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[Presentation to Glynn Lowther]
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.
Date:
October 8, 1955
Creator:
J.C. Watkins Photography
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gulf Oil Refinery Office Building]
Photograph of an exterior view of a brick building identified as an old Gulf Oil Refinery office building, on west Seventh Street at Gulf Docks. The building is several stories high, and a sign near the building says "Chevron Port Arthur Refinery." In front of the building, there is a truck and a fence.
Date:
December 8, 1993
Creator:
Everett, James
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gates Memorial Library]
Photograph of an interior view of Gates Memorial Library. In the foreground, there is a man and woman sitting at a table reading. To each side of them, there are empty tables. Behind them, there is a circulation desk facing the entrance, which is surrounded by two panes of glass. In the foreground, there are other people sitting at tables. Bookshelves line the walls. Text at the bottom-right of the photograph says "Memorial Library Port Arthur, Texas Interior View Gates Day, May 18, 1918." Mrs. John W. Gates donated $25,000 for the construction of the library in memory of her husband, John W. Gates, and their son, Charles W Gates.
Date:
May 8, 1918
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trunk-Strap Fastener.
Patent for an improved trunk fastener "whereby a strap after having been tightly drawn around a trunk or other article of baggage can be fastened without the use of the usual buckle" (lines 13-16). It consists of a hook-securing mechanism that holds the buckle at one end, an opposite toothed beveled clamping-face, a swinging lever with opposite arms that is connected with the fixed mechanism, a beveled clamping-face between the arms, and a lever that clamps the strap between the beveled clamping faces.
Date:
November 8, 1892
Creator:
Webb, William James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Log-Carrier.
Patent for a log-carrier with an improved construction from a previous patent (No. 539,380). Improvements include a change in "the angle of strain of the draft-chain as the lever approaches the horizontal position...when the load is elevated" (lines 34-37). It also maintains "a uniform leverage without the use of guide-rollers or other means" (lines 54-56), and balances the sliding tongue so that "the team is relieved of the weight thereof" (line 62).
Date:
December 8, 1896
Creator:
Carroll, Joseph Alexander
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Trough.
Patent for improvements in feed-troughs in which a controlled amount of feed can be placed in a feed box, and in which the latter will be fed as rapidly as consumed and the unconsumed feed will be protected. (Lines 11-14) Illustration in included.
Date:
September 8, 1891
Creator:
Webb, William James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ribbon Cutting at Civic Center]
Photograph of a group of people at a ribbon cutting at the Civic Center . The men are in suits and the women are in dresses, and there is a man taking a photograph of the two men in the middle of the line. The people are identified from left to right as Madison Bazille, Artie Cook, Hazel Baron, Dorothy Ingram, Carolyn Richardson, Sam Aquilina, Mayor Bernis Sadler, Congressman Jack Brooks, Malcolm Clark, and City Manager George Dibrell.
Date:
July 8, 1980
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Professional Portrait of Two Girls]
Professional portrait photograph of two young girls that has been hand colored. The girls are wearing matching black dresses and laced boots. The girl on the left has short hair tucked behind her ears, and is seated with her hands in her lap. The girl on the right has her hair pulled back with a bow, which has been hand colored red, and she has one hand in her lap and one rested on her chair. They are both looking towards the camera and are seated on chairs that have also been hand colored red.
Date:
August 8, 1891
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Beaumont Banner (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 33, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 8, 1861
Weekly newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date:
January 8, 1861
Creator:
Vaughn, A. N.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John J. Herrera to Ivey Gonzalez - 1953-01-08]
Onionskin carbon copy of letter from John J. Herrera, LULAC National President, to Ivey Gonzalez, Superintendent of the Identification Bureau, Police Department, Wichita Falls, Texas dated January 8, 1953. Herrera inquires about setting up a meeting to discuss LULAC and possibly organizing a LULAC council in Wichita, Falls. Herrera mentions the eight new councils set up so far in his presidency of LULAC: El Paso; Port Arthur; Wharton; Seguin; Smeltertown, and Victoria, Texas; and Deming and Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Date:
January 8, 1953
Creator:
Herrera, John J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 180, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 8, 1898
Daily newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 8, 1898
Creator:
Bixler, Mort L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 206, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 1898
Daily newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 8, 1898
Creator:
Bixler, Mort L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 22, Ed. 1 Monday, May 8, 1899
Daily newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 8, 1899
Creator:
Bixler, Mort L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 140, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 8, 1904
Daily newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
September 8, 1904
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 248, Ed. 1 Friday, February 8, 1901
Daily newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
February 8, 1901
Creator:
Bixler, Mort L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0253]
Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date:
April 8, 1933
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Photograph 2012.201.B0232.0252]
Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date:
May 8, 1933
Creator:
Business Mens Studios
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[Saint Anthony Catholic Church and Convent]
Postcard of St. Anthony Catholic Church, later St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica, and convent located on Archie, Forsythe, Jefferson, and Wall streets. Printed at the top left of the postcard is "Saint Anthony's Catholic Church and Convent, Beaumont, Texas." On the back of the postcard is printed the following information regarding its creation: "Published by S.H. Kress & Co. Made in the U.S.A." and "A-470." Handwritten on the back of the postcard, "Beaumont Texas Box 39. Have been here two weeks today visiting Verda. Will be here several months write to me and it will be appreciated I can assure you. My love to the children and yourself. All well at home. Obera B." The card is addressed to Mrs. G. A. Taylor 917 Clarendon, St. Louis, Missouri.
Date:
February 8, 1913
Creator:
S. H. Kress & Co.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, February 8, 1963
Weekly newspaper from Lamar State College of Technology in Beaumont, Texas that includes local and campus news along with advertising.
Date:
February 8, 1963
Creator:
du Perier, Mary Anne
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, November 8, 1957
Weekly newspaper from Lamar State College of Technology in Beaumont, Texas that includes local and campus news along with advertising.
Date:
November 8, 1957
Creator:
Barnes, Dorothy
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, November 8, 1968
Weekly newspaper from Lamar State College of Technology in Beaumont, Texas that includes local and campus news along with advertising.
Date:
November 8, 1968
Creator:
Magnus, C. Lynn
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, March 8, 1957
Weekly newspaper from Lamar State College of Technology in Beaumont, Texas that includes local and campus news along with advertising.
Date:
March 8, 1957
Creator:
Obenhaus, Leon
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, October 8, 1965
Weekly newspaper from Lamar State College of Technology in Beaumont, Texas that includes local and campus news along with advertising.
Date:
October 8, 1965
Creator:
Oglethorpe, Bonnie
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Redbird (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, May 8, 1970
Weekly newspaper from Lamar State College of Technology in Beaumont, Texas that includes local and campus news along with advertising.
Date:
May 8, 1970
Creator:
Ramsey, Mike
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History