Photograph of aerial view of Port Arthur with boat in the waterway and Lake Sabine in the background. Handwritten on the reverse: "Urban Renewal" "Tenth St., Look East, 7-28-20"

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.

Photograph of the First Christian Church Youth Round Up group. The members are sitting around a table and are painting. Standing - left to right: not known, Robert Kettrick, not known, not known, Robbie Wright, not known, not known, Betty Ann Murphy, not known. Seated - left to right: Darrelle Evans, Doris Cannon, Bobby Morgan, Sarah Brazie, Linda Douglas, Delmer Fussell, Bowden Bertrand, Sandra Brazie, Terry Trahan.

Photograph of the Sutherlin, McElroy, and Bowman families on Thanksgiving 1935. In the front row, from left to right, are James Edgar Sutherlin; Theodore Edgar McElroy, Jr.; Gerald Edwin McElroy; and Barbara Jean McElroy. In the second row, from left to right, are Edgar Brown Sutherlin, Edith Hallie Wilson Sutherlin, Sophia Flint Wilson, Harriet Josephine Beauchamp McElroy, Walter Edwin McElroy, Waneta Sutherlin, Mable McElroy Duncan, and Lester Duncan. In the third row are Elma Wilson Ridpath; Wayne Ridpath; Walter William McElroy; Maurine Sutherlin McElroy; Theodore Edgar McElroy, Sr.; Bertis Paul McElroy; and Chesley Arthur Bowman. In the back row are Atha Talley McElroy, Dovert William McElroy, and John Harvey Sutherlin.

Photograph of a group of men and women gathered around a table set with cups and saucers, silverware, and plates, for the dedication of Beaumont fire station 4. The man at the head of the table holds up a cake. The people are identified as Jimmie Cokinos, Mrs. Willie J. Brockman, Chief Steven Douglas O'Connor, Elmo Beard, Harry Mason, Dr. J. R. Genza, and Paul Anger.

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."

Photograph of an exterior view of a wooden building identified as the first city jail of Port Arthur, Texas. There are two narrow windows with bars over them, and several shingles are missing from the roof. Text at the bottom of the photograph says "First Port Arthur Jail 11-28-30." Text below the photograph says "First City Jail - originally located on corner of Fourth Street and Waco Avenue (where Port Arthur News is now. About 1913 it was moved to back of #2 First Station at Thomas Boulevard and Houston Avenue."

Photograph of an exterior view of a wooden building identified as the first city jail of Port Arthur, Texas. There are two narrow windows with bars over them, and several shingles are missing from the roof. Text at the bottom of the photograph says "First Port Arthur Jail 11-28-30."