Resource Type

[Railroad depot at Banquete, Texas]

Mexican National Railway depot at Banquete, Texas, east of Corpus Christi, Texas on Highway 44
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Boy swimming [at] Corpus Christi

Photograph of a boy in wavy water (probably Corpus Christi Bay). Only his head is visible as he looks up at the camera. The photographer's shadow is visible on the water from where he is standing above the swimmer on what looks to be a dock.
Date: August 2, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cotton, Nueces County, Texas

Photograph of cotton plants in a field.
Date: August 2, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Scene at Corpus Christi

Photograph of two boys standing on a dock at Corpus Christi Bay. They are poised to jump into the water.
Date: August 2, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Convent [in] Corpus Christi, Texas

Photograph of a convent, one of the early buildings in Corpus Christi, Texas. The building is several stories tall and has screened balconies with decorative features. In this image, there is a fence surrounding the building and there are two people walking in front of the property.
Date: September 8, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Corpus Christi Texas from the bluff looking over the San [Antonio] A[ransas] P[ass] Depot

Photograph of a view of Corpus Christi, Texas from the bluff looking over the San Antonio-Aransas Pass Railroad Depot.
Date: September 8, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mesquite [tree] with heavy bean crop, Corpus Christi, Texas

Photograph of a Mesquite tree in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Date: September 8, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Part of [a] hedge fence around an old Mexican home in Corpus Christi ,Texas

Photograph of hedge fence made up of yucca plants (or plants that resemble yuccas) and other bush-type plants, closely space. Houses can be seen in the background.
Date: September 8, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History

State Hotel, Corpus Christi, Texas

Photograph of the State Hotel building in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Date: September 8, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Baptisms]

Photograph of people getting baptized in Bishop, Texas. They seem to belong to a church named "First Baptist Church."
Date: April 6, 1913
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Broadway Bluff Improvement Photograph #8]

Photograph of the Broadway Bluff Improvement in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Buildings in Corpus Christi]

Photograph of several large multi-story buildings taken from an elevated street. In the foreground two unidentified people are standing in front of a short concrete wall with two street lamps on it next to what appear to be a set steps that lead down to the street below. Behind them several storefronts and a city street are visible with more buildings and telephone poles in the background. A handwritten note on the front of the photograph reads "Corpus Christi, Tex."
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cavalry Men On Wagon]

Photograph of three cavalry soldiers sitting in a wagon drawn by three horses. Two of the men are sitting in the front of the wagon and one man is standing at the back behind several large trunks. Tents and other soldiers are visible in the background and there is a handwritten note on the bottom of the photograph that reads "...6/19 Home ward bound Corpus Christi, Tex.
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cavalry Soldiers at Camp]

Photograph of a group of cavalry soldiers at a camp with a row of barracks on the left, and a horse-drawn wagon and other barracks visible in the background on the right. On the front of the photograph a handwritten note reads "Breaking Camp - Corpus Christi Texas Mar 26."
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldier By Tents]

Photograph of a man wearing a dark-colored uniform and hat standing in a field between two rows of tents. Another soldier is visible in the distant background and under the photograph is a handwritten note that reads "Hugh Hodgs - Sgt. Band 3 Tex Infty Corpus Christi."
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers on Wagon]

Photograph of two unidentified cavalry soldiers on a horse-drawn wagon with another soldier visible in the foreground. One of the men in the wagon is facing the camera and the other man is facing away, climbing on top of several crates. A handwritten note on the front of the photograph reads "Leaving Camp Scurry - Corpus Christi 3/26/."
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Approach to North Bluff, Corpus Christi]

Stairway and winding lanes on approach from the bay in downtown Corpus Christi.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Broadway Bluff Improvement Photograph #3]

Photograph of the Broadway Bluff Improvement in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Army Hospital]

Photograph of the Army Hospital after the hurricane of 1919 in Corpus Christi. Inscription on back of photo, " The remains of the Army Hospital (this used to be the Beach Hotel) These parts of the second story porch that are gone are concrete. Isn't much of the pretty lawn in sight now."
Date: 1919
Creator: Shirkey, Marie
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Back of our house]

Photograph of a damaged house in Corpus Christi, Texas around the time of a hurricane in 1919. Caption says, “Back of our house. Notice the windows also, where our kitchen used to be. We used to have to go up several steps to get into it, but not now."
Date: 1919
Creator: Shirkey, Marie
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Back of Winona Hotel and Tribble's Meat Market]

Photograph of buildings damaged in the 1919 hurricane in Corpus Christi. Inscribed on the back of the photo, "Back of the Winona Hotel and Tribble's Meat Market."
Date: 1919
Creator: Shirkey, Marie
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cars overturned on the beach]

Photograph of overturned cars on the beach in Corpus Christi, Texas around the time of a hurricane in 1919. Caption says, "Cars left on the beach after the storm. You see how clean it is swept. So many places are swept so clean or are so wrecked that you actually can't tell what they were or hardly tell where you are."
Date: 1919
Creator: Shirkey, Marie
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Chaparral and Aubrey Street]

Photograph of building after the hurricane of 1919 in Corpus Christi. Inscribed on the back of the photo, "At the corner south of our house. the way things looked when we rolled in from Missouri - after lots of cleaning up had been done, our house located back of that house roof just below the X. See that big timber at the bottom of the roof? That's the kind that did a lot of the damage coming in from the gulf." Written on front of photo, "Cor. Chaparral and Aubrey Sts."
Date: 1919
Creator: Shirkey, Marie
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Chaparral and Taylor Streets]

Photograph of debris in the flooded intersection of Chaparral and Taylor Streets after the hurricane of 1919 in Corpus Christi. Inscription on the back of photo,"Corner of Chaparral and Taylor Streets, west from where the Pavilion and Seaside hotels were. Episcopalian Church about at X."
Date: 1919
Creator: Shirkey, Marie
System: The Portal to Texas History