Photograph of Mitchell Auto Supply and Gulf gas service station with a car in front and bays open showing a car being worked on.

Photograph of a group of people turning dirt for the first country club building in Port Arthur, Texas. Trees are visible in the background.

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.

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.

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."

Photograph of artist Maudee Carron seated next to a sculpture. She is wearing a hat and glasses, and holding a tool to the sculpture. The sculpture is a series of stacked circles.

Oct 19-1914. View across the Sabine-Neches Canal showing the U.S. Engineers field office at Port Arthur, Texas.

Photograph of two men working while sitting down. The man in the foreground appears to be working on an iron. Back of photo reads, "T+D - P.A. Service Center".

Photograph of six men standing by a bus. The bus has the words "Eastern Texas Electric" on it and the word "garage" can be seen written on the building in the background. The men are wearing hats and formal attire. There is also another bus behind the bus the men are standing in front of. A tree can be seen on the right in the background.

Photograph of the Jefferson County Courthouse (located at 11494 Pearl St) in Beaumont, Texas.

Photograph of the Jefferson County Courthouse (located at 11494 Pearl St) in Beaumont, Texas.

Photograph of the Jefferson County Courthouse (located at 11494 Pearl St) in Beaumont, Texas.

Photograph of the Jefferson County Courthouse (located at 11494 Pearl St) in Beaumont, Texas.

Photograph of the Jefferson County Courthouse (located at 11494 Pearl St) in Beaumont, Texas.

Photograph of the Jefferson County Courthouse (located at 11494 Pearl St) in Beaumont, Texas.

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.

Photograph of the First Christian Church groundbreaking ceremony. Seven persons, using gilded spades, are turning the soil in front of the platform, which stood on the site of the proposed chancel. Participating - left to right: Patsy Smith, representing the Children's Division of the church school; Mrs. John H. McDonald and C.E. Perry, two charter members of the fifty-three year old congregation; John M. Hughes, Minister; E.M. Reeder, Chairman of the Board; W. Glynn Lowther, Chairman of the Building Committee; and Bobby Morgan, representing the youth.

Photograph of the First Christian Church groundbreaking ceremony. The future members of the church are standing in the lot where the church is to be built. They are lined along the perimeter of where the church will stand.

Photograph of the groundbreaking ceremony for the First Christian Church. Members of the Children's Division, under the supervision of Mrs. Shirley Trahan, Superintendent, (in photo helping child at podium) brought small bricks to the platform, symbolizing the part the children played in the growth of the church. John M. Hughes, Minister, is standing behind the podium.

Photograph of the Chuck Wagon Youth Dinner at the First Christian Church. A large number of men, women, teenagers, and children are spread out on a yard in a residential area. Some people are standing but most are sitting on the grass.

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.

Photograph of five men standing in front of a Seagrave pumper in front of a building in Beaumont, Texas. They are identified as George Akley, Steven Douglas O'Connor, Fred Stone, Hugh Petkovsek, and John D. Southwell.

Photograph of seven men standing and two kneeling in front of a brick building in Beaumont, Texas. They are identified as George Akley, Frank Estes, Steven Douglas O'Connor, John D. Southwell, Dave Rachal, Hugh Petkovsek, and Fred Stone.

Photograph of men standing on a fire truck decorated with signs discussing Fire Prevention Week in Beaumont, Texas. Three men stand in front of the truck, and two sit in the front seats. A house and trees are visible in the background.