Resource Type

[Construction of Addition to Hospital]

Photograph of a construction site, building an addition to St. Mary's Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas. Buildings and trees are visible in the background.
Date: August 11, 1970
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd in Street on Armistice Day]

Photograph of a large crowd of men and women on a road in Port Arthur, Texas, on Armistice Day in 1920. Cars are parked on both sides of the street in front of buildings in the background.
Date: November 11, 1920
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Precast Extension Hanging in Lead

Photograph of a piece of machinery holding an extension piece with a chain. There are holding tanks in the background. To the left, a 1950's model pickup truck with the business name "Spence & Howe Construction Co." written on the side.
Date: May 11, 1951
Creator: J. C. Watkins Photography
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wooden Pile Driven and Cut Off Square

Photograph of industrial equipment surrounding a wooden pile, which has been shaped and cut.
Date: May 11, 1951
Creator: J. C. Watkins Photography
System: The Portal to Texas History

Precast Extension Centered and Ready to Drive

Photograph of a precast extension centered over a pile. Several cars can be seen in the background.
Date: May 11, 1951
Creator: J. C. Watkins Photography
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Precast Extension Hanging in Lead]

Photograph of a precast extension hanging in lead from an oil derrick with a man holding chain. Company pick-up truck reading "Spence & Howe Construction Co." on the side door in the foreground. Oil tanks are in the background.
Date: May 11, 1951
Creator: J. C. Watkins Photography
System: The Portal to Texas History

Closeup of Pile Butt Before Driving

Photograph of of a pile before driving. A man off-camera is measuring the pile with a sectioned measuring tape.
Date: May 11, 1951
Creator: J. C. Watkins Photography
System: The Portal to Texas History

Closeup of Pile Butt After Pipe Sleeve Driven In

Photograph of a man in a white shirt measuring a pile after having a pipe sleeve driven into it.
Date: May 11, 1951
Creator: J. C. Watkins Photography
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pipe Sleve End of Precast Pile Extension]

Photograph of the pipe sleeve end of precast pile extension with measuring ruler.
Date: May 11, 1951
Creator: J. C. Watkins Photography
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Butt End of Concrete Pile after Completion of Driving]

Photograph of square block of concrete partially in the ground with a rope beside it.
Date: May 11, 1951
Creator: J. C. Watkins Photography
System: The Portal to Texas History

Professional Portrait of Mary Elizabeth Donaldson]

Professional photograph of Port Arthur Queen, identified as Mary Donaldson Wade. She is wearing a crown and a white dress with a long train draped in front of her. Her hands are by her side and she is looking towards the camera. The back of the photograph is dated 11/11/34 and reads, "Daughter of Dr. & Mrs. Murff F. Bledese. Mary Donaldson Wade."
Date: November 11, 1934
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Beaumont Woman's Club, (northside, facing west)]

Photograph of the Beaumont Woman's Club in Beaumont, Texas.
Date: February 11, 1994
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Holmes-Duke House]

Photograph of the Holmes-Duke House in Beaumont, Texas.
Date: April 11, 1984
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[H.C. Weiss House]

Photograph of the H.C. Weiss House in Beaumont, Texas.
Date: May 11, 1985
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[H.C. Weiss House, (detail, port cochere lamp)]

Photograph of the H.C. Weiss House in Beaumont, Texas.
Date: July 11, 1991
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History

[World Youth Conference]

Photograph of the World Youth Conference. Five buses are parked in a row with all the members of the conference standing in front of the buses, waving at the photographer. The conference was held at Methodist Temple on Fifth Street because the First Christian Church did not have a large enough place to have the meeting.
Date: February 11, 1955
Creator: J.C. Watkins Photography
System: The Portal to Texas History

Taylors Bayou

Taylors Bayou
Date: June 11, 1919
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Old P.A. Turning Basin

Port Arthur turning basin
Date: June 11, 1919
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Taylors Bayou

Taylors Bayou
Date: June 11, 1919
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

P.A. Canal and Dock Co.

P.A. (Port Arthur) Canal and Dock Co.
Date: June 11, 1919
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas Co. Terminal

Texas Co. Terminal
Date: June 11, 1919
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas Co. Terminal

Texas Co. Terminal
Date: June 11, 1919
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Snow at Gates Memorial Library]

Photograph of snow outside of Gates Memorial Library. There are columns on two of the visible sides of the building. The snow is three inches high.
Date: January 11, 1973
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Snow in Port Arthur]

Photograph of snow on the corner of Waco Avenue and Procter Street in Port Arthur, Texas. There are car tracks in the street, and snow on top of the parked cars lining it. Businesses line each side of the street. On the right side, there are signs that say "Hotel Sabine" and "Pool Beer Port Lounge" on the side of a building.
Date: January 11, 1973
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History