Fishing Pier Reopens Saturday May 11th."
Date:
1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Airport in Jefferson County]
Photograph of an airplane in front of the first airport building in Jefferson County, Texas.
Date:
1945
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bascule Bridge in Port Arthur]
Photograph of a bascule bridge drawn up to allow a boat to pass, in Port Arthur, Texas. Buildings are visible in the background.
Date:
1940~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cars Crossing Rainbow Bridge]
Photograph of several cars driving across the Highway 87 Rainbow Bridge crossing the Neches River in Port Arthur, Texas.
Date:
1940
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Coastal Coaches Bus to Port Arthur]
Photograph of "Coastal Coaches, Inc." white bus displaying "Pt. Arthur" as the destination. The bus is parked on the street in a residential neighborhood in front of small clapboard sided house with a front porch.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Everett, James
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Crowd at a Dance]
Photograph of a large crowd of men and women in a room at a dance in Port Arthur, Texas.
Date:
[1940..1949]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Crowd at Airport]
Photograph of a large crowd of men and women at an airport in Port Arthur, Texas, waiting for Mickey Rooney to arrive. He was in town for a show benefiting Texas City after a natural disaster.
Date:
1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Crowd at Lions Park]
Photograph of a large crowd of people sitting and standing around a pavilion at Lions Park, to hear the Old Time Fiddles Contest in Port Arthur, Texas.
Date:
July 10, 1948
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[First National Bank Street Corner]
Photograph of First National Bank street corner showing cars parked beside and in front of the store with a boy in shorts leaning on the building wall. A grocery store is attached next door to the bank. Awning sign reading "Red & White Food Stores", and window sign "Welch & Co. Groceries"
Date:
1944
Creator:
James Everett
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Fred Miller Bicycle Trucks and Rairoad Car]
Photograph of Fred Miller standing in front of his pick-up truck with another crate filled flat bed truck behind. In the background is a wooden "Burlington Route" box car. Advertising displayed on the door of the pick-up reads: " Fred Miller, Bicycles, Hardware & Pets, 526 Austin Ave. Dial 5519" and "Fishing tackle, We make keys" on the side.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Everett, James
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Golden Jubilee Queen Candidates]
Photograph of a group of young women, all candidates for the Golden Jubilee Queen in Port Arthur, Texas, posing together on benches set on a hardwood floor. Some of them are identified as Doris Jones, Abbie Speights, Thelma Tadlock, and Gloria Antonia.
Date:
1948
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Governor at Microphone]
Photograph of Governor Allan Shivers sitting at a KPAC radio microphone in Port Arthur, Texas.
Date:
[1949..1957]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gulf Gas Station with Tire and Service Station]
Photograph of Gulf gas station with gas pumps and signs reading "Flats Fixed", "Vulcanizing, Recapping". Service station attached with signs reading "Viator Auto Service" "welding, painting, auto service, general repairing" Car being repaired with worker up under the hood, man standing in front and a few others standing around behind near other cars and a bicycle.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Everett, James
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hampton Furniture and Appliance Dealer with Speed Queen Wringer Washers]
Photograph of interior of an appliance store showing a line of seven Speed Queen wringer washing machines. Sitting on the wash machines and on a table beside them is "Rinso" brand tub washing soap. In the background is a row of six Philco refrigerators with an advertising display for them. Handwritten on the reverse of the photo: "Hampton Furniture"
Date:
1941
Creator:
Everett, James
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[House During Flood]
Photograph of a house during a flood in Port Arthur, Texas. The tops of trees stick out of the water, and another house is visible in the background.
Date:
1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Inaugural Banquet]
Photograph of a group of men standing behind a table at the inaugural banquet of the Port Arthur Junior Chamber of Commerce, held in the Pleasure Pier ballroom in Port Arthur, Texas. The men are identified as Joe Bogel, Wes Brannon, Clint Dunnigan, Lyle Vickers, Forest Collins, Herbert Halliday, Fred Wilson, Tom Faver, and Ross Harris.
Date:
July 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[J.B. Jameson Gas Station]
Photograph of small white cinder block building with "J.B. Jameson, Groceries, Beer" painted on the side with a Coca-Cola sign also. There are two fuel pumps out front with mail boxes to the back of the building. On the reverse of the photograph is the handwritten address: "Orange Rd. & Stadium Rd."
Date:
1944
Creator:
Everett, James
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Kay Kyser at Airport]
Photograph of Kay Kyser standing by a car at an airport for a benefit show after the Texas City disaster. He has a coat over his arm and a hat in his hand, and a large crowd is visible in the background.
Date:
1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Man and Dog in Flood Waters]
Photograph of a man and a dog standing in high waters after a flood in Port Arthur, Texas. Cars and buildings are visible in the background.
Date:
July 28, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Men on Stage]
Photograph of several men, including Kay Kyser, Mayor H. L. "Buzz" Crow, and Mayor Curtis Trahan, standing on a stage in Port Arthur, Texas. Mayor Crow hands a benefit check to Mayor Trahan. A band is visible in the background.
Date:
1947
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
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
[People With Birthday Cake]
Photograph of three people, identified as Thelma Tadlock Dr. J. W. Long, and Gloria Antonia, cutting a three-tiered birthday cake at the Golden Jubilee in Port Arthur, Texas.
Date:
1948
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Aerial View of Port Arthur, 1945]
Photograph of Port Arthur, Texas, with an aerial view of the courthouse, bridge, Pleasure Island, and YMCA. The courthouse stands in the stone building in the center of the photo, surrounded by streets that are lined with cars. The bridge is raised for a passing boat. Beyond the bridge, a roller coaster can be seen. The Watkins Studio mark is in the bottom right corner.
Date:
August 1, 1945
Creator:
Watkins Studio
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Bob Wills and Band]
Photograph of Bob Wills and his band performing at the Port Arthur Pleasure Pier as people gather by the stage.
Date:
1947~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History